November 2009
95 posts
The loss of shipmates… well said...
Posted on 31 October 2009 by Anastacia Thorsson at www.cgblog.com
It goes without saying that the missing service members, both Coast Guard and Marine have been foremost in my thoughts and the thoughts of the rest of our shipmates.
While I understand that there are a lot of questions as to what might have happened, I really hope that everyone will remember that this shouldn’t just be about the...
iCommandant Update: Loss of Coast Guard C-130 and...
I sent the following e-mail update to all Coast Guard personnel: To the Men and Women of the United States Coast Guard: We are still in the midst of a massive search effort to locate the seven missing Guardians from CG-1705 and the two Marines from the AH-1 Cobra helicopter. Coast Guard and Navy assets, along with a Customs and Border Protection helicopter, are searching a 644 nautical mile area...
October 2009
84 posts
Easterly Makes Crossing to Mackinac Tough →
Video - Great Lakes & the Straits of Mackinac in a fall blow! God bless….
USCG C-130 aircraft & helicopter collide off SoCal...
By THOMAS WATKINS (AP) –
LOS ANGELES — The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy were searching early Friday for as many as nine people off the Southern California coast following a collision between a Coast Guard plane and a Marine Corps helicopter, officials said.
The crash was reported at 7:10 p.m. Thursday, about 50 miles off the San Diego County coast and 15 miles east of San Clemente Island, Coast...
WatchManatee - B-roll of members of the U.S. Coast Guard loading a manatee onto a C-130 aircraft.
WatchCoast Guard Transports Rescued Birds
B-roll of the Coast Guard rescuing federally protected wildlife and loading the birds onto a Coast Guard HC-130 aircraft. Scenes include the transporting and loading of the birds’ cages onto the aircraft.
The birds, that are federally protected, were rescued by the Wildlife Center of the North Coast in Astoria, Oregon. A request for the transport came...
