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CGC Pendant, a 65-foot, Boston-based, icebreakingtug, continues ice breaking operations while underwayin Boston Harbor and surrounding areas. Icebreakersmaintain vigilant operations as Mother Nature threatens the flow of commerce and home heating fueltransported in and out of Boston waterways.

Photo by PA2 Lisa Hennings, 1st Dist.


Standing Tall

Jan. 6 — Sector San Diego received acall from the cruise ship Paradiserequesting the medical evacuation of a44-year-old woman who was sufferingfrom epileptic shock and a 72-year-oldmale who suffered an epileptic seizure.Sector San Diego launched a 41-footsmall boat, with two San Diego CountyFire Paramedics aboard, to meet theParadise at the sea buoy near PointLoma, Calif. The patients were transferred by the Coast Guard crewto an awaiting ambulance at the harbor police pier.

Jan. 11 — An HH-65 helicopter fromAir Station Humboldt Bay medevacedan 18-year-old woman from a trafficaccident on U.S. 101, 5 miles south ofKlamath River, Calif. After GroupHumboldt Bay received the call fromthe California Highway Patrol, the airstation launched an HH-65 helicopter.The helicopter crew then airlifted thewoman to St. Joseph's Hospital inEureka.

YNC Ronald Baker, companycommander, Recruit TrainingCenter Cape May, N.J., leadshis company of recruits ontothe parade route in honor ofthe 55th PresidentialInauguration Jan. 20.

Photo by Staff Sgt. ChrisineThompson, U.S. Army


Jan. 12 — Personnel from Activities

New York joined with students, facultyand parents at the Berta A. DreyfusIntermediate School 49 to launch apartnership in education between theCoast Guard and the New York CityBoard of Education. A ceremony washeld in the school’s auditorium Feb.13 to kick-off the partnership.

Jan. 21 — The master of a Panama-

flagged freighter was convicted ofoperating a commercial vessel whileunder the influence of alcohol and wasfined $3,000 and ordered not to operate a vessel in U.S. waters for oneyear. Hungarian Janos Gyori, 52, wasarrested Jan. 11 after the Captain ofthe Port of Hampton Roads deniedentry of the 214-foot General Lee. Thefreighter failed to stop 12-miles offshore for a security check, andGyori did not respond to the CoastGuard over the radio. Once the vesselstopped, the team detected alcohol onhis breath and conducted a fieldsobriety test, which he failed. Gyorithen refused to cooperate with abreath test. During the trial, Gyoritestified he only drank four beers andpart of another the night before hetook the helm at 4 a.m. Coast Guardofficers conducted six sobriety tests,which he failed.

Flare Play

SK2 Kerwin Murrell, Station LosAngeles/Long Beach completeshis boat crew qualifications in thePort of Los Angeles, Jan. 26.

Photo by PA3 Dave Hardesty,PADET Los Angelas


Jan. 31 — The crew of an HH-65 helicopter rescued a 19-year-old, CoosBay, Ore., woman Sunday eveningfrom 48-degree water and eight-footsurf near Cape Arago State Park. AirStation North Bend, launched an HH-65 helicopter and Station Coos Baylaunched a 47-foot motor lifeboat toassist the woman. Using night visiongoggles, the crew of the helicopter wasable to spot the woman, who had beenpulled out by the current more than600 yards from shore. The helicopterlowered a rescue swimmer down tothe woman, where he then securedher and they were both hoisted backinto the helicopter. She was flownback to Group/Air Station North Bendand transferred to awaiting emergencymedical technicians.

Feb. 2 — The Coast Guard assessedthe 555-foot, Hong Kong flagged carri-er, Cape Flattery which ran aground400 yards off of Barbers Point Harbor,Hawaii, around 7 a.m. today. Noinjuries were reported. A 47-footmotor lifeboat, a 41-foot utility boatfrom Station Honolulu, and an HH-65helicopter from Coast Guard AirStation Barbers Point responded. TheCape Flattery was inbound to BarbersPoint Harbor to off-load cement.

CG Action

Crewmembers from Station LosAngeles Long Beach assist thetelevision industry with anappearance in CSI Miami. TheCoast Guard's Motion Picture &Television Liaison Office coordi-nated the appearance of the 25-foot Response Boat in the program.

Photo by CWO4 Lance Jones,PADET Los Angeles


Feb. 27 — Station Marblehead, Ohio,and the Catawba Island FireDepartment rescued six people andtwo dogs from an ice floe about a halfmile off Catawba Island. An onlookerfrom the shore reported the incident toStation Marblehead. Within minutes,the rescue agencies were on scene, ferrying the people back to safety.There were no reports of medicalconcerns among the survivors.

March 8 — An Air Station Cape Codaircrew transported a 26-week pregnant woman from a medical center in Block Island, R.I., to a hospital in Providence. Air StationCape Cod received the request totransfer the woman, who was sufferingcomplications. The expectant motherwas reported to be in stable conditionin the labor and delivery room.MedFlight was not flying due to weather.

Water Relief

A Coast Guard Air StationSacramento C-130 and its crew ofseven return home from a month-long mission supporting TsunamiRelief Operations in SoutheastAsia. The crew was welcomedhome by family members, CoastGuard members, and a water display from the Sacramento FireDepartment, Feb. 1.

Photo by PA3 Sabrina Arrayan,11th Dist.


March 21 — Crews aboard twoCoast Guard cutters and a C-130aircraft rush to assist 204crewmembers aboard a 325-foot fishprocessing ship in the Gulf ofAlaska. The Coast Guard received areport from the Seattle-basedprocessor Independence that theyhad a problem with one of the ship’sthree rudders. Later, a crewmemberreported that the ship’s steering hadfailed, leaving the ship adrift about95 miles south of Kayak Island.Crews aboard the CGC Storis andthe CGC Morgenthau went to theship’s location to assist theIndependence and its crew. A C-130also responded. Weather conditionsat the ship’s position were 20-footseas and 50-knot winds.

