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Strict adhearence to MSAP has tragic consequences.

Coast Guard and good Samaritan respond to capsized vessel Coast Guard News Service 11 Apr 2010 07:51 PM PDT CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A good Samaritan rescued three people and the Coast Guard recovered a fourth person who was unresponsive after a pleasure craft capsized in the Nueces Bay, Saturday night. A watchstander from Coast [...]

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April 14, 2010 Read the full article →

Fake IDs used to access USCG Base

The Galveston County Daily News. Thank god we have that super secure TWIC card, eh?

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March 11, 2010 Read the full article →

Who’s in charge here?

Two days ago, I got this email: Hello, The coast_guard_e-newsletter mailing list is now only open to users who have a uscg.mil mailing address. Because your email address does not comply with this rule, you are being removed from the list. If you would like to subscribe to the list with a valid uscg.mil email [...]

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June 26, 2009 Read the full article →

What WOULD the Coast Guard charge?

Yesterday, we wondered aloud about the question of whether the USCG would ever actually charge for a non-emergency response to rescue foolish, or reckless boaters. I ended that post with “I wonder what the hourly costs for running a 47′ MLB are?” The question somewhat rhetorical in nature, as I figured that the answer was [...]

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December 30, 2008 Read the full article →

Will the Coast Guard ever charge for service?

Two news items caught my attention this week. First was this USCG story about the search and towing of a disabled sailboat just south of Block Island last week. [the story is also covered here with a picture, and here with comments; searching Google News returns more of the same] From the USCG news page: [...]

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December 29, 2008 Read the full article →

Sunk Costs – by David Axe

Here a rather lengthy but well reasoned summary of the overall state of the USCG, and particularly the Deepwater Program: click here for Sunk Costs – David Axe (one quick quote) The ultimate result of Deepwater’s travails is that a well-respected agency—the only one, in fact, to perform admirably during Hurricane Katrina—is now finding it [...]

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December 21, 2008 Read the full article →

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