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From the Flight Deck to the Big Screen
Story By PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville
Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Laub's done something no other Coast Guard rescue swimmer has ever done. He's passed Aviation Survival Technician "A" School - twice.
The first time Laub passed rescue swimmer school was in May 2003, when Laub's classmates were fellow Coast Guardsmen all eager to join the ranks of the Coast Guard's elite rescue swimmer corps. AST school instructors pushed Laub to his physical and mental limits at Aviation Technical Training Center Elizabeth City, N.C. Laub's first trip through school was as conventional as Coast Guard rescue swimmer training could possibly be ...FULL TEXT
Fair Winds and Following Seas 
Story by PA2 Bobby Nash, PADET Jacksonville, Fla.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. -- The Coast Guard held memorial services for Lt. Jessica Hill and Petty Officer 2nd Class Steven Duque after their deaths Aug. 17 in honor of their faithful service to the Coast Guard and their country.
Hill and Duque died during a dive operation in the Arctic Ocean approximately 500-miles north of Barrow, Alaska, while serving aboard the Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Healy, a 420-foot ice breaker. The Healy was engaged in a science mission when the accident occurred ...FULL TEXT
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Story and photo by PA1 Dana Warr, D7 Public Affairs MIAMI -- Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., has been able to keep pace with Florida's construction and population growth by establishing itself as one of the ...FULL TEXT
|  Tampa Bay Agencies Test Security PlansStory by PA1 Tasha Tully, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla., with contributions from Lt. Jason Franz, Sector St. Petersburg Planning Photos by PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville TAMPA BAY, Fla. -- The U.S. Coast Guard, along with federal, state, and local agencies, joined together Aug. 1 to conduct a large-scale maritime security exercise, Operation Bay Sentinel ...FULL TEXT |
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Story by MCPO Ted Fuller, D7 Command Master Chief MIAMI -- As I sit and think about what to write about in my first article to the Coastline, I think about what ...FULL TEXT |
MIAMI -- They traveled from Seattle, Providence, Cleveland and Haiti to form the Coast Guard team that would, at the end of three, long days and six, grueling ...FULL TEXT |
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Story and photo by PA3 Sondra-Kay Kneen, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A team of search and rescue (SAR) controllers from Coast Guard Sector St. ...FULL TEXT | Federal Agencies Team Up to Watch Over Caribbean
Story by Lt. Cmdr. Mark Phipps, Air Station Borinquen BORINQUEN -- In response to the steady increase in illegal activity in the Caribbean this past year, the Coast Guard is combining forces with her sister ...FULL TEXT |
 Multi-agency Offshore Force Trains in Tampa Bay Area
Story by JoAnne Adams, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- For the first time ever in Florida, state and federal crews stationed aboard offshore patrol vessels and aircraft trained together in ...FULL TEXT |
MIAMI -- The U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard reached a significant milestone in the war on drugs and made smuggling narcotics into the United States more difficult. The USS John L. Hall was assigned with Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 408 from the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team in Miami ...FULL TEXT |
 Teamwork Saves the Life of Coast Guard Member
Story by Capt. Bill Wade, Tampa Fire Rescue ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- On April 16, at about 8 a.m., several Coast Guard members were participating in required physical training at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg's Prevention Department located on Davis Island in Tampa, Fla. Suddenly, one of the men, Chief Petty ...FULL TEXT |  Coast Guard Medevacs 2 Near Anclote Island
Story by PA1 Tasha Tully, PADET St. Petersburg. ANCLOTE ISLAND, Fla. - Coast Guard Station Sand Key medically evacuated two people after a vessel collision one-nautical-mile north of Anclote Island, Fla., at about 7 a.m. July 27. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg received a mayday call on VHF Ch. 16 at about 5 a.m. reporting ...FULL TEXT |
 Coast Guard, Air Force Save Four Missing BoatersStory and Photos By PA1 Donnie Brzuska, PADET Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Four men are safe after their vessel capsized off the coast of Mayport, Fla., Sept. 30 at about 8 a.m. thanks to the efforts of a multi-service rescue operation coordinated by Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville ...FULL TEXT |  Mini Season Makes Big Impact on Crews
Story and photos by PA3 James Judge, D7 Public Affairs MIAMI - Beautiful turquoise waters, plenty of sunshine, red and white dive flags and tons of bugs are all part of one very large event. It seemed as if scuba divers were out on patrol looking to exterminate these bugs, but it's not your typical bug. These bugs are big, they look mean ...FULL TEXT |
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Story and photo by PA2 Jennifer Johnson, D7 Public Affairs
MIAMI -- Big-time Hollywood stars, Kevin Costner and Ashton Kutcher, payed a visit to Coast Guard Air Station Miami Aug. 31 to express their gratitude to the men and women of the Coast Guard who selflessly help others everyday. |  One Doesn't Have to be the Loneliest NumberStory By Lt. John Sears, chaplain
Being single can be a fantastic time in your life, no one to tell you what to do, where to go, or what to eat. I remember in college on a Saturday morning having a huge piece of cake for breakfast. Why? Because I felt like it. |
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Story and photo by PA3 Sondra-Kay Kneen PADET St. Petersburg, Fla. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The crowd struggles to form a line but ends up in a disarrayed mob. As their excitement grows, shouts of encouragement and mockery get louder with each missed ...FULL TEXT |
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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- The Coast Guard Cutter Venturous, homeported in St. Petersburg, Fla., hosted a special tour group - Boy Scout Troop 100, from Sarasota, Fla., August 26. This unique ...FULL TEXT |
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 More Than Just Training
Story and photos by PA2 Bobby Nash, PADET Jacksonville, Fla.
MAYPORT, Fla. -- A jaw-jittering shudder echoes through the modest gray steel room. A loud panicked voice belches over the loud speaker, "we've taken a missile to the port side! All hands brace for additional incoming rolls! Investigators, to your stations!" |  Gator Den Changes its Hide
Story and photos by Lt. Cmdr. C. T. O'Neil, D7 Public Affairs Officer MIAMI -- In a town where bars and clubs open and close about as fast as designer outfits change on the supermodels who frequent them, one iconic establishment has weathered the ravages of the trendy scene for nearly 30 years, staying true to its loyal, if not small, client base. But, even this bastion of salty sea-stories and camaraderie isn't immune ...FULL TEXT |
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