March 31 — A boat crew fromStation Calumet Harbor rescuedfour people from the water aftertheir tug sank off the Hammondwater intake crib a quarter milesouth of Calumet Harbor, Ill. TheStation Calumet Harbor crewreceived a call from Holly Marinethat their tug, the Marget Ann, hadsunk and four people were in thewater. The Coast Guard crewresponded to the scene with a 25-foot small boat and retrieved all fourpeople from the water. The survivorswere wearing life jackets and were inthe water for eight minutes. Theywere transported back to the CoastGuard station where they receivedtreatment for hypothermia by CoastGuard personnel and local emergency medical services.

Team Coast Guard

BM1 Beth Slade operates a 47-foot motor lifeboat off PeacockSpit, near Illwaco, Wash., duringsurf drills, Feb 2. Slade is theonly active female surfman inthe Coast Guard.

Photo by PA3 Jeffrey Pollinger,13th Dist.

Spotlight

The National Capitol Region received its first major

snowfall of the season Jan. 19, the day before thePresidential Inauguration, when security was tighter

than ever before. Below the Theodore Roosevelt Memorial Bridge, three

25-foot SAFE boats from Station Washington carefullymaneuvered through icy and choppy waters looking foranything out of the ordinary. With the coastline a whiteblur, the radio crackled with intensity as crews usedadvanced equipment to scan the shoreline and bridgesupports.

“We’re practicing,” said Lt. j.g. Chris White. He wasunderstandably cryptic about details given the level ofsecurity attached to the mission.

The GPS and radar screens glowed with color intensified by the virtual whiteout. They hovered along-side Haines Point in West Potomac Park. In the storm,“The Awakening”, a somewhat unusual statue of a 100-foot giant half-buried underground, was barely but eerilyvisible. Its 17-foot arm elicited some shared laughterinside the cabin. Outside, large snowflakes fell almostfaster than the windshield wipers could remove them.

The crew was snug in survival suits, the blackand orange colors clearly visible even in thefrosty weather. The suit also provides welcomedprotection from just about every element, including its true purpose, an unexpected dipinto icy water.

The radio crackled. “Station Washington, thisis Activities Baltimore.”

BMC Alex Malaguti held his hand up, signaling for silence in the cabin. He thenrelayed reports of protesters in Lady BirdJohnson Park. The Coast Guard was requestedfor a show of force. Deftly, he maneuvered thevessel toward the Virginia side of the river.

Acrew of five was aboard practicing for the

inauguration events. Three were Reservistsfrom Activities Baltimore. The crew was joinedby two other vessels from MSST 91108. Nostranger to events drawing special attention tothe security of the NCR, the Station Washington

crews have sometimes bor-rowed boats and crew mem-bers from other units.

“Established in the wake of9/11, we are a multi-missionstation with a homeland secu-rity emphasis,” said White. “Wehave been fortunate in thatour chain of command recognizes we sometimes needextra people for significantevents involving national secu-rity.”

Even in the blustery weather, a lone boat

puttered along in theBoundary Channel. Furtherdown near the mouth of theAnacostia River, a cruise shipwith twinkling white lightsdrifted to the starboard side ofthe boat. Crews are alwaysalert for anything unusual,said White. Without going intomany details, he said theInaugural mission used manycapabilities, for which crewmembers have trained exten-sively.

The SAFE boat’s shallow draft — only 39 inches —allowed the crew to get in close to the shoreline, whichsnakes around the monuments, memorials and preciousicons of American history.

“If need be, we have the authority to go ashore,” Whitesaid. “Most of our members are deputized.”

If the Potomac is iced over, crews can also conductvehicle patrols, he said. Armed with 9mm pistols, M-16rifles and 12-gauge shotguns, they are highly trained in avariety of skills. Even the SAFE boats have fore and aftmounts for M-60 machine guns. But to keep things frombecoming routine, crews avoid regularly-scheduledpatrols.

“You don't want to tip your hand,” said White.

While Washington sees relatively few oceangoing vessels, it has plenty of local activity on its rivers

including tug boats pulling construction barges, rivercruise ships, rowing teams, and bass fishermen.Although the station is crewed by about 26 active dutymembers, it has been supplemented with Reservists during the past year from such far-flung spots as Floridaand North Carolina. Division 1 and 14 Auxiliarists alsohave been trained to stand radio watch and flotillas helpextend the eyes and ears of the Coast Guard patrollingthe river.

The waterborne nature of Station Washington’s missions is ideally suited to work in tandem with manyfederal and local agencies, said White. The 55thPresidential Inauguration was no exception.

Despite plummeting temperatures and chilly conditions, crews practice along the snowy shoreline ofthe Potomac in the shadow of the Lincoln Memorial, theorange hulls just about the only color break in the wintry weather. Throughout the week’s festivities, CoastGuard crews played a vital role in a layered plan ofdefense of the nation’s capitol.

“We have many capabilities and driving boats isone of them,” White said. “It gives us a

maneuverability that can be very attractive to other agencies and they often use us as a platform for theirwork.”

Currently, Station Washington is headquartered in acramped 1,000-square-foot, two-room building on BollingAir Force Base where the boats are docked at the recreational marina. The nature of its mission requirespersonnel to maintain rooms at the base hotel for on-callpersonnel.

“If something significant occurs, we can have our people mobilized almost immediately,” said White.

That, he said, is part of their allure.

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Business Scents

BM3 Alex Parrey and his dog Sparkyscreen passengers of the dinner cruiseship Spirit of the Potomac for explo-sives as part of the stepped up security for the PresidentialInauguration.

Photo by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Mayport, Fla.

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With a Bang

Despite frosty temperatures and a midday snow storm, PresidentialInaugural activities and fireworks went off as planned. Fireworkslight up the Washington Monument.

Photo by PA3 Beth Reynolds, USCGR

T he Inaugural E ventStory by P A 2 J udy S ilverstein, U S C G R


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A Sector San Diego Aviation Survival Technician practicesvertical surface training off the coast of Point Loma, Calif.,April 12.

Photo by PA1 Robert Lanier, PADET San Diego

Guarding the gate

Upon Reflection

CGC Bear is reflected in the sunglasses of BM3 Alex Fernandez ashe drives Cub 1, the Coast GuardCutter Bear's over-the-horizon rigid-hull inflatable boat in theMediterranean Sea June 3.

