DEPOE BAY, Ore. — A Coast Guard helicopter crew’s training mission near Depoe Bay on Sept. 12 was disrupted when a green laser lit up the cockpit.
Green and red lasers pose a significant hazard to flight and boatcrews, especially when the helicopter crews are operating at low altitude at night or the boatcrews are battling treacherous conditions.
MAYPORT, Fla. — The Coast Guard Cutter Maria Bray and crew returned to their homeport at Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville in Atlantic Beach, Fla., Thursday morning following a 30-day deployment during which crewmembers were directly engaged in operations involving 75 Cuban migrants.
HONOLULU – A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Barbers Point medically evacuated a contractor aboard the USNS Soderman (T-AKR 317) operating off the coast of Hawaii, Thursday.
TAMPA — The Coast Guard would like to encourage boaters to enjoy their Columbus Day weekend on the water safely.
Coast Guard crews, including many from the Coast Guard Auxiliary, will be patrolling the area, conducting safety checks both on the water and at marinas. Crews will be on the lookout for boaters who are intoxicated or operating their vessel in an unsafe manner.
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Pea Island repatriated 11 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba, Thursday.
The 11 Cuban migrants were interdicted at sea during two separate cases.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Key West, Fla., received notification from Carnival Cruise Ship Destiny of a rustic vessel with eight Cuban migrants aboard, south of Key West, Sept. 30. The Coast Guard cutter Escanaba crew was diverted and safely embarked the eight Cuban migrants. The eight migrants were all later transferred to the Pea Island for repatriation.
CORDOVA, Alaska - Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua McCarthy, left, carries gear from a downed small plane to a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter while
I did this article because I have seen lots of websites including Russia Today claiming our government seized $80 million in gold coins from Israel Switt a Philadelphia jeweler family under Executive Order 6102! This is not true, in a nut shell the 1933 Double Eagle gold coins that had never been circulated by the U.S. Treasury. So Israel Switt stole the coins and the government took the family to court to prove it and won the case.On July 20, 2011, a federal court jury ruled in favor of the government in its seizure of ten 1933 Double Eagle gold coins that had never been circulated by the U.S. Treasury. The coins had been in the possession of the family of Israel Switt.
When Thomas was told he was transferring from 1st Platoon to 2nd Platoon, the landing support specialist with Combat Logistics Battalion 2, Combat Logistics Regiment 15, thought nothing of it. Instead of working on Camp Leatherneck, Thomas would be working at the rotary wing Arrival Departure Airfield Control Group on Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, an adjoining base ran by British Armed Forces. He would be responsible for getting coalition forces and cargo on helicopters departing Camp Bastion’s airfield heading for remote forward operating bases throughout Regional Command Southwest’s area of operations.
WASHINGTON – A supervisory customs and border protection officer pleaded guilty today in the Southern District of Florida to impersonating a U.S. Customs attaché and making false statements related to his assignment with the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Preclearance Office in Dublin, announced Assistant Attorney General Lanny A. Breuer of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division and U.S. Attorney Wifredo A. Ferrer for the Southern District of Florida.
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