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If you want to keep up with CoastGuardNews as it changes, we are happy to introduce the latest tool in our arsenal. In addition to our RSS feed and email updates, we have established a CoastGuardNews Twitter.
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Coast Guard transports 55-year-old man from charter fishing boat

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MANASQUAN, N.J. (D5 Public Affairs) - The Coast Guard medically transported a 55-year-old man today after he lost consciousness while aboard a charter fishing boat about three miles off Manasquan Inlet here.
The Coast Guard received a call at about 12:30 p.m. from a member aboard the 80-foot Jamaica II, a charter fishing boat, who reported [...]

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Coast Guard Station Chatham receives new surf boat

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BOSTON - Coast Guard Station Chatham, Mass., will be showing off the Coast Guard’s newest search and rescue asset on Monday at 9:30 a.m.
The new 42-foot boat, manufactured by Safe Boat International, is designed to be highly maneuverable in breaking surf conditions and will eventually replace Station Chatham’s other two surfboats.
Station Chatham requires surf-capable boats [...]

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Coast Guard Medevacs Woman During the Night

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Ga., medically evacuated a woman from a sailing vessel six-miles east of St. Simons Island, Ga., Friday at approximately 1:30 a.m.
Justine Schiro, 35, residence unknown, was aboard the sailing vessel Sweet Lady, when she began vomiting blood. Other members aboard the sailing vessel then contacted the Coast [...]

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Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle Podcast

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Petty Officer Tara Molle of the District 13 Public Affairs Staff hosts a special podcast on the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle.

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Coast Guard rescue planes get equipment upgrade

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Good article by Jeff Hampton of The Virginian-Pilot
Already famous for dramatic rescues, the Coast Guard air station now boasts three C-130 aircraft upgraded with new infrared cameras and radar systems to better find distressed boaters on the dark ocean in the worst weather.
The last of the three HC-130J Super Hercules were delivered in May. On [...]

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Coast Guard medevacs 3-year-old

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PORTSMOUTH, Va. (D5 Public Affairs) - A rescue team from Coast Guard Station Fort Macon, N.C., and a good Samaritan medevaced a 3-year-old child who was suffering from seizures from a 16-foot skiff near the Atlantic Beach Bridge today.
Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call at 6:31 p.m. stating that there was [...]

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