Coast Guard

Coast Guard Station Juneau personnel test new Response Boat — SMALL II — Members of Coast Guard Station Juneau test the capabilities of their new 29' Response Boat-Small II at Juneau, Alaska, in 2018. Coast Guard photo/PO1 Jon-Paul Rios.

Coast Guard plans to consolidate boat stations

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FRC-37 — USCGC Edgar Culbertson in Key West, Fla. Bollinger Shipyards photo

Bollinger delivers 37th fast response cutter to Coast Guard

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Coast Guard closes the Intercoastal Waterway near Berwick, Louisiana — A towing vessel ran aground on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway at mile marker 99, near Berwick, La., on Feb. 3, 2020. The barge ACL 01700 (pictured) split in half and partially submerged. (Coast Guard courtesy photo/released)

Coast Guard closes the Intracoastal Waterway after towboat grounding

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Coast Guard Cutter Walnut conducts ATON patrol off Hawaii — Chief Warrant Officer Hari Colton, a buoy deck supervisor aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut (WLB 205), looks out at Electric Beach, Oahu, Hawaii, March 7, 2019. For years the crew of the Walnut has maintained Aids to Navigation in the Hawaiian Islands.

Buoy tender helping maintain Aids to Navigation in Hawaii heads for midlife overhaul

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Screen Shot 2020-01-30 at 9.07.51 AM — The boats are now approaching the end of their original 25-year service lives. Birdon America photo

All American Marine part of 47' MLB life extension program

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Coast Guard_1000w_q95 — Recent incidents have highlighted the challenges of attempting to cross waterway bars in heavy weather and at night in the Pacific Northwest. U.S. Coast Guard photo

Coast Guard reminds mariners of hazardous bar conditions in Pacific Northwest

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Coast Guard rescues 3 people from burning vessel — All three people aboard the vessel departed their burning boat onto a life raft and were rescued by members from Station Dauphin Island. U.S.

Coast Guard rescues three from burning vessel

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Coast Guard issues first certificates of inspection to local tugboats in Miami — Capt. Megan Dean, commander of Coast Guard Sector Miami, issues a certificate of inspection to Capt. Steven Johnson, captain of the Kirby tugboat Miami at the Port of Miami, July 20, 2018. Coast Guard photo/PO3 Brandon Murray.

Coast Guard application processing delays

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OPM deals with cybersecurity breach — U.S. Army graphic.

Cyberattack affects MTSA facility operations

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Drug20test20image20DOT-611x336 — Since 2018, mariners in safety-sensitive positions have been tested for semi-synthetic opioids in addition to marijuana, cocaine, amphetamines, phencyclidine (PCP), and opiates such as heroin. Department of Transportation photo

USCG random drug testing rate rises to 50% in 2020

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NY-Waterway-Jefferson-and-Hamilton-702x336 — The Coast Guard has returned all but five of New York Waterways ferries to service. Kirk Moore photo

Coast Guard returns majority of New York Waterway ferries to service

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