A Coast Guard Air station San Francisco MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter aircrew rescues a distressed kite surfer near Davenport Beach, California on Nov. 12, 2024. The aircrew deployed a Coast Guard rescue swimmer and then hoisted all three individuals into the helicopter and transported them back to shore. (U.S. Coast Guard video)
Boatswain's Mate Third Class Kameron Moon, center, led fellow Coast Guard reservists Boatswain's Mate Third Class Brandon Gibbons, left, Seaman Gerson Ortega, second from right, and Boatswain's Mate Third Class Vincent Suder, right, through seamanship and boat handling training for Port Security Unit 311 in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.
Coast Guard Ensign Cody Brown helps dismantle a mobile communications tower used by Port Security Unit 311 on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 at Base Los Angeles / Long Beach. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Coast Guard and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) signed an updated memorandum of agreement (MOA) to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) scholarship program at CSLUB campus, Thursday.
On the sun-drenched bow of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Haddock last month, Auxiliarist Marlene Williams, CA1, was awarded the Cutterman’s Pin in the presence of the crew, her husband, and fellow auxiliarists. Williams is the only woman in District 11 to earn the award and one of three women nationally within the Auxiliary. The Cutterman’s Pin is awarded to active-duty members who have acquired a total of five years of sea time and...