NEW YORK — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew medevac a man from the recreational vessel Dove approximately 80 nautical miles south of Montauk, NY, Tuesday evening. Watchstanders from the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound command center received notification that a crewmember was very ill and experiencing diabetic-related health complications. The command center Leer másCoast Guard medevac man 80 nm off Montauk, NY[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevac a crew member Saturday from a fishing vessel, Thai Express, 9 nautical miles off San José Island, Texas. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a medevac request via VHF-FM channel 16 at 11:41 a.m. from the fishing vessel Thai Express stating a crew member Leer másCoast Guard medevac man from fishing vessel 9 nm off San José Island[…]
BOSTON – Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz presented the aircrew Awards Ceremony at Air Station Cape Cod due the rescue of 31 fishermen in only one mission. The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, and the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) rescued the 31 fishermen from a disabled, Canadian vessel over 130 nautical miles Leer másCoast Guard rescue 31 fishermen: the aircrews Awards Ceremony[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard seized 250 kilograms of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, with an estimated wholesale value of 7.5 million dollar. The USCGC Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded the drug at Coast Guard Base San Juan Saturday, following USCGC Kathleen Moore’s interdiction of a go-fast smuggling Leer másCoast Guard seizes 7.5 dollar million in cocaine, Caribbean Sea[…]
BOSTON — Coast Guard crews successfully medevac a 47-year-old fisherman from the fishing vessel Andrea A and responded to a flooding fishing vessel Donny C off the eastern shore of Nantucket, Massachusetts, Thursday. At 10:30 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Southeastern New England Command Center were notified by the fishing vessel, Donny C, that Leer másCoast Guard responds a medevac and vessel flooding off of Nantucket[…]
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard aircrews are conducting critical overflights along the Gulf Coast Region of Louisiana following Hurricane Ida. These critical overflights post-storm are divided in search and rescue (SAR) missions and assessing for damage. The Coast Guard aircrews conducts these missions from today Monday. The USCG has brought to bear more than Leer másCoast Guard conducts overflights along the Gulf Coast after Hurricane Ida[…]
NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard is pre-staging the response of their assets on Saturday and established an Area Command in preparation for Hurricane Ida. Coast Guard assets across the region were repositioned and pre-staged to preserve readiness and to provide support for areas expected to be impacted by the impending hurricane. Hurricane Ida is expected Leer másCoast Guard Area Command prepares their assets for Hurricane Ida[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevac a 54-year-old crew member from the Hoover-Diana oil platform, approximately 150 nautical miles east of Corpus Christi, Thursday. Coast Guard Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi watchstanders received a call at 10:20 p.m. Wednesday from personnel on the Hoover-Diana oil platform stating a crew member was experiencing a cardiac Leer másCoast Guard medevac member from the Hoover-Diana oil platform[…]
MIAMI — Haitian’s government requested Coast Guard assistance following a magnitude 7.2 earthquake. The USCG committed numbers air and surface assets to help in transporting medical personnel and supplies, and transporting critically injured citizens to facilities needing a higher level of care in Port au Prince, Haiti. “On behalf of the United States Coast Guard Leer másHaiti receives Coast Guard humanitarian aid for the 7.2 earthquake[…]
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard aircrews medevac a 60-year-old mariner from a tugboat approximately 65 nautical miles off Galveston, Texas, Monday. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a call at about 4 p.m. from the 116-foot tugboat Leigh Ann Moran stating a crew member was ailing and disoriented. Watchstanders consulted with the duty flight surgeon, who Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 crew medevac man from tugboat 65 nm off Galveston, Tx[…]