Most Recent Articles from Coast Guard Magazine

• Harrowing Bering Sea rescue 

  The Bering Sea is perhaps one of the most unforgiving, harsh and dangerous places in the world, and although the risk is high, many mariners depend...

  03/01/08 by Kurt Fredrickson · More from publication

• The return of El Tiburon Blanco 

  There is a legend that tells of a great beast that stalks the balmy waters of Central America. When it is near, smugglers and their shipments of...

  03/01/08 by Shawn Eggert · More from publication

• From aztec shore to arctic zone greeting from the CGC Northland 

  CGC Northland has a long history and is the second cutter to carry the name. The original Northland served from 1927 to 1946 and had the first...

  03/01/08 by Kristen Potter · More from publication

• Academy of hard knocks 

  'Heave to and prepare to be boarded.' Sound booms over the ship's intercom directing a suspicious vessel to slow down and allow a boarding team to...

  03/01/08 by Adam Eggers · More from publication

• International patrol nets big returns 

  The USCGC Boutwell and Chinese fisheries officers combined efforts with North Pacific Coast Guard Forum partners to seize six fishing vessels in...

  03/01/08 · More from publication

• Responsible riding 

  Motorcycle fatalities have increased 127 percent since 1997 and have passed pedestrian fatalities for the first time since 1975, according to the...

  03/01/08 by T.J. Miles · More from publication

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