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Light plane crashes near Bay Bridge
OAKLAND -- The pilot and a passenger aboard a small, private Cessna aircraft escaped injury Wednesday afternoon when they made an emergency landing in the Bay on the north side of the Bay Bridge toll plaza, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The single-engine Cessna lost engine power and...
Tags: Cessna Aircraft Co., FAA, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-09-10
Aker Philadelphia Shipyard Build Methodologies Confirmed in U.S. District Court Decision
Lawsuit by Metal Trades Department Against U.S. Coast Guard Rejected PHILADELPHIA -- In a decision filed today the U.S. District Court of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania has upheld the United States Coast Guard interpretation of the Jones Act as it relates to the modern building methods employed by...
Tags: lawsuit, U.S. District Court, United States Coast Guard, vessel
Research articles 2008-08-25
Heavy currents cause multiple drownings at New York beaches
WASHINGTON AFP — Four swimmers drowned and three were missing at beaches hit by severe rip currents and undertows near New York City this weekend, police and the Coast Guard said Sunday. Three swimmers drowned at Long Beach, east of the city on Friday and Saturday despite life guards...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Outsourcing, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-07-27
Foss Maritime Receives Highest Honor for Environmental Stewardship
Company Brings Home the 'Gold' From U.S. Coast Guard SEATTLE -- The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded the Foss Maritime Company its most prestigious environmental honor: the 2008 William M. Benkert 'gold' award for marine environmental protection. It is Foss' second major 'green' award in less than a month....
Tags: Transportation, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-07-08
Creator of Beloved Military Mascots Presents Nation With Original Painting by Famed Artist Stewart Moskowitz
SAN DIEGO -- Diann Wall-Wilson, creator of the official mascot of the U.S. Marine Corps and the beloved mascots of the U.S. Army, Navy, Air Force and Coast Guard, accompanied by Paul Shiffman, her associate, presented the nation with an original painting by world renowned artist Stewart Moskowtiz at a...
Tags: ceremony, U.S. Army, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-05-26
Q and AMore than 50 bands in military
Question: Can you give me some information about U.S. military bands? How many are there? Where are they stationed overseas? How old are some of the oldest? And so on. -L.S., Topeka. Answer: One source came up with 59 bands in the U.S. Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy...
Tags: Air Force, E-mail, Government, U.S., U.S. Army, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-05-16
Q and AMore than 50 bands in military
Question: Can you give me some information about U.S. military bands? How many are there? Where are they stationed overseas? How old are some of the oldest? And so on. -L.S., Topeka. Answer: One source came up with 59 bands in the U.S. Army, Marines, Air Force, Navy...
Tags: Air Force, E-mail, Government, U.S., U.S. Army, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-05-16
soundings
* Coast Guard Responds to Sinking Vessel. In late March, the U.S. Coast Guard and fishing vessel Alaska Warrior recovered crew members from the fishing vessel Alaska Ranger, 120 miles west of Dutch Harbor, Alaska. Four crew members were reported deceased and one missing. "Saving 42 people in Bering Sea...
Tags: Manufacturing, NOAA, United States Coast Guard, vessel
Research articles 2008-05-01
Acquisition woes.(READERS' FORUM: VIEWS ... COMMENTS ... SUGGESTIONS)(Letter to the editor)
* In the article, "Preventive Care Prescribed for Pentagon Big-Ticket Programs," (February 2008, page 8), Ms. Erwin makes an interesting observation concerning cost overruns of numerous Pentagon programs, but I suggest that the budget process is not the problem. Rather, it is the broken acquisition process...
Tags: acquisition, FINANCE, Investment, Pentagon, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-04-01
Safe harbor? DHS will miss deadline to set up port security hubs.(Port Security)(Department of Homeland Security)
[ILLUSTRATIONS OMITTED] CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Every morning, representatives of the Coast Guard, Department of Justice and Customs and Border Protection gather in a meeting room in a secure port facility here to plan the day's operations. Joining them at the table...