Photo by PA2 Andrew Shinn, 1st Dist.

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April 18 — The CGC Spencer respondedto an injured fisherman aboard the 70-foot fishing vessel Jessica Susan, 90miles east of Cape Cod, Mass. FrankCollins was filleting fish when his knifeslipped and left a two inch gash in hislower arm by the elbow. The Spencerwas diverted from a patrol and arrivedon scene, where the injured fishermenwas brought aboard and treated by thecutter's corpsman. Collins was treatedwith antiseptics, received five stitchesand was then returned to his vessel.

April 20 — The crew of the CGCMustang terminated the voyage of a fishing vessel near Kodiak, Alaska, afterdiscovering safety violations. TheMustang's crew boarded the Beverlee J inShelikof Strait and terminated the voyagewhen expired safety equipment was discovered. The crew Mustang thenescorted the Beverlee J to Kodiak to correct the discrepancies.

April 23 — The Coast Guard rescuedseven people stranded on a jetty nearOceanside, Ore. One of the people calledthe Tillamook County 911 dispatcher onhis cell phone, requesting help after theywere stranded by incoming tides. Thedispatcher called Group/Air StationAstoria, to report the stranding on ThreeArch Rock near Oceanside. An HH-60Jayhawk helicopter from Air StationAstoria was diverted and a 47-foot motorlifeboat from Station Tillamook waslaunched to assist. The Jayhawk wasable to hoist all seven and transportedthem to Tillamook Airport.


Making a Splash

The newest Coast Guard cutter,Mackinaw, is launched from its cra-dle into the Menomonee River April2. The Mackinaw, a state of the art,240-foot ice breaker/buoy tender, willcarry on the traditions of the oldMackinaw. The “New Mack” isscheduled to be included in theCoast Guard fleet in late 2005. Morethan 60 years ago the first Mackinawwas launched on the Great Lakesand has served with distinctionthrough the years, preforming anevery expanding role in commerce,search and rescue, public relationsand homeland security. The newestMackinaw was built to fulfill the rolesand traditions set forth by its predecessor.

Photo by PA1 David Mosley, G-IPA-1

April 27 — Recent hoax distress callshave the Coast Guard in Miamiinvestigating the source of thesebroadcasts and asking the public forhelp. In the last four weeks, theSector Miami Command Center inMiami Beach received at least fourfalse mayday calls. The voice of thecaller is believed to have originatedfrom the same source each time. Therecordings all contain the words,“Mayday, mayday,” or “Someone,please help!” The calls were deemed ahoax after careful processing by theCoast Guard's 7th District commandcenter in Miami.

May 1 — The CGC Petrel evacuated apassenger who was reportedly havingliver problems, shortness of breathand slight dehydration from the cruiseship Osterdam. The patient, and herhusband who accompanied her, weretaken to an awaiting ambulance atCoast Guard Sector San Diego andtransported to U.C.S.D. MedicalCenter in San Diego.

Honor, respect

BM1 Chris Miller, and his son, Justin,3, place miniature U.S. flags on thegraves of veterans at the NationalCemetery on Friday, May 27, inMobile, Ala. Some 4,000 flags wereplaced on the graves. Miller, an 11-year veteran of the Coast Guard, isstationed at Sector Mobile atBrookley.

Photo by Mike Kittrell, Mobile RegisterCourtesy of the Mobile Register 2005© All rights reserved Reprinted with permission


Golden WingsLt. j.g. Jeanine McIntosh became thefirst Coast Guard African-Americanfemale aviator during a graduationceremony at the Naval Air StationCorpus Christi, Texas, June 24. Shewas assigned to Air Station Barberspoint. Hawaii, after she completed C-130 training.

Photo by PA2 Andrew Kendrick, 8th Dist.



May 22 — The Coast Guard and CoastGuard Auxiliary searched for a missing18-year old male off of Waukegan Beach,Ill., after three teens set out on a raft thatoverturned approximately 100 yards offshore. The two other teens safely made itto shore. Coast Guard officials received acall about the missing teen around 5:30p.m. after local authorities tried unsuccessfully to find him. Boat crewsfrom Station Wilmette Harbor, anAuxiliary Crew and local divers searchedthe area. A HH-65 helicopter from AirStation Traverse City, Mich., also assistedin the search.

May 23 — Personnel from Coast GuardMarine Safety Office New Orleans and theNew Orleans Fire Department respondedto a two-alarm fire on board a ship on theMississippi River near the Napoleon StreetWharf today. All personnel aboard the560-foot German-flagged container shipLibra Rio Grand were evacuated after afire was reported in the boat's engineroom. The engine room was sealed, andthe ship's CO2 fire extinguishing systemextinguished the fire. MSO New Orleanssent a pollution response team,investigating officer, and a foreign vessel inspection team to the scene. An HH-65Dolphin helicopter rescue crew also wasdispatched to conduct an arial assessment.

On the Rocks

CGC Anacapa, home ported inPetersburg, Alaska, navigates icefilled waters while on patrol inGlacier Bay.

Photo by Lt.j.g. Herbert Law, executive officer, CGC Anacapa

Fuel it Up

Crew members aboard the CGCValiant, homeported in Miami, tend afuel line while the HH-65 Dolphinhelicopter crew from Air Station NewOrleans refuels their helicopter, May 4.

Photo by PA2 NyxoLyno Cangemi, 8th Dist.

June 10 — An HH-60 helicopter fromAviation Training Center Mobile, Ala.rescued five mariners trapped aboardtheir disabled fishing vessel in 12-footseas, 21 miles south of Cape San Blas.After reporting that their vessel wastaking on water, and was disabled andadrift in heavy seas caused by TropicalStorm Arlene, the five crewmembersfrom the 37-foot trawler Happy Hourwere rescued and delivered to thePanama City, Fla., airport by the helicopter rescue crew. The CGCSeahawk, an 87-foot patrol boat fromCarrabelle, Fla., also was dispatched toassist in the rescue.

