Wings on High: How an air station is always ready
Click the image to play the videoThe Coast Guard has 210 aircraft located at 24 air stations strategically placed across the United States. The Coast Guard men and women assigned to these air stations work 24/7 to ensure that the Coast Guard’s [...]
Critical mass rescue training
When anyone thinks of a tabletop exercise, the first thing that may come to mind is Dungeons and Dragons. But one type of tabletop exercise is no game; it is in fact training several agencies in preparation for ultimate mission [...]
Station New Orleans: Protecting the gateway to global commerce
America is currently besieged by a very particular fear. It is a fear of not enough, a universal fear. It is a fear of not enough money and not enough jobs. It is a fear for the future. [...]
Staying Frosty
The U.S. Coast Guard has a history of being America’s first responder whenever disaster strikes. Whether it’s search and rescue operations after a natural disaster or when boaters signal distress, the Coast Guard is always ready to send [...]
Station Venice: Protecting the gateway to the Mississippi River
A recent trip to Venice, La., the southeastern tip of the Pelican State, proves there are some places where the buses don’t run, but the alligators do, off-road like all-terrain vehicles. There’s the beaten path, and then there is 436 [...]
Ready when the winds arrive
Hurricane weather has no mind or rationality. There is no negotiating with it to disperse or to change its course. The goal is to prepare and hope you’ve done enough to weather the storm and remain safe, which is [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless, protecting America, patrolling the Caribbean
The crew of the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless, a 210-foot Medium Endurance Cutter homeported in Galveston, Texas, returned home after a 56-day counter narcotics patrol in the Caribbean, June 19. The 75-person crew of the Dauntless deployed [...]
Coast Guard Auxiliary turns 73
Written and posted by Seaman Ivan J. Barnes Before the Allies stormed the beaches of Normandy, they answered the call of duty, long before it was a video game. Some were born ready and others were made ready by events [...]
Guiding the way
Throughout the waters of Houston and Galveston are a nearly invisible pathway of swift currents and deep channels that many ocean-goers must navigate. One of the units tasked with ensuring all vessels are able to safely navigate these waterways is [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless returns home
Written by: Ens. Eric Hudson While patrolling the Gulf of Mexico the crew of the Dauntless successfully executed a multitude of missions ranging from the protection of living marine resources to a patrol of the exclusive economic zone. Protecting the [...]
