In its fourth decade, the versatile Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk has enhanced the overall mobility of the Army due to dramatic improvements in troop capacity and cargo lift capability over the years. The Black Hawk was developed as a result of the U.S. Army’s requirement in 1972 for a simple, robust, and reliable utility helicopter Leer másThe Sikorsky UH-60 Black Hawk in the US Army[…]
SANTA RITA, Guam — USCG, Navy, multiple local, federal, and maritime partners responded to a false activation of an EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon) in Saipan, on Sept. 6, 2022. An EPIRB is a vital search and rescue distress tool, and it transmits a signal picked up by a satellite which then informs the team Leer másUSCG and Navy responds to false activation of EPIRB on Saipan[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and a 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement crew medevac a sailor approximately 18 nm south of Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The medical evacuated is a 66-year-old man, U.S. citizen, who sustained a head injury aboard the Orion while transiting from Christiansted, St. Leer másCoast Guard crews medevac sailor near Saint Thomas[…]
August 17, 2021. By Jim Garamone, DoD news A U.S. Southern Command joint task force has already begun working to aid the people of Haiti, which was recently hit by a devastating earthquake and is now being flooded by a tropical storm. Joint Task Force–Haiti is moving to the island nation in support of the Leer másU.S. Southern Command deploying more humanitarian aid to Haiti[…]
ALAMEDA, California — Coast Guard and San Francisco Fire Department personnel rescue (medevac) woman from a sailboat approximately 380 nautical miles west of Bodega Bay, Tuesday morning. Coast Guard 11th District Command Center watchstanders received a notification via satellite communicator at approximately 1:45 p.m. Monday, from the captain of the sailboat Cibola, reporting a 23-year-old woman Leer másCoast Guard rescue woman 380 nautical miles west of Bodega Bay[…]
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, forward-deployed to Cold Bay, medevac a mariner from the bulk carrier Restinga, Wednesday, near Cold Bay. The MH-60T Jayhawk Medium-Range Recovery Helicopter aircrew safely transported the 42-year-old male to Dutch Harbor, where they conducted a wing-to-wing transfer with a LifeMed crew, who Leer másCoast Guard medevac mariner from vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard rescue a second injured Saturday after a reported medical emergency near the top of Saddle Mountain. The hiker was reported to have what appeared to be a broken ankle. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received an agency assistance request from the Seaside Police dispatch. A Hamlet Fire and Rescue Leer másCoast Guard rescue injured woman near Saddle Mountain, OR[…]
BOSTON — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew medevac (medical evacuation) an injured fisherman 113 nautical miles southeast of Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Wednesday. At approximately 3:34 p.m., Coast Guard District One watchstanders received notification from a crewmember of the commercial fishing vessel Motivation, home-ported in Cape May, New Jersey, reporting a 50-year-old crewmember experiencing shortness of Leer másCoast Guard conducts medevac 113 nautical miles southeast of Cape Cod[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard (USCG) personnel partnered with U.S. Border Patrol agents near Southeast Alaska and the Canadian border, November 17-18, 2020 as a joint interagency effort to enforce border security, motor vessel safety and educate vessel operators on border crossing requirements. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak HC-130J Super Hercules aircrew provided logistical Leer másThe USCG and U.S. Border Patrol conducted a maritime patrol in Canadian border[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard and Multnomah County Fire Department rescue three people from two different boats Monday near Rooster Rock in the Columbia River. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Station Portland received a report at 6 p.m. from a person requesting assistance aboard an anchored and disabled 17-foot pleasure craft. Commercial assistance was not Leer másCoast Guard, locals rescue 3 boaters in Columbia River[…]