June 15 — A Station Michigan City,Ind., boat crew rescued two childrenapproximately 20 yards from theNipsco, Ind., Power Plant break wallwhere they were swimming. The stationwatchstander received a phone callfrom emergency medical services with afrantic mother nearby who didn’t speakany English. The watch stander, a flu-ent Spanish speaker, was able to determine that the woman’s childrenwere in trouble in the water.Immediately after receiving the call, thestation launched a 25-foot responseboat. Once on scene, the boat crewsaw the girl face down in the water andtried to get her attention. She was slowto respond, but lifted her head and wasrescued by the crew as she started toslip beneath the water. She then communicated that her brother wasstill in the water in need of help. Whenthe boy saw the boat, he ran toward it,falling into the water. A crewmembergot into the water and brought the boyaboard the boat.



Hats off

Members of the class of 2005 tosstheir covers and shoulder boards intothe air as they divest themselves ofall symbols of cadet life at their graduation ceremonies held at theCoast Guard Academy, May 18.Secretary of Homeland SecurityMichael Chertoff was this year’scommencement speaker.

Photo by Telfair H. Brown, Sr., G-IPA-1

June 19 — An Air Station BarbersPoint, Hawaii, HH-65 helicopter crew hoisted a 21-year-old male this morning. Patrick Hannon, a vacationeron Maui, was reported missing June 17by his cousin when he failed to returnfrom a personal water craft trip. TheCoast Guard and the Maui FireDepartment started searching and hisabandoned water craft was soon discovered, four and half miles offHonokowai. He was found by a C-130Hercules crew and later hoisted aboardan HH-65 helicopter and transported toMaui Memorial Hospital for medicaltreatment. The crews attributed hissurvival because he was wearing a lifejacket.

June 25 — An Air Station SanFrancisco HH-65 Helicopter crew hoisted a 36-year-old woman, who had fallen 100 feet while hiking, fracturingher left leg, from Timber Cove, Calif.The Sonoma County SheriffDepartment and the CaliforniaHighway Patrol were first on scene,however, due to her location a helicopter was needed to assist in therescue. After arriving and rescuing thewoman the helicopter crew transferredher to awaiting local EmergencyMedical Services.


management and conservation will be toeveryone’s long-term benefit,” Jett said.

The week in Yokohama was a busy onefor both the U.S. and Japan coast guards.Using the 3,500-ton JCG patrol vessel PL31Izu as a platform, boarding teams from eachservice spent a day demonstrating their procedures for taking control of the crew ona hostile vessel, and JCG showed off theirsmall boat maneuvering skills.

Jett said he was most impressed by thenewness and quality of JCG’s technology.Their state-of-the-art ships and small boatsare equipped to handle grand-scale disasters and to fight fires both in and outof the port.

“Deepwater is clearly needed soon,” hesaid, referring to the U.S. Coast Guard’slong term project to replace its aging cutterswith a fleet of new, highly-advanced ships.Although it worked with the Japanese government to develop a coast guard modeled after the United States’, Blairagrees with Jett that there is much to belearned from JCG.

“We share information and officers, and are continuallyimproving,” Blair said. “Japan is one of our strongestallies and we are very optimistic about the future.”

Jarvis then headed west toward South Korea for thesecond leg of the journey. The cutter arrived in thePort of Incheon, a city about 20 miles east of Seoul,

June 3, to the sounds of military marches played by theKorea coast guard band.

“Korea coast guard is such a professional organiza-tion,” said Cmdr. Todd Gatlin, the U.S. Coast Guard liaison officer for Jarvis’ visit to Incheon. “They had setvery high standards and didn’t want to fall below thosestandards. They did the best job they could to meetthose expectations.”

The 3,000-ton KCG 3005, a 2-year-old high-tech patrolvessel, moored outboard of Jarvis to better accommodatethe drills and demonstrations shared between the twocrews.

The first day of exercises included a Jarvis boardingteam demonstrating its boarding and non-compliant vessel seizure tactics using 3005’s wide passageways andmodern bridge as a playing field. Then, with Jarvis’ crewlining Jarvis’ flight deck rails, KCG surprised the onlookers with a thunderous display by neutralizing anexplosive ordinance found hidden in 3005’s hangar.

On the second day of planned exercises, the two ships

got underway for a series of helicopter rescue hoist drillsand law enforcement tactics demonstrations. Jett saidhe was impressed by the KCG’s alertness and responsiveness to encroachment dangers, and attributesKCG’s efficiency largely to their geographical position inthe world.

Jarvis’ visit to Japan and Korea aimed to nurture existing relationships, as well as build new ones.

“This exchange opens communication and hopefullyprovides the first steps to stop illegal activity and ensuremutual protection from organizations that mean to causeharm,” Jett said.

Jarvis only had eight weeks to prepare for this trip.Every member of the crew, from those on the deckdepartment to the engineers, from the food service specialists to the navigators, rolled up their collectivesleeves and made Jarvis shine.

Korean and Japanese translators were gathered fromaround the country. Research was needed to explore thecultural expectations of Korea and Japan, and drillsneeded rehearsing. In addition, because of transfer season, Jarvis faced personnel shortages and relied onseveral crewmembers assigned temporarily to fill thegaps.

“We would have loved more time, but that’s the way itgoes,” said Jett. “Jarvis’ crew rallied hard and I feel metthe challenge. But then again, they are Jarvis.”

Welcome Note

A trumpet player with the Japancoast guard Band welcomes theCGC Jarvis with a rendition ofSemper Paratus as the cutterpulls into its berth at the JCGMaritime Disaster PreventionComplex.Just after 10 a.m. on May 23, the CGC Jarvis

approached a pier at the Japan coast guard’sMaritime Disaster Prevention Complex in Yokohoma,

a city about 40 miles south of Tokyo. As the JCG bandplayed a rendition of “Semper Paratus” from the pier, adeckhand aboard the 378-foot Honolulu-based cuttertossed a heaving line to an awaiting JCG line handler,signifying the start of Jarvis’ month-long mission to raisethe interaction among the world’s coast guards to a newlevel.

