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Story by PA1 Tasha Tully, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla.
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Darkness covered them like a veil, allowing the group to move along the beach unseen Nineteen people worked hurriedly, putting a steel-framed raft in the water and saying good-bye to those staying behind. They had been planning this night for several years..more.
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Story by PA3 Sondra-Kay Kneen, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla., with contributions by PA3 David Schuhlein, PADET Houston. CLEARWATER, Fla. -- What began as an afternoon of scuba diving with friends turned into a discovery of heroism, honor and bravery...more.
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BUI: Nobody Wins Story and photos by PA2 Bobby Nash, PADET Jacksonville, Fla. PORT CANAVERAL, Fla. - The wind was high, the sun hidden behind thick, grey...more.
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Saving Lives Before Distress Story and photos by PA3 James P. Judge Jr., D7 Public Affairs CARIBBEAN SEA -- Thousands of miles away from home the waves gently graced the hull of the 225-foot buoy tender as the crew continued their journey into the heart of the Caribbean Sea to embark on a mission to save lives in a different sort of way than most people are accustomed to seeing.They didn't pluck helpless people from the water, extinguish a massive boat fire...more.
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Story and photos by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla. CARIBBEAN SEA -- The sunset on the Caribbean lights up the sky brighter than the most amazing fireworks display on Fourth of July. A cascade of pinks, oranges and reds fall into the clear-blue horizon...more.
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Wings and a Prayer
Story by Staff Sgt. Matthew Rosine, Air Force Print News
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Story and photos by PA1 Krystyna Hannum, D7 Public Affairs KEY WEST, Fla. -- A large, bright bow hung across double doors...more |
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Coast Guard Bringing in Drugs by the Boat Load Story by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla. NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. -- Coast Guard crews have been bringing illegal narcotics here from seizures from all over the world by boat loads - literally...more.
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Story and photo by Lt. Cmdr. C.T. O'Neil, D7 Public Affairs Officer MIAMI -- The Health Services Clinic at Integrated Support Command Miami recently hosted its third Causeway Island Health Fair at the Coast Guard Miami Beach Base, Miami Beach, Fla. to celebrate healthy lifestyles and preventative health care...more.
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Tampa Bay Steps into the 21st Century Story and photos PA3 Sondra-Kay Kneen, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Many Americans appreciate improvements in technology such as hybrid vehicles, global positioning satellites and portable internet devices. These gadgets and gizmos aid in transportation, navigation, and communication throughout the world. Now, new technologies are working on...more. | 
Coast Guard Rescues 41 on July Fourth Story by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla. JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- Coast Guard rescue crews and coordinators were at work over the July Fourth holiday facilitating or assisting in the rescue of 41 people, which included 11 children, in a 24-hour-period in Florida, Georgia and South Carolina...more.
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 Think Outside the Boat
Story and photos by PA2 Bobby Nash, PADET Jacksonville, Fla. SAVANNAH, Ga. -- The Coast Guard is constantly looking to find new ways to meet the commandant's challenge of "all hazards, all threats." Sometimes that means thinking outside of the boat...more. |
Story and photo by PA3 Barry Bena, D7 Public Affairs MIAMI -- Food; it's what sustains life. We consume it to fuel our bodies and to provide energy necessary to make it through the day...more.
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 Coast Guard Leads Effort to Free Freighter
Story by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla. SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Coast Guard pollution investigators led the effort to safely re-float a 612-foot freighter at about 4 p.m. just two days after it ran hard aground nine-miles east of the Brunswick Harbor, Ga., entrance June 23...more.
|  Coast Guard Teams Up With Tampa Bay Devil Rays'
Story and photos by PA3 Sondra Kay-Kneen, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Service members from all five branches of the armed forces gathered together for the Tampa Bay Devil Rays' "Opening Day" baseball game...more.
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 Internet Buy Gone Awry
Story by PA1 Tasha Tully, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. FORT MYERS, Fla. -- It's greasy, stinky, and so ugly that even the tide wouldn't bring it in. It's the wooden-hulled fishing vessel Challenger, abandoned by its owner in the Caloosahatchee River in Fort Myers. The 66-foot boat, built in 1973, has spent its last few years slowly polluting the river, and because the vessel's owner failed to remedy the situation...more.
|  Busy Patrol for Coast Guard Cutter Valiant
Story by Lt. j.g. Jonathan Harris, PAO Cutter Valiant and PA3 Barry J Bena, D7 Public Affairs KEY WEST, Fla. -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant conducted a 51-day patrol in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits enforcing alien migrant interdiction operations and the enforcement of laws and treaties...more.
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 From Corpsman to Counselor
Story by PA3 Robert Simpson, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- Sore throats, runny noses and heat exhaustion are a few reasons people find their way to the health care facility at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg's South Moorings, in St. Petersburg...more.
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Story and photo by PA3 Robert L. Simpson, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. TAMPA, Fla. -- A 378-foot Panamanian freighter ran aground about 400-yards east of the Sunshine Skyway Bridge in Tampa, Fla., about 5 a.m. March 28...more.
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Story by PA3 Robert Simpson, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. FORT MYERS BEACH, Fla. - The crewmembers of Coast Guard Station Fort Myers Beach, received the prestigious Sumner I. Kimball Readiness Award May 14, at Station Fort Myers Beach...more.
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Story by Cmdr. Kenneth D. Ivery, commanding officer Naval Engineering Support Unit Charleston, S.C. CHARLESTON, S.C. -- Webster defines unique as; "one and only, sole, without like or equal, very unusual." This defines the operation of Vessel...more.
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Story by PA3 James Judge, D7 Public Affairs MIAMI - Coast Guard Capt. Karl L. Schultz, commander of Coast Guard Sector Miami and Captain of the Port for South Florida along with his command cadre met with Japanese government officials for a mid-May lunch in an effort to foster a better understanding of each others cultures...more.
|  Fishing Vessel Safely Re-floated
Story by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville, Fla. SAVANNAH, Ga. -- Coast Guard pollution investigators developed response objectives, ensured the vessel didn't impede the watery and located a responsible party to prevent pollution from a grounded fishing vessel on Lazaretto Creek June 3...more.
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Story by PA2 Judy Silverstein, Rescue 21 Project, Commandant's Leadership Advisory Council WASHINGTON, D.C. - Historically, the word "mentor" has its origins in the Greek epic poem, "The Odyssey," written by Homer. It describes a scene when Odysseus selected Mentor to serve as teacher, guide and wise counsel to his son, prior to his departure to fight in the Trojan War. In the Coast Guard, mentoring involves advocacy, guidance, support and listening skills...more
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EPIRB Guides Coast Guard to Fishermen Adrift in Tropical Storm Written and provided to the U.S. Coast Guard by ACR Electronics, Inc. Two days into the hurricane season, a 45-foot, long-line fishing vessel, Sylvia Jean, was caught in Tropical Storm Barry and began sinking after its rudder fell off in rough seas and winds. The captain was able to put life jackets on his two crewmen, radio a mayday call and activate his ACR Electronics' SATELLITE2...more.
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