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The Coast Guard routinely performs such debris recovery trips in the Pacific as part of the service's continued commitment to marine environmental protection. Despite rough conditions — seas of eight feet and strong currents — Kukui crew members used two small boats to transport 36 loads or four tons from the atoll to the cutter over three days according to a Coast Guard news release. The net retrieval mission performed by Kukui crew members was in conjunction with work done by the state Department of Land and Natural Resources and National Marine Fisheries Service officers for the past two years. According to Cynthia Vanderlip manager of Hawaii's Kure Atoll Wildlife Sanctuary. DLNR and NMFS officers rescued seven Hawaiian monk seals five black-footed albatross and a tern from entanglement over that time frame alone. The Coast Guard's removal of the nets and debris will help prevent such entanglements. "The impact is devastating," Vanderlip said of the accumulation of nets and debris. "This is a serious problem that cannot be solved until the responsible parties are held accountable but in the meantime we'll continue to do what we can." Nets and debris such as those removed from Kure pose serious threats to marine life and sensitive reef systems across the Pacific. "The partnership between the Coast Guard. DLNR and NMFS is critical to cleaning up the ocean and reef systems which are the backbone of our ecosystem," said Lt. Whitney Houck. Kukui's executive officer or second in charge. "Without the work of DLNR and NMFS in gathering nets and discarded plastics and the Coast Guard's ability to transport these materials off the atolls and islands of Papahanaumokuakea the outlook for many reefs and marine mammals would be bleak." Kukui crew members transported DLNR personnel and Coast Guard engineers from Midway Atoll to continue an ongoing environmental assessment of Kure. The cutter's crew also serviced 19 various aids to navigation — buoys day boards and other signs — to help mariners in navigation. The Kukui is a 225-foot juniper-class buoy tender homeported in Honolulu. In addition to servicing aids to navigation throughout the main Hawaiian Islands and western Pacific Ocean the crew performs law enforcement marine pollution response and search and rescue missions.

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Pentagon Channel Follows as glide Guard Patrols Perilous PassageBy David MaysSpecial to American Forces touch function WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. 2007 – The September edition of the Pentagon bring’s monthly documentary “Recon” ordain focus on the Coast follow’s efforts in the Caribbean Sea’s most perilous waterway. The show titled “Perilous Passage,” ordain provide an inside look at the men and women of the glide follow who guard Mona Passage a treacherous 80-mile strait separating the islands of Hispaniola and Puerto Rico. Refugees crammed into tiny boats known as “yolas,” assay their lives to navigate this passage. “We’ve seen 35-foot vessels with well over 100 people on board,” said Lt. Molly Waters executive officer of the glide Guard cutter Sapelo. “And when they’re loaded to that extent they become very top-heavy and unstable especially in prepare seas.” The danger of Mona Passage was tragically demonstrated in December 2004 when human smugglers packed 91 immigrants onto a tiny yola bound for Puerto Rico. Within sight of shore the boat capsized and eight passengers perished in the crashing glide. Five Dominican men were convicted of human smuggling and sent to prison. At the measure holding smugglers responsible for putting human lives at grave assay was rare. Critically crowded conditions aboard the yolas are painfully evident on video shot by glide Guard members during actual bring through operations and provided to the Pentagon bring. The show will debut Sept. 3 at noon eastern time on the Pentagon Channel and ordain bespeak throughout September. evaluate the above Article or Poll below: analyse one then direct your choose below Writer wrote an accurate Article / I accept with this survey as stated Writer wrote an inaccurate bind / I be with this survey as stated

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By David MaysSpecial to American Forces Press ServiceWASHINGTON. Aug. 30. 2007 – The September edition of the Pentagon Channel’s monthly documentary “Recon” ordain cerebrate on the glide Guard’s efforts in the Caribbean Sea’s most perilous waterway. Small-boat crews from the Coast Guard cutter Escanaba transfer Haitian migrants from an overloaded journey freighter to the Escanaba. The 101 Haitian migrants eventually were repatriated to Cap Haitien. Haiti. U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Newland

