HONOLULU — A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew medevac a 56-year-old man, a contractor, from Wake Island to Hawaii, yesterday Monday. The contractor was suffering from symptoms of a bacterial infection and was transported to awaiting emergency medical services (EMS) on Oahu. He was reported to be in critical condition. At Leer másCoast Guard HC-130 Hercules medevac man from Wake Island[…]
HONOLULU — Two-time world bodyboarding champion Andre Botha was presented with a Silver Lifesaving Medal by Rear Adm. Matthew Sibley, commander, Coast Guard 14th District, at Ehukai Beach Park, Oahu, yesterday. The Silver Lifesaving Medal was in recognition of Botha’s rescue of a surfer on Dec. 6, 2015, who had wiped out while surfing at Leer másThe Bodyboarder Andre Botha receives USCG Silver Lifesaving Medal[…]
HONOLULU — The USCGC Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) conducted a port call in Honolulu after completing the first stage of their expeditionary patrol in the Pacific to curtail illegal fishing and strengthen maritime law enforcement self-sufficiency with Kiribati partners. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak traveled from Dec. 28, 2020, to Jan. Leer másUSCGC Joseph Gerczak conducts patrol to increase maritime presence in Pacific[…]
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard is seeking the public’s help identifying the owner of an adrift dive float found off Electric Beach on Oahu, Saturday. “We currently have a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew searching the area,” said Petty Officer 3rd Class Craig Howarth, a watchstander with Coast Guard Sector Leer másCoast Guard searching for owner of dive float off Oahu’s Electric Beach[…]
