An EPIRB is shown attached to a Coast Guard small boat.

Before your boat starts leakin’, register your beacon

Summer will be here soon and what better way to enjoy the great weather than on the water? A prepared boater should have all the proper safety equipment aboard, including life jackets, visual and audio distress signals, navigation lights, a [...]


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Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center receives Kimball Award

Story by Lt. Julie E. Sieker and Seaman Nicole Groll On April 18, 2013, members of the Coast Guard Special Missions Training Center Boat Tactics Branch, located at Camp Lejeune, N.C., were presented with the Sumner I. Kimball Readiness Award [...]


Petty Officer 3rd Class Luis Rangel, a crewmember of Coast Guard Station Washington, mans a simulated weapon on the bow of a 25-foot Response Boat – Small during a training scenario as part of the unit’s tactics, techniques and procedures training on the Potomac River, Thursday, April 11, 2013. The training is conducted for members to earn their training qualifications and keep current training qualifications valid. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jonathan Lindberg.

Coast Guard Station Washington conducts training on Potomac River

Post written by PA2 Jonathan Lindberg Two orange Coast Guard boats dart around the Potomac River playing what looks like a game of cat and mouse. The revving of engines, flashing blue lights and periodic whooping of sirens grab the [...]


A marine-band radio is shown set to channel 16.

On the water and in distress? Use your VHF, not your cell

New technology, better range and reliability can mean the difference between life and death      Post written by Petty Officer 1st Class John D. Miller Greg Arlotta’s voice turned grim as the boat beneath him slipped below the 37-degree waters [...]


Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge and local residents are shown here at the grave site of Richard Etheridge in Manteo, N.C., Dec. 4, 2012. The crew was welcomed to the Outer Banks to visit the final resting place of Richard Etheridge, a hero of the Coast Guard, and namesake of their cutter. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert

A new cutter with a legacy to fill

 Post written by PA3 David Weydert On a warm December day, in Manteo, N.C., on Roanoke Island, the men and women of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge stepped onto historic grounds. The Coast Guard men and women are greeted [...]


PORTSMOUTH, Va. - Highlights are shown of what Coast Guard 5th District personnel have accomplished in 2011, Dec. 31, 2011. The 5th District is made up of 10,300 people through its 156,000 square mile area of responsibility. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Weydert.

Highlights of 2011

Post written by PA1 Brandyn Hill As 2011 comes to an end, we welcome in a new year by looking at what Coast Guard personnel in the mid-Atlantic region have accomplished in the last 365 days. The 5th Coast Guard [...]


An MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., conducts hoist operation training with a 41-foot Utility boat crew from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 28, 2011, in the James River. Training is conducted so that personnel can maintain proficiency in hoisting evolutions, which is essential during emergency response situations. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandyn Hill.

Ready for tomorrow: training to save lives

Post written by PA1 Brandyn Hill An MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., conducted hoist operation training with a 41-foot Utility Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth, Va., Dec. 28, 2011, in the James [...]


WASHINGTON ¬— (left to right) Lt. Jason Hagen, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Washington, Judy Babuschak, wife of Michael Babuschak, Michael Babuschak, recipient of a Public Service Commendation, and Lt. Cmdr. Randall Brown, Coast Guard Sector Baltimore, response department head, are shown after Babuschak receives the award at station Washington, Dec. 15, 2011. Babuschak received the award for actions he took in 1958, when his sister was swept away by a current in the Delaware River resulting in him saving her life. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Nicholas Lajoie.

Coast Guard presents public service award for Stafford, Va. native’s heroic actions

  Post written by PA3 Jon Lindberg In June of 1958, Michael Babuschak was fishing during a family picnic on the shore of the Delaware River, near Damascus, Pa. His sister, Dorothy, was swimming upriver, when she was suddenly taken [...]


BARNEGAT LIGHT, N.J. - Crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light train Nov. 14, 2009 offshore of the station. The surf station's crew take advantage of heavy surf days to train prospective surfmen and boat crew members. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Catching waves: Through treacherous weather and breaking surf, Coast Guardsmen earn distinction

   Post written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham   Petty Officer 1st Class James Corbisiero, a boatswain’s mate aboard Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, N.J., was relaxing after work when his cell phone rang. Unexpectedly, on the other [...]


ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.- David Jones and Art Higbee stand in front of an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter at Air Station Atlantic City Nov. 3, 2011. The two men were rescued by the Coast Guard after the fishing vessel they were aboard, Super Heat, sank about 30-miles southeast of Ocean City, N.J., Sept. 14, 1986. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham.

25 years later: survivors still thankful for second chance

  Post written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham David Jones and Art Higbee visited Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., Nov. 3, 2011 to take a look around – and to reminisce. More than 25 years ago the 32-foot [...]


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