Coast Guard

Coast Guard Academy workers busted for sex on job

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has disciplined a service member and five civilian employees for allegedly engaging in sex acts on campus and using government computers to send sexually explicit and other inappropriate content, an academy spokesman said Wednesday.

11:26 February 13, 2013

Crew of Coast Guard's newest patrol cutter, based in Miami Beach, eager to begin real missions

As the $68 million cutter arrived at the base, the right bow thruster stopped working, requiring the crew to deftly maneuver ropes to get the big ship docked. It’s another kink to work out before the Robert Yered’s commissioning ceremony.

12:02 February 11, 2013

Coast Guard news stories

HMS Bounty crewman says he urged abandoning ship

The chief mate of a replica 18th-century sailing ship that sank off North Carolina during Hurricane Sandy told investigators Tuesday that the ship's captain twice refused his pleas to order the crew to abandon ship.
Panel to look at tall ship's sinking during Sandy

Investigators with the Coast Guard and the National Transportation Safety Board have scheduled eight days of testimony as they look into the fatal sinking of the Bounty - a replica 18th-century tall ship that sank when it sailed into Hurricane Sandy.
12:36 February 9, 2013
Island town stands behind its lighthouse

Residents of the tiny Martha's Vineyard town of Aquinnah are lending their support to efforts to save the historic Gay Head Light, which is owned by the Coast Guard and leased by the Martha's Vineyard Museum.
21:11 February 8, 2013
SPCA, Coast Guard: Don't go into the northern Calif. surf after your dog
Crews continue removing oil from leaking barge
Joint Chiefs chairman addresses USCG Academy
Guard lets vessels pass leaking Miss. River barge
Class sizes shrink at Coast Guard Academy
Coast Guard commandant: 'Worst fiscal mess'
Formal hearing planned on fatal ship sinking
Coast Guard rescues 12 from capsized research ship
Lawmaker tours Sandy destruction at Coast Guard Academy
Salvors ready Shell drill ship for tow attempt
Drill ship, crew remain stalled on Gulf of Alaska
Coast Guard cutter hits trouble trying to aid rig off Alaska
345 sharks found in illegal net in Gulf of Mexico
Coast Guard releases turtles to Gulf Stream
Coast Guard finds safety issues with Arctic drilling rig
Coast Guard busts cocaine mini-sub off Panama
Coast Guard getting ready for likely Obama visit to Hawaii
Authorities detain 25 in Calif. as boat comes ashore
Coast Guard officer killed on the job is remembered
4 aboard sailboat stranded near US Virgin Islands rescued
2 men hurt when boats collide off NJ
Stranded sea turtles from Cape to get Coast Guard flight to Florida

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