http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/coastguard/ en-us Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:52:57 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395110/posts Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy, the annual enrollment and graduation figures for blacks remain in single digits. ... Under a House bill, sponsored by Oberstar and Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the Coast Guard subcommittee chairman, members of Congress would nominate candidates for the academy. ... On a 385-11 vote last month, the House advanced the legislation to the Senate. The Coast Guard Academy historically has taken pride in viewing itself merit-based and choosing its applicants without regard... Associated Press & Washington Post http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2395110/posts#comment Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:52:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377970/posts A senior Coast Guard official removed earlier this year from his command position in Alaska is facing a long string of charges within the agency, including sodomy, indecent acts and conduct unbecoming an officer and gentleman. The U.S. Coast Guard filed 31 violations of the Uniform Code of Military Justice against Capt. Herbert Hamilton. It did not provide details of the alleged offenses, which also include fraud, adultery, indecent language and soliciting another to commit an offense. ADN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2377970/posts#comment Wed, 4 Nov 2009 03:35:49 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375390/posts Investigators are trying to determine why a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 airplane and a U.S. Marine Corps attack helicopter collided on Thursday night, likely killing nine crew members. Aircraft and ships are scouring the ocean off San Diego for any signs of survivors of the nighttime collision, but Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman said the crash likely killed both the plane's seven crew members and the two-person crew of the AH-1W Super Cobra helicopter.Federal Aviation Administration spokesman Ian Gregor said the crash occurred minutes after control of the C-130 was handed off from FAA controllers to military air controllers. CBC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2375390/posts#comment Sat, 31 Oct 2009 17:34:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374299/posts BreakingNews San Diego media: 9 missing after collision of Coast Guard C-130 and Marine Cobra helicopter off the SD coast. BNO News working to confirm. BreakingNews via Twitter http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2374299/posts#comment Fri, 30 Oct 2009 05:22:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370709/posts MCALLEN - The U.S. Coast Guard patrols the coasts, and a limited stretch of the Rio Grande, but a bill in the works would change that. Congressman Henry Cuellar wants the coast guard to work out a plan that would help secure the 1200 miles of the river. It's aimed at addressing drug and human smuggling along the river. Right now, the river is only patrolled by local law enforcement and Customs and Border Protection. The bill is called the Coast Guard Authorization Act. KRGV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2370709/posts#comment Sun, 25 Oct 2009 22:32:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337537/posts Here is video of CNN's Jean Meserve explaining how they mistook a Coast Guard Training Exercise on the Potomac River in Washington D.C. today, for a real live-fire incident. Meserve explained they heard audio from the Coast Guard saying "10 rounds have been expended." There were boats on the river that appeared to be trying to evade the Coast Guard as well. Eventually, they got the word from the Coast Guard that it was a training exercise and no rounds had ever been fired. With the exercise coming on September 11, it caused quite a stir for about half an... Freedom's Lighthouse http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337537/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:21:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337330/posts White House press secretary Robert Gibbs chastised CNN Friday morning for its reporting on a Coast Guard training exercise on ... ... the Potomac River, which suggested a security incident was in progress in the nation's capital. "Before we report things like this, checking would be good," Gibbs said. Responding directly to a CNN reporter's question about whether the public should have been notified about a training exercise, Gibbs was harshly sarcastic: "If anybody was unnecessarily alarmed based on erroneous reporting that denoted that shots had been fired, I think everybody is apologetic about that." When another journalist noted that... Politico http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337330/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:38:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337305/posts The United States Coast Guard called this morning's confusion a "routine exercise." Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337305/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:13:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337266/posts The initial reports were frightening, the Coast Guard fires shots at a rogue boat in the middle of the Potomac River, just before the President drives by, and right near the Pentagon building on the Anniversary of 9/11. The follow-up provoked anger---it was just a training mission: AP/The Lid http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2337266/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:27:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337259/posts USA Today: CNN broadcasts what it says is audio of the Coast Guard apparently speaking to a suspicious boat. The Coast Guard speaker is heard saying; "Slow down or you will be fired on." Real Clear Politics http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337259/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 15:17:17 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337236/posts In an incident that sparked a brief panic on the same day mourners marked the anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Coast Guard was conducting a training exercise in the Potomac River moments before President Obama and his motorcade crossed a nearby bridge. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337236/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:49:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337186/posts CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2337186/posts#comment Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:13:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2326452/posts Today, my daughter, FReeper Anoreth (since 11/29/03) graduates from Coast Guard Basic Training. We're also celebrating "The Boy," son of FReeper AnAmericanMother, who is graduating today from Marine Corps Basic. And "ForgotenKnight," grandson of Monkey Face, recently deployed with a Stryker unit to Afghanistan. Other FReepers with children (grandchildren, nieces and nephews, etc.) in the military, please join us in celebrating all our family members who are serving our country in the military. Vanity http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2326452/posts#comment Fri, 28 Aug 2009 11:48:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308289/posts U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office Official WebsiteSemper Paratus - the US Coast Guard anthem http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2308289/posts#comment Tue, 4 Aug 2009 