R 051746Z OCT 12 ALCGCIV 441/12 SUBJ: DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) FIFTH SECRETARYS AWARDS CEREMONY REQUEST FOR NOMINATIONS 1. Nominations are being accepted for the Fifth Secretary of DHS Awards Ceremony. The ceremony will be held in the National Capital Region, January 2013 and honor individual and collective achievements across DHS for the period [...]
LAKE CHARLES, LA (KPLC) – When an emergency occurs, your first call may be to 911 or a local law enforcement agency. But what if the emergency happens when you’re on the water? Here in Lake Charles your first call can be to the United States Coast Guard. The United States Coast Guard: another branch of [...]
An oil sheen discovered last month in the Gulf of Mexico near the site of the Deepwater Horizon rig explosion matches samples from the 2010 BP Plc (BP/) oil spill. BP reported the sheen on Sept. 16 about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the coast of Louisiana and the U.S. took samples 10 days later, [...]
R 271539Z SEP 12 ALCGCIV 007/12 SUBJ: BIANNUAL MANDATED DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY (DHS) PREPAREDNESS TRAINING A. ALCOAST 234/11 http://www.uscg.mil/announcements/alcoast/137-12alcoast.txt 1. Emergency preparedness is a DHS strategic goal and key facet of the Commandants Direction 2011. DHS Secretary Napolitano launched the Emergency Preparedness Initiative (EPI) in September 2010 to educate all DHS employees on ways [...]
R 271544Z SEP 12 ALCGCIV 008/12 SUBJ: LEAVE CARRY-OVER AND RESTORATION OF FORFEITED ANNUAL LEAVE FOR CIVILIANS 1. This message serves as a reminder to supervisors and employees of mandatory leave scheduling requirements to be followed to avoid annual leave forfeiture. These scheduling requirements also apply to employees attending service-wide training courses such as: Naval [...]
HORRY COUNTY, SC (WMBF) – Crews with the United States Coast Guard are escorting a fishing boat back into dock after the engine caught fire with several people on board. The 75 foot charter boat, the West Wind, had approximately 40 passengers on board, according to Coast Guard officials. It was over 10 miles offshore [...]
NEWPORT, R.I. – The bodies of three women have been recovered from a car that plunged into the water at a Rhode Island shipyard after apparently missing a turn. Newport police Capt. Russell Hayes tells the Newport Daily News that the car apparently missed a right-hand turn Friday morning and hit the water near the [...]
<!– contact: name: U.S. Coast Guard Heartland association: U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District External Affairs phone1: (618) 225-9008 phone2: fax: address: address2: city: state: zip: email: uscoastguardheartland@gmail.com –> NEW ORLEANS – One dead juvenile pelican, 10 oiled dead nurtria and two live oiled pelicans were located in the marshes in the vicinity of Myrtle Grove, [...]
<!– contact: name: U.S. Coast Guard Heartland association: U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District External Affairs phone1: (618) 225-9008 phone2: fax: address: address2: city: state: zip: email: uscoastguardheartland@gmail.com –> NEW ORLEANS – One dead oiled brown pelican, one dead oiled clapper rail, one dead oiled common moorhen, and three live oiled wildlife were recovered near Myrtle [...]
<!– contact: name: U.S. Coast Guard Heartland association: U.S. Coast Guard Eighth District External Affairs phone1: (618) 225-9008 phone2: fax: address: address2: city: state: zip: email: uscoastguardheartland@gmail.com –> NEW ORLEANS – Wildlife teams recovered three oiled birds, Monday and were out on the water searching for any other impacted wildlife. Coast Guard and State of [...]