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Prince William helps bust $80 million worth of cocaine
Prince William serving in the Royal Navy helped the US Coast Guard bust a drug smuggling boat carrying nearly a ton of cocaine. It's reported he spotted the speed boat off the coast of Barbados. "Sub lieutenant Wales" (that's what they call him) is in the middle of a two-month stint with the navy as part of his continued experience with the military. Prince William serving in the Royal Navy helped the US Coast Guard bust a drug smuggling boat carrying nearly a ton of cocaine. It... more
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Coast Guard searching for 6 in Gulf of Mexico
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Saturday for six regatta competitors in the Gulf of Mexico after the boat they were sailing was found capsized.
The emergency contact person for the 38-foot Cynthia Woods called the Coast Guard after communication with the boat was lost around midnight Friday and the boat missed an 8 a.m. radio check, authorities said.
The boat was competing in the 40th annual Regata de Amigos. The race, which covers 610 nautical miles from Galveston to Veracruz, Mexico, started Friday and continues into next week.
The crew included four college students and two safety officers, Texas A&M at Galveston said in a news release
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US Coast Guard Honors Fallen Shipmates
May 27, 2008
U.S. Coast Guard|by Lt. j.g. Steven Baldovsky
Crewmen aboard a U.S. Coast Guard cutter forward deployed in the Persian Gulf laid a ceremonial wreath in the water April 24, 2008 where a terrorist attack took the life of U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal.
The observance marked the four-year anniversary of the attack, and was held aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell, a 110-foot patrol boat home ported in South Portland, Maine.
Bruckenthal died after a terrorist dhow exploded while attempting to attack an oil platform he and his unit were guarding in the waters surrounding Iraq's economically critical Khwar Al Amaya Oil Terminal (KAAOT).
Bruckenthal, 24, was the son of a police chief in a New York suburb and had been in the Coast Guard for six years before he was killed in the line of duty.
This was the first combat loss of life to a Coast Guardsman since the Vietnam War.
U.S. Navy Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Pernaselli and U.S. Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher Watts were also killed during the attack. Pernaselli and Watts were at the time temporarilty assigned to USS Firebolt, a cyclone class, 170-foot coastal patrol boat on duty in the Persian Gulf, which is home ported in Little Creek, Va.
Today, the United States Coast Guard and its U.S. and Coalition allies still patrol the waters that these men died to protect.
As Wrangell's crew laid the wreath, the USS Firebolt symbolically provided oil terminal security around KAAOT, demonstrating the ship's resolve to keep the platforms safe at all costs despite the tragedy.
"These heroic servicemen knew very well that serving abroad, amidst sworn enemies and in the heat of a war zone, could result in the ultimate sacrifice," said Lt. Mathew Moyer, Wrangells' commanding officer.
"Without hesitation, they gave their lives for the betterment of the world, and to accomplish the mission. It's servicemen like Nathan Brukenthal, Mike Pernaselli, and Christopher Watts that we owe our greatest respect and admiration to, as well as our remembrance."
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Iran vs. US Navy
Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a heavily accented voice threatened, "I am coming to you ... . You will explode after ... minutes," according to a video released by the Pentagon. But the Iranian military released its own version of the video, saying the Pentagon's was a fake. Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a heavily accented voice threatened, "I am coming ... more
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