23:09:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297554/posts The keel for the new National Security Cutter Stratton — which will be a sister ship of theCutter Berthoff, seen here on her builder’s trials — was laid Monday at Northrop GrummanShipbuilding in Pascagoula. PASCAGOULA — First lady Michelle Obama will serve as the sponsor of the third National Security Cutter, Stratton. Officials celebrated the ship’s construction Monday as the U.S. Coast Guard and Northrop Grumman laid the ship’s keel at the Pascagoula shipyard. Rear Adm. Ronald J. Rábago announced at the ceremony that Obama will serve as the Stratton’s sponsor and she will attend the christening ceremony at... SUN HERALD http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297554/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 16:45:46 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297456/posts PASCAGOULA -- First lady Michelle Obama will sponsor the Coast Guard's third Legend-class national security cutter, which is about 25 percent complete at Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding's Pascagoula yard, officials said Monday. In August 2007, the Coast Guard awarded Northrop Grumman a $285.5 million contract to construct the Stratton. The 418-foot cutter, WMSL 752, is named in honor of Dorothy C. Stratton, the first female commissioned officer in the Coast Guard. Stratton served as director of the SPARS, the Guard's women's reserve, during World War II. The Mississippi Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2297456/posts#comment Tue, 21 Jul 2009 14:39:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260716/posts Canada and the U.S. signed an agreement Monday designed to increase border security by allowing the RCMP and the U.S. Coast Guard to team up and ride in each others' vessels during border patrols. Known as the Shiprider program, the new rules intend to improve security and eliminate jurisdictional grey areas in Canada-U.S. waterways. Without the new program, vessels must stop at the border and call upon the other country's officials for help. The Shiprider program has been used as a pilot program over the past few years to catch smugglers and criminals on joint waterways. Public Safety Minister Peter... CTV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260716/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 18:27:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239557/posts The Seychelles Coast Guard says it has arrested nine suspected pirates believed to be behind the attempted hijacking of a luxury cruise liner over the weekend. When the Melody made a distress call, the Seychelles Coast Guard sent out a small plane that spent five hours photographing the pirates' skiff and marking its position. A Spanish navy ship then set off and apprehended the suspects Sunday. Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239557/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:10:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233957/posts NEW LONDON, Conn. - The U.S. Coast Guard Academy says Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano will give the keynote speech at the Connecticut school's 128th commencement next month. The graduation ceremony is set for May 20 at the New London campus. --snip-- Napolitano was on CNN's "State of the Union" show Sunday defending an intelligence report by her agency that veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan could be susceptible to recruitment by right-wing extremists. WNYW-TV Fox 5 News / The Associated Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2233957/posts#comment Tue, 21 Apr 2009 02:41:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520231/posts With "JAG," "Navy CIS," "MASH," and other military television shows being quite popular, one might consider with how military service has enhanced the fame of veteran actors in Hollywood or vice versa. During our distinguished history, some Hollywood actors have taken a break from their careers while they defended our country oftentimes to battle in war. These hereos include Charles Bronson, Gary Cooper, Glenn Ford, Henry Fonda, Clarke Gable, Lee Marvin, Elvis Presley, and Jimmy Stewart. More recent editions of entertainment veterans include "Limp Bizkit" lead singer Fred Durst who did service with the United States Navy. Up until... Dolly Howard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1520231/posts#comment Fri, 11 Nov 2005 16:55:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201736/posts Two days before NFL player Marquis Cooper took a doomed fishing trip with three friends in Florida Gulf Coast waters, a friend urged him to buy a life-saving device used to locate boats in distress. Cooper hadn't heard of the gadget, an emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB). And he didn't purchase one before his excursion on Saturday, according to the St. Petersburg Times. FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2201736/posts#comment Sun, 8 Mar 2009 04:52:19 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198678/posts The Coast Guard called off its search for three missing football players at sunset Tuesday. The news came after crews combed choppy waters off the Florida Gulf Coast for a third full day since NFL players Marquis Cooper and Corey Smith and a third friend William Bleakley disappeared. Their fishing boat capsized in stormy seas Saturday evening. One of the four on the excursion, Nick Schuyler, survived. FOXNews.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2198678/posts#comment Wed, 4 Mar 2009 03:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164240/posts PHILADELPHIA- On Jan. 17, 2009, the Coast Guard will establish five temporary security zones for a scheduled railway transit by high-ranking government officials. The security zones will be in effect 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. on Jan. 17, 2009, and include the following areas: * Delaware River, shoreline to shoreline beginning at the Walt Whitman Bridge south to the Delaware Memorial Bridge. * Schuylkill River, shoreline to shoreline beginning at the mouth and ending at the Fairmont Park Dam in Philadelphia. * Christina River, shoreline to shoreline beginning at the mouth and ending at the public dock at Ship Yard... United States Coast Guard http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2164240/posts#comment Wed, 14 Jan 2009 05:33:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154608/posts <p>President-elect Barack Obama has vowed to close it. The international community has condemned it.</p> <p>On Christmas Eve, however, when it came time for him to wish some American service members a Merry Christmas for his last time in office, President George W. Bush rang up a North Carolina man who's assigned to the military prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.</p> McClatchy Newspapers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2154608/posts#comment Fri, 26 Dec 2008 22:54:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151169/posts A Britten-Norman Trislander, the kind of small aircraft that disappeared off the Dominican Republic Monday with 12 on board. A small Caribbean airplane that vanished into thin air Monday was allegedly stolen by a fired Dominican Navy cadet who may have been trying to carry illegal immigrants to America, the plane’s owner told FOXNews.com. Luis Perez, the Puerto Rico-based owner of the aircraft charter company, said his twin-engine plane was stolen by an unlicensed pilot named Adrian Jimenez. Authorities told him Jimenez was a student of the Dominican Republic Armed Forces and a former Navy cadet. “They took his pilot’s... FoxNews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2151169/posts#comment Fri, 19 Dec 2008 00:56:35 GMT