Article: Man dies, 2 others survive after wave capsizes fishing boat

Article: Coast Guard
The Officer;  July 1, 2000 ;     457 words ...The Coast Guard is an armed force in the Department of Transportation...1790 as the Revenue Cutter Service (RCS). The name Coast Guard was adopted in 1915. In time of war, the Coast Guard becomes a service in the Navy. Coast Guard and RCS...

Article: `Coast Guard Melodrama'
The Washington Post;  July 18, 1988 ;     612 words ...There truly is a "Coast Guard Melodrama" being played out in Washington...a congressional across-the-board cut in Coast Guard appropriations plus unfunded cost increases reduced the Coast Guard's operating expenses by $103 million, more...

Article: Coast Guard Takes Delivery of First of 180 New Response Boat Mediums.
Defense Daily;  April 8, 2008 ;     503 words ...By Geoff Fein The Coast Guard yesterday unveiled its new 45-foot...25-year-old Utility Boat (UT- B) The Coast Guard has 30 of the new RB-Ms under contract...as many as 250, according to the Coast Guard. The current long-term multi-year...

Article: U.S. Coast Guard Organization and Missions
Sea Power;  January 1, 2005 ;     700+ words ...The U.S. Coast Guard is a military, multimission, maritime...and in U.S. ports and waterways. The Coast Guard operates along 95,000 miles of U.S...Revenue Cutter Service in 1790, the Coast Guard's ancestor, a distinctive blend of...

Article: DESPITE ECONOMIC UNCERTAINTIES, COAST GUARD LOOKS TO MODERNIZE
Info-Prod Research (Middle East);  March 5, 2009 ;     662 words ...According to DOD: The Coast Guard is used to being in high demand...ambiguity is the real challenge, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Thad W. Allen said yesterday. "The fact that demand for Coast Guard services exceeds our capacity has...

Article: Are our ports protected?; Critics question value of Coast Guard teams
The Patriot Ledger Quincy, MA;  October 9, 2002 ;     700+ words ...Patriot Ledger staff and news services The Coast Guard's most visible counterterrorism forces...be limited," Doug Dillon, a retired Coast Guard lieutenant, said. Dillon provided domestic...Officer Scott Whitney, a spokesman for the Coast Guard's Atlantic Command in Portsmouth, Va...

Article: Team Coast Guard: America's volunteer lifesavers Coast Guard auxiliary steps up training and readiness
Sea Power;  August 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...`The Coast Guard does not have the manpower or assets [needed...always been the trained volunteers of the Coast Guard Auxiliary that along with the Reserve force comprises `Team Coast Guard.' "That spirit of volunteerism is what makes...

Article: Coast Guard Heads For the Persian Gulf; Largest Frontline Mission Since Vietnam
The Washington Post;  January 30, 2003 ;     700+ words ...The Coast Guard today began lowering patrol ships onto...Vietnam War. About 600 members of the Coast Guard, including 200 reservists, will fly...as the military buildup continues. Coast Guard spokesmen said one of the crews' chief...

Article: Traditional Coast Guard Duties Suffer, Study Says
The Washington Post;  April 2, 2003 ;     679 words ...Coast Guard efforts to capture drug traffickers and...concerns among some lawmakers that the Coast Guard might neglect its old missions as it...areas. At a hearing yesterday on the Coast Guard's transition to the Department of Homeland...

Article: Recapitalizing the Coast Guard for the 21st century
Sea Power;  April 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ..."These are perplexing times for the Coast Guard," James Kitfield noted in "The Stepchild...In recent years, he pointed out, the Coast Guard has seen a dramatic increase in such...that most Americans identify with the Coast Guard-saving lives at sea. Yet, because the...

Article: Update on Coast Guard Reserve equipment
The Officer;  October 1, 2001 ;     700+ words ......families prepared for the holidays, Coast Guard Reservists left their homes and loved...deployment of detachments from two of the Coast Guard's six Port Security Units (PSUs) highlighted...communication. It wasn't the first time Coast Guard Reservists have gone overseas to ...

Article: The Coast Guard at War: Vietnam 1965-1975
Sea Power;  August 1, 1997 ;     468 words ...THE COAST GUARD AT WAR: Vietnam 1965-1975, by Alex Larzelere. Annapolis...Reviewed by Mary I. Nolan Larzelere, a retired Coast Guard captain who during his career commanded five Coast Guard cutters, including two 82foot patrol boats during...

Article: 105th Anniversary of the Philippine Coast Guard: On full throttle to meet maritime challenges of a progressive nation.(Opinion & Editorial)
Manila Bulletin;  October 18, 2006 ;     247 words ...THE Philippine Coast Guard (PCG), founded 105 years ago, takes...archipelagic nature. The Philippine Coast Guard is also involved in maritime search...marine environment. The country has 10 coast guard districts, 54 coast guard stations...

Article: Coast Guard, Navy shape future cutter requirements. (US Coast Guard to replace high- and medium-endurance cutters of Famous, Hamilton and Reliance classes)
Defense Daily;  August 27, 1996 ;     700+ words ...The Coast Guard is working with the Navy to craft requirements...well into 21st century, according to a Coast Guard official. The new ships would replace...classes--the largest vessels in the Coast Guard inventory--entered service in the 1960s...