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Today the USCG Commandant, Admiral Thad Allen gave the 2009 State Of The Coast Guard Address at the National Press Club in Washington. Here is the text of his

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CF8eDuX1C24 This footage, released by the Associated Press, shows a USCG helicopter flyby of the 58-foot fishing vessel, Icy

As of yesterday, February 1, 2009, 121.5 and 243 MHz emergency beacons are no longer being monitored by satellite.  All mariners, aviators and individuals who

For the full list of gCaptain’s incident photos, CLICK HERE For most, the notion of a bad time on a luxurious vacation aboard a cruise ship is eating

The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board released this Coast Guard footage of US Airways Flight 1592 performing an emergency landing into the

Follow the BBC Box – a shipping container that BBC News is tracking througout the year to tell the story of international trade and the global economy.

Oliver Hicks, 27 year old British adventure, pushes off this week from Wellington, New Zealand in an attempt to complete the first ever solo circumnavigation

Yesterday, the U.S. Coast Guard announced the release of its top 10 video compilation for 2008 that highlights the service’s operations during a year

In the following video we discus the various types of Position Indicating Radio Beacons. We explore the diffrences between an EPIRB, GPIRB, ELT and the

The gCaptain.com Forum now has nearly 900 active users who discuss wide variety issues that apply to the professional mariner. Some are deadly serious. Others

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iCommandant, the “Web Journal of Admiral Thad Allen” has recently posted updates on the Coast Guard’s modernization initiatives. Admiral

. As a young cadet excited about an approaching storm the C/M told me something I find myself repeating; “You can tell the green hands from the old salts

Love them or hate them, the crew of the Sea Shepard are now television stars. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HejYngWPV0A . You can find gCaptain’s Sea

Here is an update from the Pentagon Channel on the status of the USCG Polar Ice Breaking fleet: More USCG official videos can be found at the USCGImagery

New Straight Times brings us this video with the following information from Port

[googlevideo]http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=7582246163985973299[/googlevideo] This video is of the LRAD or Long Range Acoustic Device, a product of

Stumble It! . . . Stay tuned for more information on this incident by bookmarking our M/V Fedra Tag. Thanks to Tom L for the

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEu_oymX6iU Coast Guard comes to the aid of the Ocean Challenger as the crab fleet listens to the news. Video of USCG ( United

The Response Boat-Medium (RB-M) is an all-aluminum, 45-foot boat with twin diesel engines and with water jet propulsion was launched at Commencement Bay in