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Coast Guard Commandant delivers State of the Coast Guard Address

By On February 10, 2011

WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp delivered his first State of the Coast Guard address at Joint Base Bolling-Anacostia in Washington, D.C., Thursday. Papp reported the State [...]

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2 Missing After Barge Hits Duck Boat

By On July 8, 2010

A Coast Guard rescue vessel sits in the middle of the Delaware River. The barge that hit a duck boat can be seen behind it. (Michael Bryant / Staff Photographer) [...]

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Canada & U.S. May Extend Security Measures Past Games

By On February 27, 2010

Permanent joint maritime policing legislation proposed By Robert Matas Vancouver, BC — From Friday’s Globe and Mail Canadian and U.S. authorities are talking about extending cross-border security measures that were [...]

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Repairing Port-au-Prince Harbor with Laptops and GPS

By On January 27, 2010

from Wired: On the ground in Haiti, search-and-rescue teams and aid workers have used collaborative tools, text messaging and GPS technology to map out and coordinate relief efforts. Out in [...]

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Photo: Grasp in Port au Prince Harbor

By On January 22, 2010

  photo sent by Justin. O. Vandenheuvel; USCG Cutter Oak

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Haiti: CG Continues Evacuations, Clears Port

By On January 19, 2010

As of Monday, the Coast Guard has evacuated 662 Americans from Haiti. By Susan Schept – NavyTimes Although doing medevacs and ferrying Americans out of the danger zone is a [...]

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Thad Allen, A Conversation With The Commandant – Part 2

By On October 20, 2009

Admiral Thad Allen, USCG Recently I had the opportunity to sit down with Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard. This is part two of this interview [...]

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Photo Of The Week – LNG Tanker Lokoja

By On October 13, 2009

gCaptain’s photo of the week is a helicopter shot of LNG Tanker Lokoja (IMO# 9269960). Built by the Korean shipyard Daewoo in 2006 she is owned by BW Gas and [...]

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VTS Photo Gallery – A look inside maritime vessel traffic services worldwide.

By On August 18, 2009

Our friend Richard Rodriguez of the BitterEnd Blog had an excellent post titled VTS – Working with large vessels, that gives Puget Sound boaters tips on communicating with the numerous [...]

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Interview with Vice Admiral Papp

By On August 16, 2009

On the heels of gCaptain’s interview with Commandant Thad Allen, the Unofficial Coast Guard blog sits down with the Coast Guard’s Atlantic Area Commander, Vice Admiral Papp. They tell us: [...]

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Top 10 Most Popular Pages at USCG.MIL

By On April 16, 2009

The US Coast Guard brings us their 10 most popular pages. 1. Merchant Mariner Documentation (MMD) / Standards for Training Certification & Watchkeeping (STCW) / National Maritime Center (NMC) 2. [...]

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Google Changes Veterans Day “Doodle” to Acknowledge Coast Guard

By On November 12, 2008

Google, the search engine and advertising powerhouse that is just about set to take over the world, is catching some real grief over their original Veterans Day logo (shown above). [...]

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