U.S. Canadian Coast Guards to Collaborate on Polar Icebreakers

U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Commandant for Acquisition Rear Adm. John Korn and Deputy Commissioner, Vessel Procurement, Canadian Coast Guard Mr. Michel Vermette, sign a polar icebreaker project annex; part of a Memorandum of Understanding signed in 2009 recognizing “a common interest in the design and construction techniques of ships.”

After six years as the Coast Guard’s Deputy Assistant Commandant for Acquisition, Michael Tangora is retiring from the service.

Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet receives RB-M

NEW SMYRNA BEACH, Fla. – The crew of Coast Guard Station Ponce de Leon Inlet receives a new Response Boat-Medium (RB-M), Feb. 7, 2013. The Coast Guard is recapitalizing many of its shore-based boats with the more-capable 45-foot RB-M. To date, the service has delivered 114 RB-M to stations around the country. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Potter.

Guard MH-65 Supports Security Operations for Super Bowl XLVII

NEW ORLEANS – The crew of Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-65C Dolphin 6576, which is one of 100 aircraft upgraded as part of the Coast Guard Short Range Recover Aircraft conversion and sustainment project, conducts a security overflight of the Superdome for Super Bowl XLVII, Jan. 31, 2013. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Vega.

Coast Guard Cutter Spencer, a 270-foot medium endurance cutter and an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter patrol New York Harbor, Nov. 6, 2012, in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy. Both assets were upgraded by the Coast Guard's Acquisition Directorate. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham.

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-144A flies in formation with a Mexican Navy CN-235. Both maritime patrol aircraft are based on the same EADS CASA design. The Coast Guard in 2012 brokered the sale of four CN-235s to Mexico as part of the United States’ Security Assistance Programs. Photo courtesy of Airbus Military.

The U.S. Coast Guard HC-130H Hercules A1U prototype aircraft arrives at the Naval Air Systems Command test flight squadron at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., to begin a nine month developmental test and evaluation program. U.S. Navy photo by Kelly Schindler.