Ron Sligh was born in Arcata in 1966 and enlisted in the U.S. Air Force in 1985 after graduating from high school.
The Witherspoon is the first of three Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) scheduled to be homeported at Coast Guard Base Kodiak and ...
Daubert said the fast response cutters coming to Kodiak will be responsible for a variety of duties across an area that expands west and north from Yakutat. The cutters may be sent as far afield as ...
Two men adrift off the North Carolina coast needed to be rescued when it became clear their sailboat was beyond saving, according to the U.S Coast Guard. It happened Tuesday, Jan. 28, approximately ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded Verizon Business an 8-year Enterprise Infrastructure Solutions (EIS) task order worth up to ...
China's coast guard continues its weeklong presence near the Philippines' Zambales Province in what one analyst calls "a new ...
The crew of Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) arrived at the cutter’s new homeport in Kodiak, Tuesday.The cutter ...
The bulk of deployed troops come from the Army, primarily military police, to enhance surveillance efforts and act as a deterrent to illegal crossings along the border with Mexico.
Of the five bodies in the fishing boat seen by oil workers off Trinidad’s east coast on Saturday, one was of a person who ...