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Featured Video
Jireh - Mona Island
MONA ISLAND, Puerto Rico ⎯ Response crews insert roller bags in the 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh, Sept. 3, 2012 for final removal and disposal. The Jireh is scheduled to be lifted, re-floated and towed to its disposal site for sinking Sept. 6, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.
Courtesy Video | PADET-SJ | 09.03.2012
Recent Photos
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Coast Guard Cutter EscanabaSeaman Jeremiah Coutin and Logan Dunn prepare a pizza for the crew aboard the Boston-based 270-foot Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012. The crew...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn | USCG-AA | 09.15.2012
Coast Guard Cutter EscanabaCrew members aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Boston, depart Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Virginia...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn | USCG-AA | 09.13.2012
Coast Guard, EPA demonstrate Vessel of Opportunity...Rear Adm. Michael N. Parks, commander of the 9th Coast Guard District, and Capt. Andrew Sugimoto, chief of the 9th Coast Guard District Incident Management Branch,...
Photo by Telfair Brown | USCGD9 | 09.12.2012
Coast Guard assists two boaters after catamaran capsizes...A capsized 16-foot catamaran floats in Fairport Harbor, offshore of Fairport, Ohio, Sept. 11, 2012. The two people aboard the catamaran were thrown into the water...
Courtesy Photo | USCGD9 | 09.11.2012
Coast Guard Cutter Juniper participates in Operation...Crewmembers aboard the 225-foot U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, homeported in Newport, R.I., use a crane to lift a bundle of food transferred to the Juniper by a...
Courtesy Photo | USCGD1 | 08.28.2012
Coast Guard responds to Hurricane IsaacA Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane from Air Station Mobile sits pre-staged on the runway in front of Air Station Houston in preparation for Hurricane Isaac's...
Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Brahm | CGPADH | 08.28.2012
Recent Video
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Jireh - Mona IslandMONA ISLAND, Puerto Rico ⎯ Response crews insert roller bags in the 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh, Sept. 3, 2012 for final removal and disposal. The Jireh is...
Courtesy Video | PADET-SJ | 09.03.2012
Coast Guard Assists Residents Impacted by Tropical Storm...NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard assisted residents in a flooded house in LaPlace, Wednesday, due to Tropical Storm Isaac. A Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans...
Courtesy Video | USCGD8 | 08.29.2012
Coast Guard Medevacs Cruiseship Member 290 Miles off...B-roll of Coast Guardsmen conducting a medical evacuation of a person on board a cruise ship 290 miles off the coast of Virginia. Produced by Petty Officer 1st Class...
Courtesy Video | USCGD8 | 08.27.2012
Coast Guard responds to Hurricane Isaac - Aug. 29HOUSTON - Coast Guard units all along the Gulf Coast pre-staged assets and personnel to better assist anyone or thing in distress after Hurricane Isaac makes...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Brahm | CGPADH | 08.29.2012
Coast Guard responds to Hurricane Isaac - Aug. 29HOUSTON - Coast Guard units all along the Gulf Coast pre-staged assets and personnel to better assist anyone or thing in distress after Hurricane Isaac makes...
Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Brahm | CGPADH | 08.29.2012
MV Jireh remains grounded after Tropical Storm IsaacThe 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh remains grounded after Tropical Storm Isaac on Mona Island, Puerto Rico Aug. 25, 2012. Response crews are removing sections of...
Video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn | USCG-AA | 08.25.2012
Recent News Stories
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Response crews scheduled to continue work on grounded...
Response crews are scheduled to continue removal operations for the 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh, Monday, Aug. 27.
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn | USCG-AA | 08.24.2012
Response crews are scheduled to continue removal operations for the 202-foot grounded freighter Jireh, Monday, Aug. 27.
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn | USCG-AA | 08.24.2012
Coast Guard auxiliarists assist rescue of 7 from rip...
Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary rescued seven swimmers in Lake Michigan, near the Holland State Park, who became caught in rip currents after they entered a no...
Courtesy Story | USCGD9 | 07.07.2012
Members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary rescued seven swimmers in Lake Michigan, near the Holland State Park, who became caught in rip currents after they entered a no...
