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GRAND HAVEN, Mich. (WOOD)– Officers from the Grand Haven Department of Public Safety are investigating after a man crashed his truck through the Coast Guard Station Gate and assaulted U.S. Coast Guard personnel. This happened just after 6:00 a.m. Sunday. According to officials, the suspect broke into the station and threatened he had an explosive device in his truck. Authorities say all U.S. Coast Guard personnel are safe. At this time, Harbor Drive and the boardwalk are closed until further notice. Residents of Sand Piper Condos are advised to shelter in place. If you live there, stay in your residence...

<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>

I have bad news. Our permit for the area requested was denied. This is what the report said:Permit is denied based upon sec. 18-104(2) because of the existence of a prior application for the same time and place. I submitted this application on 04/20/2007, and this response is dated 05/01/2007. I will be returning to New London on Friday to scout new locations.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: The Gathering of Eagles, an honorable group of Veterans and concerned Patriotic Americans has requested a permit for a rally to be held at the Coast Guard Academy on May 23, 2007, during their graduation ceremony. This rally is being held to counter the left wing A.N.S.W.E.R. Rally being held on the same day. The Graduation of some of America's finest citizens from one of our most prestigious academies should not be marred by the vocal outrage of what is a minority in our country. The GATHERING OF EAGLES requests that all concerned parties make an effort...

To counter terrorists, you need to think like one. That will be the case to thwart terrorists who want to match, if not exceed, the devastating September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. September 11 came from the sky in a somewhat unconventional way. Terrorists turned fully-fueled airplanes with passengers into cruise missiles, crashing them into the symbols of U.S. economic and military strength: the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. In their desire to at least match the destructive effect of those attacks, terrorists will look for another "creative," unconventional approach. This time, it could come from the...

Have any of you served in the Coast Guard? How was it? What did you enjoy most? What did you get out of it? and finally.....were any of you boatswain mates? Son is looking in to going in...just want some info.

Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter Bainbridge Island work on the balky motor of the ship's Zodiac intercept boat. "Almost always, ... something is not working," says Lt. Cmdr. Peter Van Ness, the cutter's commanding officer. (Photo by Jerry McCrea) The Coast Guard, "Running on Empty" BY TED SHERMAN   Struggling for years with an aging fleet, the Coast Guard is facing millions in unexpected repairs and upgrades on old patrol boats, helicopters and planes it once planned to replace through a modernization program called Deepwater. The problems arise just as the Coast Guard -- which won widespread praise for...

WASHINGTON, June 20, 2005 – To meet post-Sept. 11 security responsibilities, the United States Coast Guard has crafted and is implementing a transformation policy to ensure America's coastlines and waterways are safe, the Coast Guard's top official said June 17. In an address to the City Club of Cleveland, Adm. Thomas Collins, Coast Guard commandant, highlighted the changes the Coast Guard already has made and spoke about the need for strong international and interagency partnerships to increase safety while stimulating the economy. "Because the United States imports, exports, and moves more goods and materials than any other country, it naturally...

COAST GUARD TRAINING CENTER YORKTOWN, Virginia, April 30, 2005 – A group of civic leaders touring stateside military bases paid a visit here April 29 to learn firsthand about the U.S. Coast Guard and its mission. In Yorktown, the Coast Guard's core competencies and missions were on display for participants in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference. The sheer variety and efficiency of what the Coast Guard does every day was a surprise to many of the participants. "I always thought of the Coast Guard as just a lifesaving service," JCOC participant Dawn Bannwolf said. "I had no idea they had...

The Coast Guard is trading in the 9 mm sidearms it has used for 18 years in favor of a more powerful pistol, the Sig Sauer .40-caliber automatic. Lt. j.g. John Strasburg of the Office of Cutter Forces at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., said the service has started to take delivery on the first of 12,000 handguns to be purchased under a $4.2 million contract. Field units will start to get them next September. “It's going to take a while to get all the weapons out to the fleet,” Strasburg said. “The transition plans are still in development...

The average age of the military man is 19 years. He is a short haired, tight-muscled kid who, under normal circumstances is considered by society as half man, half boy. Not yet dry behind the ears, not old enough to buy a beer, but old enough to die for his country. He never really cared much for work and he would rather wax his own car than wash his father's; but he has never collected unemployment either. He's a recent High School graduate; he was probably an average student, pursued some form of sport activities, drives a ten year old...

Who is the baddes of all our special forces? Rangers? SEALs? Other?