U.S. Coast Guard

This week CGC Mohawk pulled into Dakar, Senegal, and wrapped our work with the Senegalese Navy. We spent five days along the coast of Senegal and their Exclusive Economic Zone assisting local officials in enforcing national laws and regulations as well as obtaining information on vessels and activit...

Trailblazer, ambassador, all-star, champion, leader, mentor, scholar, legend – all words used to embody U.S Coast Guard Lieutenant Commander Zeita Merchant. Yesterday, Merchant was recognized for her outstanding achievements and for her support of Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU)...

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LT Wayne Miller and Alabama Deputy State Fire Marshall Michael K. Talley helped in the rescue of a man caught in a car fire. Coast Guard photo by PA1 Zach Zubricki

September is National Preparedness Month, and this year’s theme is “Plan Now. Work Together. Be Ready.” Whether you’re an active emergency responder, a good neighbor or a parent taking care of a family, everyone plays a role during an emergency. Because, it’s not a matter of IF an emergency will occ...

Sometimes, even the rescuer needs rescuing. An indelible mark was placed on the collective consciousness of our service five years ago when thousands of Coast Guard men and women rushed from all corners of the country to aid the citizens of the Gulf region. Hundreds of Coast Guard rescuers who call...

Yesterday, the nation marked the 5-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina’s landfall in New Orleans. For the people of the Gulf, the men and women of the Coast Guard and the millions tracking the storm, landfall was only the beginning of what would become a major rescue and recovery effort. As we con...

As part of the Coast Guard’s effort to locate a missing World War II air crew, a team has been dispatched to the frozen Greenland ice cap. Getting there was half the battle.

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp Jr., the 13th Gold Ancient Mariner of the Coast Guard congratulates Chief Petty Officer Steven Hearn, the new Silver Ancient Mariner at a change of watch ceremony. Coast Guard photo by PA3 David Weydert.

This week marks the fifth anniversary of Hurricane Katrina. Coast Guard response operations in the aftermath of the storm surpassed that of any previous response with a total of 33,545 persons saved.

Aviation Survival Technician 2nd Class (AST2) Sara Faulkner joined the Coast Guard to save lives. As a rescue swimmer in Hurricane Katrina she did just that – 52 times.

HS1 Larry Berman, a crewmember of CGC Tahoma, stacks bales of cocaine on the pier at Base Support Unit Miami. U.S. Coast Guard photo by PA2 Nick Ameen.

This week we ended on a traditional note, we celebrated becoming Shellbacks. About 75 percent of the crew started this week as “slimy wogs” (those who had never crossed the equator on a ship at sea) and ended it as “Emerald Shellbacks.” The events started Thursday and ended with a barbeque on the fl...