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Participants of a multi-agency Maritime Tactical Operations Group training approached a vessel during a scenario where the crew boarded a small boat that needed to be taken control of during an exercise in Curtis Bay, Md., May 15, 2013. This MTOG training, which consisted of 35 members from 14 local, state and federal law enforcement agencies from the Chesapeake Bay area, focused on tactical team operations to learn and enhance skill sets particular to a maritime environment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David R. Marin

Always ready by always training

Post written by PA2 David R. Marin Intel has just come in about a vessel of interest that merits further investigation. Orders have been issued to take control of the boat and all personnel aboard. Responding to the call, [...]

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 [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. — A Coast Guard helicopter passes over Washington, D.C., Friday, Feb. 9, 2007, during a National Capital Region air defense training mission. The Coast Guard has been tasked with intercepting low flying, slow speed aircraft in restricted air space over Washington, D.C. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class John Edwards

Operation Noble Eagle reaches 4,000th alert

The Coast Guard is proud to be a part of this ongoing operation to safeguard the National Capital Region. Air Station Atlantic City, in Egg Harbor Township, N.J., provides multiple aircraft and crews to protect the NCR on a 24/7 [...]

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 [...]

Petty Officer 1st Class Kenyo McLain, a member of the Tactical Law Enforcement Team South based in Opa Locka, Fla., receives his graduation certificate from Capt. Mark Wilbert, of the Special Missions Training Center in Camp Lejune, N.C., after completing the basic tactical operator's course, Friday, Dec. 14, 2012. The BTOC is an eight-week course where students learn marksmanship, combat marksmanship and close-quarters combat. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Nicole J. Groll

Coast Guard Basic Tactical Operator’s Course students graduate

Post written by Seaman Nicole J. Groll The Coast Guard’s Special Missions Training Center, located in Courthouse Bay at the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, has kicked off the new fiscal year with the start of its Basic Tactical [...]

PHILADELPHIA - Coast Guard Cutter Cleat, homeported here, is shown alongside the tug boat Texan in the Delaware River, Dec. 8, 2011 while Coast Guard crewmembers conduct a boarding. During an at-sea boarding, boarding officers conduct an inspection and determine if there are violations in safety equipment, materiel condition or environmental regulation defiance. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer David Allen.

Coast Guard implements bridging program to ease into new regulations

Post written by Lt. Trevor Blount, MST1 Joshua Gonzales and PA3 Cynthia Oldham The image of a tug boat guiding, pushing, towing or tugging a barge is not necessarily what jumps to mind when someone visualizes the shipping and trade [...]

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 [...]

Lt. Cmdr. Ted Brothers, a reservist at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina, briefs the unified command here during a planning meeting at the sector’s area maritime security exercise, June 15, 2011. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

2011 – A year of improved preparation through partnerships for Coast Guard Sector North Carolina

Post written by Lt. Cmdr. Raymond Negrón and PA3 Cynthia Oldham Developing a full scale, emergency simulation exercise requires a lot of effort and can cost tens of thousands of dollars to execute. Planning meetings normally commence about one year [...]

Coast Guard helicopter lands at Pentagon

Post written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., in conjunction with their National Capital Region mission, transported the United States Northern Command‘s commander to the Pentagon in [...]