“Partnership is the key to making good things happen,”said Capt. Michael Blair, commanding officer of the CoastGuard’s Far East Activities. “Throughout the world, theU.S. is trying to build better relationships, better understandings with other countries.”

During a meeting of the North Pacific Heads of CoastGuards in Canada last fall, Korea coast guardCommissioner Lee Seung Jae suggested to U.S. Coast

Guard Commandant, Adm. Thomas H. Collins that heshould send a cutter to Asia – initially just South Korea,but Japan was quickly added to the itinerary – to givethe crews the opportunity to work with each other andget some hands-on operational experience.

“This exchange just moves us closer to being able tocooperatively respond to any situation,” said Capt.Michael Jett, the Jarvis’ commanding officer. “Also, itputs a name on the other end of the phone line when weneed cooperation for pressing maritime issues.”

The NPHCG is an information-sharing network established by the United States, Japan, South Korea,People’s Republic of China, and Russian coast guard services that meets regularly to discuss, among othertopics, ways to improve the enforcement of internationalfisheries laws along the Pacific Ocean’s ExclusiveEconomic Zones.

“We hope to send the message that proper


Practice makes perfect

The CGC Jarvis sits in the background as Japan coast guard demonstrates some of its capabili-ties. This annual event is a way for JCG to educate the public about their roles and missions.Among other demos, JCG did rescue drills, helicopter hoists, and the capture of a hostile ship.The Japanese Minister of Land, Infrastructure and Transport, as well as the Commandant of JCG,were on hand to view the event.

Spotlight

Orient ExpressStory and photos by Amy Thomas, Pac Area


Sum m erSum m er

Training Transit

A 47-foot motor lifeboat from StationGloucester, Mass., and a Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Cape Codtransit out of the Gloucester Harborduring a training exercise Aug. 25.

Photo by PA3 Luke Pinneo, 1st Dist.



Suprem e CuisineFS2 David Thomas is filmed by theFood Network aboard the CGC Ternduring a cooking competition July 11 inSan Francisco. Food specialists fromthe cutters Tern, Hawksbill andSockeye competed for the Sector SanFrancisco “How Do You Iron Chef?”title. FS2 Matthew Williams from theHawksbill won. The competition airedas a one minute promotional show during commercial breaks of the IronChef and Iron Chef America shows.

Photo by PA3 Sabrina Arrayan, 11th Dist.

July 2 — The CGC Jarvis and theRussian Northeast Border Directoratevessel Vorovsky rendezvous about 450miles southwest of Alaska’s AleutianIsland chain and 250 miles east ofRussia’s Kamchatka Peninsula to perform the first joint security exerciseof the North Pacific Heads of CoastGuard Agencies.

July 3 — An HH-60 Jayhawk crew fromCordova, Alaska, rescued two peopleJuly 3 after their small plane crashedseven miles from Whittier.

July 6 — The CGC Campbell seized6,700 pounds of cocaine and detainedfive suspected smugglers 50 miles southof Cayos De Albuquerque, Colombia.The Campbell was on routine patrol inthe Caribbean Sea when its crew spottedthe 65-foot Honduran fishing vesselOcean Mistery dumping bales into thewater.

July 18 — A rescue crew from StationMarathon rescued three Florida Keysresidents and their dog about 12 mileswest of Cape Sable.

July 18 — An Air Station Corpus Christicrew rescued a family of five after their22-foot pleasure craft ran aground a halfmile south of Matagorda IslandLighthouse.

July 26 — Crews from Air Station SanFrancisco and Station Vallejo combinedto rescue four people from a sinking ves-sel three miles west of the CarquinezBridge.

July 29 — A boat crew from StationCleveland Harbor rescued four peopleafter their jet skis flipped near themouth of the Coyahoga River.

Aug. 1 — The CGC Jarvis returnedhome after a three-month patrol thatopened cooperative international effortsbetween the United States and othernations of the North Pacific heads ofcoast guard agencies. The Jarvisengaged in officer exchanges and jointoperations with Korean, Japanese andCanadian coast guard; Russian NorthernBorder Guard and the Chinese FisheriesEnforcement vessel Zhong Guo Yu Zhen.

Aug 4 — Capt. Manson Brown, theUnified Command Honolulu Federal On-Scene Coordinator, announced thatthe M/V Casitas, which ran aground atPearl and Hermes Atoll on July 2, hasbeen removed successfully andentombed northwest of the atoll inapproximately 7,200 feet of water. “TheUnified Command shared a commoncommitment to remove the potential pollutants and extract the vessel fromthe reef with no human injuries and aslittle damage to the environment as possible. Given the remote location andthe significance of the reef ecosystem, itwas a challenge — a challenge we cannow say we met,” said Brown.


Pow er SupplyCrewmembers aboard the CGCCampbell prepare to haul the cutter's nearly 150-foot shore tie alongthe aft deck, down the gangplank andonto the pier of the cutter’s home portin Kittery, Maine, July 19. While inport, two shore ties continually supplythe Campbell with the 460 volts needed to operate the entire electricalsystem.



African SurfariThe CGC Bear crashes through 14- to 16-foot waves off thecoast of western Africa July 30 during a 90-day deploymentto the North Africa and Gulf of Guinea region. As part of aTheater Security Cooperation mission with the U.S. Navy’sSixth Fleet, the Bear visited eight countries with the goal toenhance multinational interoperability and to cultivate relationships for possible future training opportunities.

Photo by PA2 Andrew Shinn, 1st Dist.

Arctic Sum m er

BM3 Steven Duque, left, and BM2 Adam Gunter prepareto ferry members of a science party back to the CGCHealy from an ice floe on the Arctic Ocean Aug. 18. TheHealy left Seattle on June 1 for the scientific missionand achieved several milestones along the way including the third visit to the geographic North Pole by aU.S. surface ship and the second ever trans-arctic expedition by a surface ship. The Healy sailed over22,000 miles circumnavigating North America.

Photo by AG1 Gene Swope, U.S. Navy

Aug 18 — The CGC Eagle helped rescue nearly 100 West Africanmigrants who were found drifting in adisabled vessel 35 miles off the southcoast of Tenerife, Canary Islands. TheEagle sighted two flares coming fromthe 50-foot migrant vessel. The Eagle supplied the migrants with 150bananas, 51 pounds of cooked kidneybeans, 40 pounds of cooked rice and14 gallons of bottled water.

