Latest United States Coast Guard Stories
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., April 4, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The U.S. Coast Guard today formally accepted the General Dynamics C4 Systems-built Rescue 21 Search and Rescue communications system now serving Sector Northern New England. With the command center located in South Portland, Maine, Sector Northern New England comprises more than 5,000 coastal miles from the New Hampshire/Massachusetts state line to the Canadian border, including Lake Champlain. Using advanced direction-finding...
Peterman and Branigan Bring Added Expertise to Elite Group of Maritime Experts WASHINGTON, March 13, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ridge Global, an international provider of security and risk management services, today named Vice Admiral Brian Peterman (United States Coast Guard, Retired) and Matt Branigan as the newest members of Flag Bridge(TM), a recently launched service focused on maritime risk and sovereignty management. Flag Bridge provides high-level, strategic consulting...
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter HEALY (WAGB 20) successfully experimented with NRL's TacSat-4 communications satellite, Jan. 24, by communicating from the Bering Sea off the western coast of Alaska to Coast Guard Island, Alameda, Calif. Returning from an escort and icebreaking mission to Nome, Alaska, assisting the Russian tanker Renda delivery of emergency fuel to the town, the USCGC HEALY — Coast Guard's only polar icebreaker — was approximately 260 nautical miles south of the Arctic...
ANDOVER, Mass., March 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul C. Jensen, CEO of Halo Maritime Defense Systems (HMDS), announced today the addition of Jeffrey Hathaway, Rear Admiral USCG (ret), to the Board of Advisors. Admiral Hathaway combines thirty three years of military and federal law enforcement accomplishments serving the nation as a U.S. Coast Guard officer, with prior private sector experience as corporate vice president of L-1 Identity Solutions, a successful identity management...
TAMPA, Fla., Feb. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The United States Coast Guard (USCG) unit in St. Petersburg, Florida, has partnered with Ultimate Medical Academy (UMA) to establish a base-sponsored National Test Center for the College-Level Examination Program® (CLEP) provided by the College Board. UMA was commissioned by the Defense Activity for Non-Traditional Education Support (DANTES) to supply the technology and equipment required for computer-based CLEP testing at USCG Sector St....
CHARLOTTE, N.C., Feb. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Horizon Lines, Inc. (OTCQB: HRZL) the nation's leading domestic ocean shipping and integrated logistics company, today announced that one of its vessels enroute to Hawaii from the U.S. West Coast rescued three sailboat passengers, including a nine-year-old boy, adrift in stormy seas in the predawn hours of February 8, 2012. Captain James Kelleher and the crew of the 893-ft. Horizon Reliance containership were directed by the U.S. Coast...
Top-tier Maritime Experts to Address Challenges in Global Maritime Risk and Sovereignty Management WASHINGTON, Feb. 2, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Ridge Global, an international provider of security and risk management services, today announced the launch of Flag Bridge(TM), a new service focused on maritime risk and sovereignty management. The Flag Bridge( )team includes an elite cadre of former U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) admirals and distinguished maritime professionals,...
A large audience of federal, state, county, municipal officials, active and retired military officers and vendors of IT and physical security products gathered in the grand ballroom of the JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, last month, to witness Government Security News announce the names of the winners in more than 45 separate homeland security categories, including B.I.G. Enterprises, which was named a winner in the Best Perimeter Protection Product category. Los Angeles, CA (PRWEB)...
The U.S. obesity epidemic has forced the Coast Guard to increase the estimated average weight of adult passengers, meaning that fewer passengers will be allowed onboard ferries and similar crafts at any given time, various media outlets reported last week. According to the Associated Press (AP), the new Coast Guard stability regulations that went into effect on December 1 increased the estimated weight of adult passengers from 160 pounds to 185 pounds. Those figures are based on...
ANDOVER, Mass., Dec. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Paul C. Jensen, CEO of Halo Maritime Defense Systems (HMDS), announced today the addition of Luke Ritter to its Board of Advisors. Mr. Ritter leads the Global Trade Security practice at Ridge Global, a firm founded by the Honorable Tom Ridge, the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security and former governor of Pennsylvania. The Global Trade Security practice provides strategic management consulting services to clients focused on...
