itCG – C-130 collision, border security, survival at sea, manatee goes home,...
Tragedy struck the Coast Guard last night. Guardians are actively searching for the nine missing people involved in a collision between a Coast Guard C-130 plane out of Air Station Sacramento and a...
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Coast Guard response to Hurricane Irene
As the season’s first Atlantic hurricane, Irene’s high winds and heavy rains downed trees, took out power lines and flooded inland communities leaving millions of Americans impacted. In the end, as the...
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Through the eyes of an artist
Despite our world becoming increasingly more digital, art continues to tell the story of the service’s missions and heroes. For the past 30 years, the Coast Guard Art Program has employed art to...
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Your Coast Guard in 2011 – Atlantic Area
From the Rocky Mountains to the Arabian Gulf; Canada to the Caribbean Sea, the men and women of the Coast Guard’s Atlantic Area have served our nation well in 2011. The past year has been a challenging...
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Why fly?
Aviate, navigate, communicate. These three words are drilled into the minds of Coast Guard pilots from day one. First, you have to focus on flying the plane. Next, you have to figure out where the...
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Helicopter pilot #2 – CDR Stewart Graham
Graham is credited with many helicopter firsts, including the first wartime anti-submarine patrol requiring him to perform the first take-off and landing from a vessel on the high seas. In 1947 he...
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Shipmate of the Week – MK1 Joseph Wilmot
Coast Guard Cutter Bainbridge Island was shorthanded and in need of an engineering petty officer. When the call for help was sent out, Petty Officer 1st Class Joseph Wilmot answered. A machinery...
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Shipmate of the Week – CWO Randall Rice
Two sailors were in for the trip of their lives as they set out sailing from Florida to Greece in May 2011. But the trip of their lives didn’t end in Greece, it ended in the shelter of a Coast Guard...
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Coast Guard responds in the wake of Sandy
The Coast Guard has a proud tradition of preserving life in even the most adverse conditions and stood ready to continue that tradition in the wake of Sandy. Coast Guard helicopter crews were busy...
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Shipmate of the Week – MK2 Josh Pearson
Petty Officer 2nd Class Josh Pearson is a machinery technician, one of the Coast Guard's largest enlisted ratings. As a machinery technician, Pearson is a leader and manager, with a breadth of...
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Celebrating the resiliency of the military child
As the Coast Guard and the other military services celebrate the resiliency of the military child during the month of April, we’re putting a spotlight on the Coast Guard’s 7-year partnership with...
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Shipmate of the Week – OS3 Sean Davis
When commercial lobsterman John Aldridge was reported missing aboard the 44-foot vessel Anna Mary, a massive search effort ensued. Rescue crews from Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New...
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Flying dinosaurs
Senior Chief Petty Officer Peter MacDougall recalled the dark and stormy nights he went out into, knowing his wife could hear the helicopter take off from their house, imagining the anxiety it caused...
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Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: CGNR 2309 crew, Air Station Cape Cod
During a severe snow storm in Massachusetts in early February, a premature baby was born on Nantucket and was in need of medical care beyond what the island's hospital could provide. The CGNR 2309 crew...
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Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: CGNR 6033 crew, Air Station Cape Cod
An already hazardous situation made worse by severe winter weather, Coast Guard Cape Cod CGNR 6033 crew heroically displayed their bravery, ingenuity and grit in the rescue of a father and son aboard...
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Below Zero: Coast Guard rescue swimmers gear-up against frigid New England...
When there is a search and rescue case, the water temperature doesn’t matter, because the risk is always measured against the value of saving a life. This means our Coast Guard rescue swimmers must...
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Below Zero: New England aircrews take on frigid winter weather
When the forecast calls for visible moisture, the risk of flying gets more challenging for the pilots and crew. Aircrews from Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod are up for the challenge.
View ArticleSaluting a Mother Who Serves: Petty Officer Amanda Terry
Our Coast Guard is full of strong, amazing women who are not only great, hard-working Coast Guard members, but are also pulling double duty as moms! Here's the story of one such woman who strives every...
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