Aug 20 — The CGC Steelhead, with aNOAA agent aboard, seized 16,000pound of shrimp from a fishing boat inthe Gulf of Mexico after they discoveredturtle excluder devices were sewn shut.

Aug 15 — A helicopter rescue crewfrom Air Station Houston medevaceda crewman with a reported rupturedspleen from an oil rig 82 miles southeast of Galveston.

Aug 16 — A Station Port Angelesboat crew took a man into custodyafter he was found naked and actingerratic by an Air Station Port Angeleshelicopter crew in Sequim Bay,Wash. The crew was on patrol whenthey saw a possible boat fire. Uponinvestigation, they found the man onthe bow of a boat waving distressflares, acting erracticly and makingobscene gestures.


Dangling Dem o

An HH-60 Jayhawk rescue crew fromAir Station Astoria, Ore., demonstratesvarious rescue operation maneuversduring a drill performed for federal andstate officials in Seattle Aug. 8.

Photo by PA3 Adam Eggers, 13th Dist.


Tons of TrashCGC Kukui crewmembers attendto a pile of debris the cutter’scrane had lifted onto the buoydeck in September. The Kukuipulled in more than seven tons oftrash from the Maro Reef, located850 miles northwest of Honolulu.

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Sept 6 — Helicopter crews from AirStation Houston rescued 12 people after their helicopter went down 23miles south of Sabine, Texas, shortlyafter takeoff from an offshore platform.

Sept 9 — Vice Adm. Thad Allen, theCoast Guard chief of staff, was tappedto lead the Hurricane Katrina federalresponse and recovery efforts inLouisiana, Mississippi and Alabama asthe Principle Federal Official.

Show of forceMembers of Port Security Unit 312,conduct a land security drill for localmedia during PSU 312's commissioning media day on CoastGuard Island, Alameda, Aug. 18.

Photo by PA3 Brian Leshak, PACAREA


Sept 13 — An HH-60 crew from Air StationKodiak rescued two Toksook, Alaska, vil-lagers who were stranded on Nelson Island.The pair had been traveling in a 24-footocean skiff when bad weather forced themto seek safe haven on the island.

Sept 16 — The CGC Walnut crew employedthe ship’s crane, lift bags and divers toremove more than 21,000 pounds ofmarine trash from more than 60 sitesacross the Pearl and Hermes Atoll in thenorthwest Hawaiian islands. The 1,000mile trip was part of a joint mission withNOAA and the University of Hawaii’s SeaGrant Program to remove the potentiallydeadly debris.

Pride of the FleetThe crew of the CGC Storis celebrated the ship’s 63 years ofservice Sept. 30. The Storis wascommissioned in 1942 and bearsgold “38” hull numbers — a distinction given only to the oldestcutter in the fleet.

Photo by PA3 Christopher McLaughlin,PADET Kodiak

personnel participated in the effort.One of those members was Vice

Adm. Thad Allen, who was tappedSept. 9 to lead the federal responseand recovery efforts in Louisiana,Mississippi and Alabama as thePrincipal Federal Official.

Combined with hospital evacuations and rescues by surfaceresources, the Coast Guard saved astaggering 33,545 lives, statisticallymore than six years’ worth of searchand rescue.

“I have been in search and rescuefor 30 years and have never seenanything like this,” said AMTCM TimSheffler, command master chief ofAir Station New Orleans. “Our orderswere simple: Go and save lives.”

“The dogged determination, enthusiasm and eagerness to servein any capacity exhibited by all members was awesome to behold,”wrote Capt. David Callahan, commanding officer of AviationTraining Center Mobile and Capt.Bruce Jones, commanding officer ofAir Station New Orleans in a jointmemo to fellow commanding officers.

Furthermore, lives were beingsaved at an unprecedented rate eventhough almost half the local personnel lost their own homes andbelongings in the storm.

“Despite these hardships, theextraordinary Coast Guard men andwomen who gathered from all overthe Coast Guard to join the fightworked ceaselessly and cheerfully,allowing around the clock SAR andmaintenance operations to continueunabated and at an unprecedentedlevel,” wrote Jones and Callahan.

“Crews that normally would beasked to pluck about 20 people fromdanger on a tough day have beendoing 100 to 120 hoists in adverseconditions that include heat andhumidity and exposure to contaminated water kicked up bychopper rotors,” Shepard said.

While dramatic rescues grabbedthe headlines, there were hundredsof other personnel working 20-hourdays to open integral waterways,clean up oil, rebuild stations, maintain Maritime Transportation

Security Act requirements and manage vessel salvage operations.

The Sector New Orleans Aids toNavigation Team answered the callwith help from several units outside8th District by replacing or repairingmore than 2,700 ATON discrepan-cies in less than a month.

The hurricanes also paralyzed theoil and gas infrastructure throughout the region requiring a

pollution response covering 130miles of rivers, canals and wetlands.

An estimated 8 million gallons ofproduct were spilled along theMississippi River basin.Approximately 750 responders fromfederal, state and local agencies areassisting in the cleanup.

U.S. Sen. Olympia Snoweremarked, “The bottom line is thatmembers of the Coast Guard did notwait to be told to conduct their mission. They knew their mission,and they refused to let anything getin their way.


f any single event of 2005 testedthe Coast Guard’s motto of“Always Ready,” it would havebeen Hurricane Katrina. When

the force of the nation’s mostdestructive natural disaster slammedinto the Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, theCoast Guard responded with a forceof its own.

Nine hours after landfall withwinds still howling over 60 knots,the Coast Guard made the first

rescue of Hurricane Katrina when aHH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescued two adults and an infantfrom a rooftop in Port Sulphur, La.

