California’s Keeper Recovers Drifting Buoy
Story by Lt. Collin R. Bronson The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, working with the National Data Buoy Center, recently recovered a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration weather data buoy approximately 100 miles west of San Diego, [...]
MSD Santa Barbara — Rising to the challenge of panga boats
Story by LT Jeff Fry The call from the command center usually comes late at night: “Marine Safety Detachment Santa Barbara, we have another panga on the beach and we need you to respond!” Over the past year, this call [...]
Welcome home, daddy
Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Gawrelli When he was first mobilized and sent overseas, Lt. Jeremy Rodrigues, a member of the U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, knew he would be leaving behind Marcela, his wife of 10 months, [...]
Who speaks for the seas?
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela J. Boehland. The large, green generators in the engine room of a 292-foot ship moored to a pier in San Francisco grind to life, filling the enclosed space with machine-produced roar. Coast Guard [...]
