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Crew of HMS Bounty II sinking

USCG Rescues Crew of HMS Bounty, Sunk Off North Carolina Coast Guard rescues 14 of 16 crew, and continues search for two missing

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HMS Bounty, a 180-foot, three-masted sailing vessel, has sunk off the coast of North Carolina due to the effects of Hurricane Sandy. Coast Guard Jayhawk helicopters rescued 14 people from …

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Rear Adm. Bill Baumgartner, commander of the 7th Coast Guard District, center, congratulates the crew of the CGC Cypress at Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., South Moorings, Oct. 28, 2011. The crew arrived Aug. 28 to offload 7 tons of cocaine seized from a self-propelled semi-submersible in the Western Caribbean Sea Sept. 30, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse

Drug-trafficking Submersibles The drug-smuggling semi-submersible makes its first public appearance in the Caribbean Sea.

In 2006, the first homemade drug-trafficking submersible to be seen at sea by American law enforcement officers was interdicted 100 miles off the Pacific shore of Costa Rica, carrying 3 …

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Fisheries boarding

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Fight for Marine Resources From the Atlantic to the Pacific, the Coast Guard relies on teamwork to protect valuable marine species.

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The Coast Guard’s mission to enforce fisheries laws at sea was assigned in 1976 by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. In order of importance, the Coast Guard’s priorities …

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While in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the crew of the CGC Bertholf, a 418-foot national security cutter homeported in Alameda, Calif., transfers recovered cocaine to Panamanian Maritime Forces, Nov. 24, 2011, from the cutter'€™s rescue platform. The drug was jettisoned from a go-fast boat when the Bertholf'€™s crew disrupted illicit narcotics-smuggling activities. U.S. Coast Guard photo

U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Southwest Border Security Interagency cooperation maintains a vigilant, adaptable, and integrated watch

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Protecting the nation’s Pacific Southwest border has grown from a comparatively routine task to a complex and increasingly dangerous one – partly due to post-9/11 concerns about terrorism, and partly …

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A member of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agency looks toward the CMA CGM Virginia, a container shipping vessel, May 16, 2009, off the coast of Jacksonville, Fla., before boarding the ship to search for possible stowaways. CBP worked with Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville'€™s boarding team to conduct a search after the ship'€™s captain reported finding unfamiliar backpacks containing food and water on the ship'€™s bow. CBP is the Department of Homeland Security's lead agency for cargo security and has authority over cargo and crew once a vessel arrives in port. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Cindy Beckert

U.S. Coast Guard Secures the Global Supply Chain

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In January 2011, Secretary of Homeland Security Janet Napolitano publicly identified the security of the global supply chain as a focal point for the department. The resulting Secure Supply Chain …

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The Russian-flagged tanker Renda, top, follows a path through ice in the Bering Sea made by the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) Jan. 6, 2012. The Seattle-based cutter was escorting and assisting Renda on its mission to deliver 1.3 million gallons of fuel to Nome, Alaska, after a winter storm prevented a scheduled delivery. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Benjamin Nocerini

Operation Arctic Shield As interest in the Arctic heats up, the Coast Guard steps up.

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As polar sea ice diminishes and Arctic waters – among the most nutrient-rich marine habitats in the world – become increasingly navigable in the summer months, the remote region is …

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Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue

The Many Faces of the Coast Guard Locally based, nationally deployed, globally connected

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Americans rarely see the U.S. Coast Guard as a whole. Instead, people come in contact with individual elements of the service, if at all. They may see the aircraft overhead …

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Healy, Renda in ice

CGC Healy’s Emergency Trip to Nome Raises Questions About the U.S. Icebreaker Fleet Healy's ice breaking for Russian tanker keeps Nome's home fires burning

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The temperature was above freezing on Jan. 19, 2012, making it a fairly warm day in Nome, Alaska. It was also an historic day, during which the CGC Healy (WAGB …

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Coast Guard boat crews Midwest flooding

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Role in National Incident Management Providing interoperability and surge capability within the service and with other agencies

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It was September 2008, and Texas’ Gulf ports – Galveston, Port Arthur/Beaumont, Houston, Freeport, Texas City, and Port Lavaca/Point Comfort – were a wreck. In the wake of Hurricanes Gustav and …

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Auxiliarist during towing drill at Cape May

Coast Guard Auxiliary: More Than a Classroom Charged with teaching boating safety to American citizens, the Coast Guard Auxiliary's role is much broader in action.

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On paper, the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s mission appears to consist of a lot of public relations. After all, they are recognized as uniformed volunteers who devote their time and energy …

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