Within days, Coast Guard personnel arrived by the hundreds.By Sept. 1, There were 25 CoastGuard cutters, 48 aircraft, twoDisaster Area Response Teams,three Maritime Safety and SecurityTeams, a National Strike Team,Incident Management Assist teams

from both Atlantic and Pacific areas,three Port Security Units, sixDisaster Area Teams, threeEnvironmental Response Teams andfour Critical Incident StressManagement teams positioned in theaffected Gulf Coast theatre. At itspeak, more than 40 percent of theCoast Guard’s air fleet was involvedin the largest search and rescueoperation in Coast Guard history.More than 4,000 Coast Guard

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K atrina

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HURRICANE HEROICS

First Class accom m odationsAMT2 Miguel Martinez catches a in-flight break in the skies over Louisiana Sept. 4. Martinez,from Air Station Kodiak, took part in supplies-shipment missions and was one of the thousands ofCoast Guardsmen called to the Gulf Coast in the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.


M otor M uscleMK2 Jeffrey Terry, part of a disaster assistance response team,helps prepare 15 small boats for Hurricane Rita relief Sept. 15 at astaging area in College Station, Texas.

Photo by PA2 Jennifer Johnson, 14th Dist.

Helping hand

A Coast Guard rescue swimmer prepares an elderlycouple for transport to safetyin New Orleans, Sept. 7.

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A Day At The BeachSeaman Recruit Tarvaris Mason, right, wearing unitleader insignia, does push ups during a trainingsession on the beach at the Coast Guard TrainingCenter in Cape May, N.J., Nov. 1.

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Oct. 7 — A helicopter crew from AirStation Houston rescued a 60-year-oldkayaker that was swept to sea nearRollover Pass on the east end of theBolivar Peninsula.

Oct. 13 — A six-year-old Cuban boydied after the suspected smuggling vessel he was aboard capsized andtrapped him underneath the water 45miles south of Key West, Fla. The CGCDauntless first spotted the 33-foot boatat 12:40 a.m. The operator began driving the boat erratically in anattempt to escape. At approximately1:24 a.m., the vessel capsized, sendingall 31 people aboard into the water.Upon rescuing 30 of the migrants, itwas learned the six-year-old was stillmissing. At no time did a Coast Guardvessel come into contact with the suspect vessel. “We are deeply saddened by the loss of life, and thefamily has our deepest sympathy,” saidRear Adm. D. Brian Peterman, commander of the 7th District. “Thisterrible incident is an example of thedangers inherent to illegal entry intothe United States by sea.”

Oct. 14 — A crew from Station KeyWest, Fla., rescued a Navy FA-18 pilotafter he was forced to eject from his aircraft 36 miles southwest of Key West.

Father FigureHarper Natalie Bruckenthal, bornNov. 19, 2004, touches a bronzerelief of the face of her father, DC3Nathan Bruckenthal, insideBruckenthal Hall at Coast GuardStation Montauk, N.Y., Oct. 3. Thebuilding was named in honor ofBruckenthal, who was killed in actionApril 24, 2004, while defending theIraqi Kwahr Al Amaya Oil Terminalagainst waterborne attacks. He wasthe first Coast Guardsman killed inaction since the Vietnam War.

Photo by PAC Tom Sperduto, PADET New York



Hot firepow er

ET2 Sean Foster feels the heat while offloading ammunition througha portal aboard the CGCMorganthau in Seal Beach, Calif.Oct. 7. The ammunition offload followed a successful south patrolwhere the Morgenthau seized morethan 16,000 pounds of cocaine —the fourth largest seizure in CoastGuard history.



Oct. 22 — An HH-60 Jayhwak fromAir Station Astoria rescued threeOregonians who were stranded on acliff at Short Sands Beach near Manazanita.

Nov. 9 — A safety inspection teamfrom Station Coos Bay, Ore., and aCoos County Sheriff’s deputy ended thevoyage of the 35-foot F/V Lady Estherwhen a boarding uncovered severalsafety violations and the possession ofmethamphetamine.

Nov. 16 — An HH-65 Dolphin aircrewfrom Corpus Christi, Texas, rescuedthree men who were washed ashoreMotagorda Island by a severe storm thenight before.

Nov. 17 — An aircrew from Air StationDetroit pulled two men from separateboats after each ran aground about 40yards offshore, one mile west of thePortage River entrance. StationMarblehead received the call, but wasunable to reach the two boats becauseof the shallow water.

Nov. 21 — An HH-60 Jayhawk heli-copter crew from Air Station Cape Cod,Mass., rescued three fisherman aroundmidnight after their 80-foot fishing vessel, the Aggressor, ran aground nearBlock Island, R.I.

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Hook, Line ... BuoyBM2 Joshua Gunn, left, and BM3James Bowell of the CGC Sparsecure a crane hook to an unlightedbuoy near the southern end ofKodiak Island, Alaska, Dec. 14.

Photo by PA3 Christopher McLaughlin, PADET Kodiak

Nov. 29 — Station New York receivedOctober’s 1st District Award for MissionExcellence for their constant and challenging operations in homeland security, search and rescue, law enforcement and community relations.

Dec. 1 — Cleanup crews completedpumping approximately 750,000 gallonsof liquid asphalt from a damaged bargethat ran aground five miles south ofRichmond, Va. The barge Piney Pointspilled an estimated 45,000 gallons of itscargo on Nov. 28.

Dec. 2 — Coast Guard units, in partnership with the MichiganDepartment of Natural Resources, U.S.Fish and Wildlife Service and Canadianauthorities from the Ontario Ministry ofNatural Resources interdicted aCanadian fishing boat illegally fishing inU.S. waters approximately 25 miles eastof Harbor Beach, Mich. The CGCHollyhock spotted the vessel setting netsand coordinated surveillance with crewsfrom Air Station Detroit.

Dec. 12 — Crews from Air StationElizbeth City medevaced two passengersaboard the cruise ship Norwegian Dawnduring separate operations off the coastof North Carolina.

Dec. 13 — The Coast Guard identifiedthree teenagers suspected of making fourhoax calls in Brookings Harbor, Ore.Coast Guard and local responders spentmore than 20 hours conducting searchesbased on these hoax calls. The CoastGuard, in collaboration with other feder-al, state and local agencies were consid-ering enforcement options.