Courtesy Story | USCGD9 | 07.07.2012
Local Coast Guardsman awarded Bronze StarA local Coast Guardsman was awarded the Bronze Star, the fourth-highest combat decoration, at the Portsmouth Federal Building, Tuesday, June 26, for his performance...
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Walter Shinn | USCG-AA | 06.26.2012
US Coast Guard participates in Exercise Tradewinds 2012Through the sweltering 85-degree Caribbean heat and 79 percent humidity, U.S. Coast Guard members are renewing partnerships with 16 other countries during Exercise...
Story by Stephen Lehmann | USCGD8 | 06.22.2012
Coast Guard rescues sailors 30 miles off Cape Hatteras, N.C.
The Coast Guard rescued two sailors after their 49-foot sailing vessel began taking on water approximately 30 miles east off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Monday.
Courtesy Story | USCGD5 | 06.04.2012
The Coast Guard rescued two sailors after their 49-foot sailing vessel began taking on water approximately 30 miles east off the coast of Cape Hatteras, N.C., Monday.
Courtesy Story | USCGD5 | 06.04.2012
Coast Guard medically evacuated a 67-year-old man from a...
The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 67-year-old man from a cruise ship 210 miles southwest of Cape Cod, Mass., Monday.
Courtesy Story | USCGD1 | 05.22.2012
The Coast Guard medically evacuated a 67-year-old man from a cruise ship 210 miles southwest of Cape Cod, Mass., Monday.
Courtesy Story | USCGD1 | 05.22.2012
Recent Audio
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Lt. Caitlin Mitchell Wurster
Lt. Caitlin Mitchell Wurster, Richmond, Va., talks to a military reporter about her job as a helicopter pilot in the Coast Guard. Audio only.
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 06.15.2012
Lt. Caitlin Mitchell Wurster, Richmond, Va., talks to a military reporter about her job as a helicopter pilot in the Coast Guard. Audio only.
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 06.15.2012
Unified Area Command press conference
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry, the federal on-scene coordinator; Doug Suttles, BP Chief Operating Officer; and Lars Herbst, MMS Regional Director of the Gulf...
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 05.08.2010
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Mary Landry, the federal on-scene coordinator; Doug Suttles, BP Chief Operating Officer; and Lars Herbst, MMS Regional Director of the Gulf...
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 05.08.2010
Coast Guard Aircraft Broadcasts Warning to Mariners
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A Coast Guard HC-130J Hercules aircraft crew from Air Station Elizabeth City is conducting a search and rescue patrol along the mid-atlantic region...
Audio by Monica Leftwich | USCG-AA | 12.18.2009
PORTSMOUTH, Va. - A Coast Guard HC-130J Hercules aircraft crew from Air Station Elizabeth City is conducting a search and rescue patrol along the mid-atlantic region...
Audio by Monica Leftwich | USCG-AA | 12.18.2009
Coast Guard rescues 1 after receiving distress call near...
The Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from a distressed boater and later rescued the boater following the sinking of a 23-foot sail boat in Ponce de Leon Inlet,...
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 10.05.2009
The Coast Guard responded to a mayday call from a distressed boater and later rescued the boater following the sinking of a 23-foot sail boat in Ponce de Leon Inlet,...
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 10.05.2009
Mayday call from 25-foot Sea Ray
The Coast Guard, along with the assistance of two Good Samaritans rescued four people from an oil rig after their boat capsized, 20 miles off the coast of Sabine...
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 06.05.2009
The Coast Guard, along with the assistance of two Good Samaritans rescued four people from an oil rig after their boat capsized, 20 miles off the coast of Sabine...
Courtesy Audio | USCG-AA | 06.05.2009
Coast Guard searching for 6 people off Port St. Lucie, Fla.
Audio of distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard from a vessel reportedly sinking off the coast of Florida.
Audio by Lt.Cmdr. Robert Wyman | USCG-AA | 09.10.2008
Audio of distress call to the U.S. Coast Guard from a vessel reportedly sinking off the coast of Florida.
Audio by Lt.Cmdr. Robert Wyman | USCG-AA | 09.10.2008
