The following is the Aug. 3, 2018 Congressional Research Report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Category Archives: U.S. Coast Guard
Report to Congress U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Procurement
The following is the Aug. 3, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Coast Guard Cutter Procurement: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
First in a Quartet of New Coast Guard Cutters Arrive in Los Angeles
Coast Guard cutter Forrest Rednour (WPC-1129). US Coast Guard Photo
The Coast Guard’s fast response cutter Forrest Rednour (WPC-1129) arrived Saturday at its new California home, marking the first of four of the multi-mission cutters to be homeported at Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach, Calif. Read More
Document: U.S. Coast Guard Message on its 228th Birthday
The following is the Aug. 4, 2018 ALCOAST message on the occasion of the 228th anniversary of the founding of the revenue cutter service. Read More
Coast Guard Commandant Schultz Optimistic Congress Will Fund New Heavy Icebreaker Program
USCGC Polar Star (WAGB-10) breaks ice in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Saturday, Jan. 13, 2018. US Coast Guard Photo
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Fiscal Year 2019 money for a Coast Guard heavy polar icebreaker is frozen on Capitol Hill, but the service’s commandant is optimistic the project will ultimately be funded. Read More
Coast Guard Opens Duck Boat Sinking Investigation
The Coast Guard oversees the removal of Stretch Duck 7 from Table Rock Lake in Branson, Missouri, July 23, 2018. US Coast Guard Photo
The U.S. Coast Guard has convened a formal Marine Board of Investigation into the deadly July 19 sinking of an amphibious duck boat tour vessel on Table Rock Lake in Branson, Mo. Read More
Report to Congress on Changes in the Arctic
The following is the July 27, 2018 Congressional Research Service report, Changes in the Arctic: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Report to Congress on U.S. Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program
The following is the July 9, 2018 Congressional Research Report, Coast Guard Polar Icebreaker Program: Background and Issues for Congress. Read More
Coast Guard Salvage Team Recovers Duck Boat Involved in Deadly Sinking
Stretch Duck 7, raised from approximately 80-feet of water in Table Rock Lake, Branson, Mo. Photo from local television station KY3
A U.S. Coast Guard salvage team has recovered the duck boat that sank in during stormy weather last week, resulting in the deaths of 17 tourists in Branson, Mo.,
Pacific Pair of Mine Countermeasures Exercises Focus on International Cooperation
Divers jump out of an MH-53E Sea Dragon helicopter, assigned to the “Vanguard” of Helicopter Mine Countermeasures Squadron (HM) 14, during a pouncer operation in support of Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2018. U.S. Navy photo
A pair of Pacific mine countermeasures exercises are increasing the U.S. Navy’s ability to incorporate new laser technology and international naval units into mine hunting avoidance activities.
