A scathing new report into the Titan submersible disaster that killed five people has found the vessel was damaged during earlier dives and built through a flawed engineering process that failed to meet safety standards — conditions that ultimately led to its fatal implosion. The report released by the National …
Read More »Coast Guard surges to Rio Grande in new border security mission, Operation River Wall
The Coast Guard is bolstering its forces along western Texas’ Rio Grande to support President Donald Trump’s border security mission as part of a “surge operation,” according to the service. Trump declared a national emergency at the border in January, and his administration stood up Joint Task Force Southern Border …
Read More »Security at California Coast Guard base opens fire on U-Haul truck posing 'direct threat'
U.S. Coast Guard personnel opened fire Thursday night on a U-Haul truck after its driver ignored commands to stop at the entrance of a California base, the agency said. Dramatic video shows the box truck with its headlights on reversing toward security personnel stationed around a vehicle outside Coast Guard …
Read More »Family matriarch dies day after rescue from remote island that saw family swim ashore to escape boat fire
A woman has died a day after the U.S. Coast Guard rescued her and two family members stranded on a remote Massachusetts island that they swam to when their boat went up in flames while anchored in a cove overnight Monday. Cynthia Sullivan, 73, died Thursday, according to a Facebook …
Read More »Coast Guard nabs 50 tons of cocaine bound for posh coastal enclaves as cartel ops ‘rival Amazon’: expert
The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) announced the successful interdiction of 100,000 pounds of cocaine throughOperation Pacific Viper, a months-long international effort targeting transnational criminal organizations operating in the Eastern Pacific. The operation is a surge in Coast Guard forces to the Eastern Pacific aimed at stopping cartels and transnational criminal …
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