Tags: agency, camera, MARKETING, security, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-04-01
Aerospace & Defense News - Defense
Mar 31, 2008 Coast Guard considers options for UAVs. The Coast Guard is in a pre-acquisition phase for unmanned aerial vehicles and is evaluating basing options. Flight tests with Customs and Border Patrol using a Predator B concluded this week. Officials note that the Coast Guard requires maritime surveillance...
Tags: aerospace, Air Force, FINANCE, GPS, Handhelds, HARDWARE, Mercury Computer Systems Inc., Raytheon Co., United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-03-31
St. Lawrence Prof: Turn To Big-Box Stores, Not Government, When Disaster Strikes.
Byline: St. Lawrence University CANTON, N.Y., March 28 AScribe Newswire -- When a major disaster strikes, many rely upon the government for assistance. A new study by St. Lawrence University Dana Professor of Economics Steven Horwitz suggests that real relief is likely to...
Tags: Federal Emergency Management Agency, George Mason University, Government, knowledge, Strategy, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-03-28
Four die, one missing after ship sinks off Alaska: Coast Guard
WASHINGTON AFP — Four people were killed and one was missing Sunday after a fishing vessel sank off the coast of Alaska, the US Coast Guard said. The Alaska Ranger reported to the Coast Guard at about 2:50 am (1050 GMT) that it was having rudder problems and had...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-03-23
U.S. Coast Guard Implements Click Commerce Service Parts Software
CHICAGO -- Click Commerce, Inc., the leading provider of service network management solutions, announced today that the U.S. Coast Guard USCG successfully implemented Click Commerce Parts, a service parts planning and optimization tool, within the Aircraft Repair and Supply Center (AR&SC) in Elizabeth City, NC. AR&SC is the Coast Guard's...
Tags: software, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-04-29
US on guard for Cuba migration after Castro
MIAMI AFP — US authorities do not predict a fresh wave of Cuban migration amid political power-shifts on the communist island, but say they are on guard, after a string of regional migration crises. As Cuba readies to name a new president Sunday, the Miami-based US Southern Command says...
Tags: Agence France-Presse, Cuba, Florida, Government, Miami, migration, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-02-22
A.F. fighter pilot dies after likely jet collision
EGLIN AIR FORCE BASE, Fla. AP -- An Air Force fighter pilot died Wednesday after his jet and another likely collided during a training exercise and crashed into the Gulf of Mexico. The other pilot was rescued and is expected to survive. The single-seat F-15C Eagles crashed Wednesday...
Tags: Air Force, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-02-21
Public Meeting of the Shipping Coordinating Committee.
M2 PRESSWIRE-8 January 2008-US Department of State: Public Meeting of the Shipping Coordinating CommitteeC1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:07012008 Media Note Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC -- The U.S. Department of State's Shipping Coordinating Committee SHC will hold an open meeting...
Tags: U.S. Department of State, United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-01-08
Remarks by the Vice President at the United States Coast Guard Academy Commencement Ceremony
NEW LONDON, Conn. -- United States Coast Guard Academy
Tags: United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-05-21
Coast Guard plucks six people from stranded vessel southwest of New
The Coast Guard rescued six people from a 16-foot pleasure craft Sunday night 20 miles southwest of New Orleans.
Tags: United States Coast Guard
Research articles 2008-03-17
Mines and underwater IEDS in U.S. ports and waterways: context, threats, challenges, and solutions
A broad spectrum of nontraditional and asymmetric threats challenges U.S. maritime homeland security. (1) The smuggling of drugs, arms, and people; vesselborne improvised explosive devices, like that used by terrorists against the guided-missile destroyer USS Cole in October 2002; proliferation of chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear, and high-explosive weapons of mass...
Tags: Adm, Captain, Government, Robert, SECURITY, Transportation, U.S., U.S. Department of Defense, United States Coast Guard, vessel
Research articles 2008-01-01
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