August 7, 2015, Coast Guard aviation was born when 3rd Lt. Elmer Stone reported to flight training on April 1, 1916. Now, a full century later, 2016 will represent the 100th year of U.S. Coast Guard aviation. Countless lives have been saved by Coast Guard aviators since that time through a myriad of operations that range from traditional search and rescue cases to hurricane … [Read more...]

August 6, 2015 A doctor walks into your hospital room. After what seems like a lifetime of tests and doctors visits, the news isn’t promising. Your child has been diagnosed with cancer. Your world has just been changed. Is there treatment? Will my insurance cover the astronomical healthcare costs? How can I help my child? These are the questions that many families … [Read more...]

August 4, 2015, From the first lifesaving stations on the shores of Massachusetts where crewmen rowed small, wooden boats into overpowering surf in hopes of rescuing people from storm-battered ships to the Coast Guard’s newest, largest and most technologically advanced 418-foot national security cutters designed to conduct multiple Coast Guard missions around the world, … [Read more...]

COAST GUARD AIR STATION NORTH BEND, Ore., Aug. 4, 2015 – An Olympic-length triathlon swim is just under a mile -- 0.9 miles to be exact. A Coast Guard rescue swimmer completed a triathlon swim of a different nature and saved four lives July 21, 2015. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Darren Harrity, an aviation survival technician assigned here, swam a total of 0.99 … [Read more...]

July 17, 2015, Petty Officer 1st Class Pam Boehland - At the concrete pier in Staten Island, New York, Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Polson stands aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Barque Eagle and instructs a cadet on how to belay a pin. She tells him where to put his wrist, how to hold tension on the line, and how she wants the finished product to look. When he steps back … [Read more...]