A student of the Atlantic AreaVertical Insertion Programdescends down a fast rope Oct.30, during a week-long verticalinsertion course held in Sandwich,Mass. The course teachesMaritime Safety and SecurityTeam members how to rapidlydeploy to the deck of a ship from ahelicopter by sliding down a rope.

Dow nw ardM obility


Britain’s Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Dutchess ofCornwall, wave to an onlooking crowd as they depart theCGC Tern Nov. 7 in the Port of San Francisco. The royalcouple traveled aboard the 87-foot patrol boat from JackLondon Square in the Port of Oakland to the SanFrancisco Ferry Terminal. They toured the cutter and metwith crewmembers.

Royal Visit


Dec. 19 — Station Miami Beachlaunched two rescue boat crews to thescene of a downed Chalks Airline airplane in Miami. An HH-65 Dolphinhelicopter crew from Air Station Miamiand the CGC Sitkinak also responded tothe crash, which was carrying 20 peopleincluding two crewmen and three children. The Grumman G73 seaplanecrashed shortly after takeoff in thewaters near Government Cut in the Portof Miami. There were no survivors. OnDec. 23, the Miami Dade MedicalExaminer identified a body recovered bythe Coast Guard three nautical mileseast of Key Biscayne as the 20th passenger.

Dec. 23 — The CGC Steadfast returnedto its homeport of Astoria, Ore., aftercompleting an 11,000-nautical-milecounter narcotics patrol in the easternPacific. The 77-person crew spent 61days at sea seizing more than six tons ofcocaine, rescuing 109 people and crossing the equator eight times. OnThanksgiving Day the crew received atelephone call from President Bush.

Dec. 31 — An HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station SanFrancisco rescued a woman in theHumbolt Bay area who was stranded inher car by flood waters caused by theprevious night’s storm.

Dec. 14 — The Seattle-based CGCMellon freed an endangered Loggerheadsea turtle from tangled fishing gear whileon a law enforcement patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean.

Dec. 15 — Station Juneau rescuedthree 19-year-old duck hunters aftertheir 14-foot john boat capsized whilethey were hunting on North DouglasIsland near Juneau, Alaska.


PSU 311 patrols the waters of Guantanamo Bay, Cuba,during their recent six-month deployment in support of theU.S. Navy’s Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.The 54-member detachment arrived in Cuba on June 1and returned home to San Pedro, Calif., on Dec. 8.

En Patrulla in Cuba

Photo by CWO Scott Epperson, 11th Dist.

$9.6 billion was confiscated, shattering the 2004 record.

Some of the action took place inthe Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico,and along the Atlantic Coast, areastypically associated with drugsmuggling. However, 93 tons ofcocaine, roughly 62 percent of therecord total, was seized in theEastern Pacific off the coasts ofCentral and South America.

In fact, during each of the lastfive years, more than 75 percent ofthe cocaine seized by the Coast

Guard was intercepted in theEastern Pacific.

During the months of Augustand September, 11 separateattempts to smuggle significantamounts of cocaine into the U.S.via the eastern Pacific maritimetrafficking routes were stopped.Three large drug busts — all involving the CGC Hamilton —helped set the new record. A go-fast was interdicted Aug. 10while attempting to smuggle 2.5tons of cocaine. Twelve days later,another go-fast was stoppedattempting to smuggle two tons ofcocaine. A Columbian-flagged fishing vessel was stopped Sept. 16approximately 250 miles east of theGalapagos Islands attempting tosmuggle 6.7 tons of cocaine.

“America can be proud of theexemplary record set by CoastGuard ships and aircraft in actionagainst illegal drug smugglers,”said Vice Adm. Harvey Johnson, commander, Coast Guard PacificArea. “Our success is a directreflection on the many dedicatedmilitary, security and law enforcement professionals workingto protect America’s borders.”

The Coast Guard saw anincrease in drug interdictions as counter-drug intelligence and technology continues to improve. Inaddition, interagency coordinationresulted in better use of capabili-ties and resources.

The Coast Guard coordinatedclosely with other federal agenciesand countries to disrupt and deterthe flow of illegal drugs. For

example, the U.S. Attorney’s officein Tampa, Fla., and Joint Inter-Agency Task Force South inKey West, played critical roles insuccessful counter-drug operations. These organizationsprovided the operational intelligence and planning that theCoast Guard used. The U.S. Navy,with Coast Guard Law EnforcementDetachment members aboard, alsoprovided ships and aircraft toassist interdiction efforts.

Other agencies the Coast Guardworked closely with include theDEA, FBI, Bureau of Immigrationand Customs Enforcement,Customs and Border Protection,and the Departments of Justice,State and Homeland Security.

“Being on the front lines of thenation’s layered homeland securitystrategy, we have pushed our borders out, identifying and interdicting threats, including illegal and harmful drugs, beforethey reach U.S. shores,” said RearAdm. Kevin Eldridge, commanderof the Eleventh Coast GuardDistrict, whose district is responsi-ble for counter-drug operations inthe eastern Pacific.

During a press conference inOctober on Coast Guard Island,Alameda, Calif., to announce therecord-setting year and to presentthe offload of 11.5 tons of seizedcocaine, Eldridge put smugglers onhigh alert. “Drug runners beware,”he said. “The Coast Guard and itspartners will not be satisfied with alesser performance next year.”

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wo years ago, Adm. ThomasH. Collins challenged theCoast Guard to seize 100tons of cocaine in one year.

Crews exceeded the goal by morethan 20 tons, confiscating 241,733pounds in 2004. The bar wasraised for 2005.

So the Coast Guard took aim atthe new target and once again hitthe bulls-eye by seizing 170 tons ofcocaine. From October 2004through Sept. 30, 2005, more than338,000 pounds of cocaine worth

Consecutiverecords put

smugglers onnotice

SpotlightA crewmember of the CGC Sherman stands guard over 11.5tons of cocaine in Alameda, Calif. Nov. 17. The CGC Hamiltonconfiscated the drugs during three different seizures in the Eastern Pacific, then transferred the drugs to the Sherman fortransport to Alameda for destruction.

Bail Bounty


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