MIAMI — The Coast Guard 7th District crews are prepared to support the State of Florida’s rescue, response and recovery needs due Hurricane Ian. Hurricane Ian is projected to make landfall as a Category 4 storm with maximum sustained winds near 155 miles per hour, 2 mph away from Category 5. Additional severe weather risks Leer másUS Coast Guard crews ready for Hurricane Ian[…]
SAN PEDRO, Calif. — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew located a 66-year-old diver the past Tuesday that was reported missing from a dive boat near the Channel Islands. Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles – Long Beach Command Center watchstanders received a call from the fishing vessel, Otravez, reporting a man had gone missing from the Leer másCoast Guard aircrew located a missing diver near Channel Islands[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard MH-65D Dolphin aircrew medevac an injured 60-year-old man Sunday from a vessel nearly 104 nautical miles east of Atlantic City, New Jersey. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay received a notification from the 31-foot pleasure craft, Reely, stating a 60-year-old man fell aboard the vessel and reportedly injured Leer másCoast Guard helicopter crew medevac man 104 nm of Atlantic City[…]
Video by Cmdr. Ace Castle Interview and edition by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Stanton In this documentary series the Coast Guard spoke with the Cmdr. (Ret) Patrick Merrigan who was the Mission Commander for the first HITRON (Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron). Merrigan retired as a USCG Commander with 30 years of military service. He Leer másMission Commander (Ret) for the first HITRON Patrick Merrigan[…]
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard aerial and maritime crews responds to a report of an airplane crashed Sunday afternoon in Mutiny Bay west of Whidbey Island. Wacthstanders at the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound Command Center received a report at 3:11 p.m. (Pacific Standard Time) that an airplane (seaplane) crashed in Mutiny Bay with Leer másCoast Guard responds to crashed airplane in Mutiny Bay[…]
HOUSTON — Coast Guard RB-M and MH-65 Dolphin crews assisted seven boaters aboard a vessel taking on water offshore Freeport, Texas, Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston command center watchstanders received a call on VHF-FM channel 16 at 11:40 a.m. from a boater stating their 26-foot catamaran was taking on water about 20 nautical miles offshore. The Leer másCoast Guard assists 7 boaters 20 nm of Freeport, Texas[…]
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue (medevac) a man from a tanker vessel 37 nautical miles offshore Galveston, Texas, Sunday. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received notification at 7:20 a.m. from the captain of the crude oil tanker Caribbean Voyager that a 60-year-old crew member was experiencing stroke-like symptoms in the Galveston Offshore Lightering Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 rescue man 37 nm offshore Galveston, Texas[…]
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard MH-65 crew medevac and resuscitates a 60-year-old man from a tanker vessel 90 nautical miles southeast of Corpus Christi, Texas, Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector Corpus Christi watchstanders received a call at approximately 9:36 a.m. from the captain of the tanker vessel Beatrice requesting a medevac (medical evacuation) for a Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 crew resuscitates man 90 nm, Corpus Christi[…]
Interview by: Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Stanton.Edited by: Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Stanton. In this documentary series from the HITRON (Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron), Coast Guard spoke with Captain USCG (Ret) Richard Bates. Bates was the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) platform manager for Coast Guard headquarters aviation forces during the transition from Leer másCoast Guard HITRON history series Captain Richard Bates[…]
HOUSTON — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin aircrew rescue (medevac) a man from a vessel 80 nautical miles south of Galveston, Texas, Friday. U.S. Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston watchstanders received a medevac (medical evacuation) request at 2:25 p.m. from the captain of the motor vessel Thor stating a 71-year-old crew member was experiencing tingling in the Leer másCoast Guard MH-65 aircrew rescue man 80 nm off Galveston, Tx[…]
