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Sick Man Medevaced 75 Miles off Nantucket

Jun 26, 2016

A Coast Guard aircrew from Air Station Cape Cod medevaced a 55-year-old man Saturday afternoon after he was reported to have possibly suffered a heart attack 75 miles southeast of Nantucket.At approximately 10 a.m. on Saturday, watchstanders…

Blue Angels Resume Schedule

Jun 26, 2016

The U.S. Navy Blue Angels will return to its 2016 demonstration schedule July 2-4 in Traverse City, Mich., Commander, Naval Air Forces announced.The Blue Angels temporarily stood down, canceling three weekend shows following a crash on June 2 during a practice in Smyrna…

USCG Saves 2, Dog from Flooding Boat in Maine

Jun 20, 2016

A Coast Guard rescue crew from Station Portsmouth Harbor rescued two people and a dog aboard 26-foot boat Sunday afternoon near Boone Island, Maine.The Coast Guard received a call for help from the crew aboard Blue Gold at around 11 a…

HSC-25 Assists in Distressed Persons Recovery in Mariana Islands

Jun 20, 2016

The MH-60S Knighthawk was able to locate and relay the position of the distressed personnel to the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Guam command center, which was able to coordinate with the Fire Division of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands…

Indonesian Navy fires on Chinese boat, injures fisherman

Jun 19, 2016

An Indonesian naval vessel fired on a Chinese fishing boat on Friday, injuring one person, China's foreign ministry said, the countries' third reported confrontation this year near a chain of islands as regional tensions mount in the South China Sea…

Amid Melting Arctic Ice, Kerry sees Looming Climate Catastrophe

Jun 19, 2016

Standing near Greenland's Jakobshavn glacier, the reputed source of the iceberg that sank the Titanic over a century ago, U.S Secretary of State John Kerry saw evidence of another looming catastrophe.Giant icebergs broken off from the glacier seemed to groan as they drifted behind him…

Countries Must Do More to help Greece with Migrant Crisis - U.N. chief

Jun 18, 2016

United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon called on Saturday for countries to do more to help cope with Europe's migrant crisis, saying Greece could not manage on its own.Speaking in Athens before heading to the Greek island of Lesbos…

Brazil Fines Samarco 142 mln Reais for Damages

Jun 18, 2016

Brazil's Environment Ministry fined mining company Samarco 142 million reais ($41.6 million) for damages to three protected areas resulting from a tailings dam burst in November, the ministry said on Friday.The ministry said in a statement…

Merchant Ship Rescues Yachties near NZ

Jun 15, 2016

The container ship Southern Lily  sailing around 500km north of New Zealand were able to save two men and a womanfrom the battered yacht Platino. Five crew members were sailing the multi-million dollar yacht Platino from Auckland to Fiji on Monday when foul weather tore down the boat's rigging…

Smartphone App Aims to Aid Migrant Sea Rescues

Jun 14, 2016

A smartphone application that allows users to scan the Mediterranean for boats in distress is being tested by a migrant rescue service, which hopes that crowdsourced information will help it save more people. The I SEA App, available on iTunes…

12 Rescued from Sailboat Aground North of Shaw Island

Jun 13, 2016

Coast Guard crews removed 10 children and two adults from a sailboat, which went aground on Bird Rock north of Shaw Island Sunday.The rescued children and two adults are being transported to Cornet Bay, Whidbey Island, while three adults stayed aboard the Cutty Sark…

Long Range Medevac Conducted 230 mi South of Cold Bay, Alaska

Jun 12, 2016

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced an ailing mariner off the Matson cargo vessel Maunawili approximately 230 miles south of Cold Bay, Alaska, Thursday. The Jayhawk crew hoisted the 20-year-old man and…

Gas Leak on INS Vikramaditya Kills 2 on Board

Jun 12, 2016

Two people, including a sailor, were killed and two others injured after inhaling toxic fumes on board India's aircraft carrier INS Vikramaditya at Karwar Naval base in Karnataka.  The condition of two others injured was stable and constantly being monitored in the Naval Hospital…

Fishing Company Fined after Crewman’s Death

Jun 09, 2016

New Zealand based fishing company Talley’s Group Ltd. has been fined $73,520 and ordered to pay $21,000 in reparations to the family of a crewman killed in an on-board accident in July 2014. The 24-year-old crewman Leighton Muir was decapitated…

3 Saved from Overturned Boat on Lake Champlain

Jun 09, 2016

The Coast Guard responded to an overturned vessel and three people in the water Wednesday on Lake Champlain, Vermont.  Sector Northern New England watchstanders received a call at approximately 2:15 p.m. from a person on land reporting a capsized…

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