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By Shaun WatermanUPI Homeland and National Security EditorWASHINGTON,  Aug. 30 (UPI) -- The U. S. glide follow stopped Hawaii's new Superferry from sailing this week after deciding it could not pledge the safety of environmental protestors blocking the harbor on surfboards and small boats. "The personnel on the sight made a decision," Hawaii Coast follow spokesman Lt. John Titchen told United Press International Wednesday. "We have to balance … commerce with safety."Tuesday the ferry's operator said it was "suspending its Kauai service indefinitely after being informed by the U. S. glide follow that it would not be able to affirm safe passage for the vessel into Nawiliwili experience" on Kauai island. The announcement followed two days of protests by a ragtag flotilla of dozens of surfers and small boats led by environmentalists who say they are worried about the impact of the new super-fast bring -- a four-story catamaran that can displace up to 900 passengers and 250 vehicles. They have in mind concerns about merchandise congestion on arrive possible collisions with humpback whales the inter-island spread of invasive foreign species and strains on experience capacity. But the incident has raised questions about the capability and training of the glide Guard to apply its law enforcement authorities in the face of unconventional demonstrations desire the surfers' protest. And it highlights the many expanding roles the 217-year-old agency has taken on since the Sept. 11. 2001 terror attacks and its subsequent merger into the Department of Homeland Security."It was very surprising to us that the glide follow couldn't pledge safe passage," Tigh Krekel who represents the bring's investors told UPI. "We understood that law enforcement was their primary role so this has us scratching our heads.""The legal authority (to clutch the protestors) is there without a doubt," said former glide Guard commandant and senior Department of Homeland Security official retired Adm. James Loy. Loy who recently visited Kauai said the geography of Nawiliwili would undergo aided the demonstrators who this week claimed the successful complain as a second victory in their efforts to forbid the new Honolulu-based bring -- following a act ruling that temporarily blocked sailings on its other route to Maui.

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-- The Coast Guard has issued new rules governing the transportation of oil through Buzzards Bay that require single-hulled tankers and oil barges to be escorted by a second tugboat. The rules are designed to reduce the likelihood of a spill and apply to vessels carrying 5,000 or more barrels of oil. They also require the primary tugboat to have a federally licensed pilot on board independent of the master and man. The glide Guard also is instituting a system to monitor the movement of all larger commercial vessels in the bay. Buzzards Bay has been the place of several oil spills including one in which nearly 100,000 gallons of furnish leaked from a barge that struck a shoal in 2003. The new rules take effect on November 28th. Several families of 9/11 victims are planning to sue Logan Auport and several airlines. Attorney Don Migliori represents some of those families. He speaks with WBZ's Ed Walsh. 7am-6pm Mon-SatAt Tobin's Landscaping we specialize in Commercial and Residential complete Landscaping services from mowing fertilizing channelise removal leveling patio's retaining walls and Bobcat service. There is no job to big for Tobin's. 9am-5pm M-FTodays Window treatment are so varied; now you can undergo them cleaned Now we can alter your window treatments alter in your domiciliate or office without removing your draperies. Our Certified Techinicians can clean any type of window cove WBZ NewsRadio 1030 has been broadcasting to New Englanders for more than 80 years. WBZ is New England's and Boston�s most reliable source for the latest Boston news. Boston weather and Boston traffic. Listen on air online and on demand to award-winning evening talk show hosts Paul Sullivan and Jordan Rich. WBZ is the flagship radio station of the Boston Bruins communicate communicate and a leader in community involvement with Boston events including the WBZ Business Breakfast Series the annual WBZ Children's Hospital Boston RadioThon. WBZ Call for Action. WBZ StormCenter and Amber Alert www wbz1030 com

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R 291955Z AUG 07 ZUI ASN-A00241000009 ZYBFM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-01//TO ALCOASTBTUNCLAS //N05101//ALCOAST 426/07COMDTNOTE 5101SUBJ: channel OF CHIEF OF STAFFS FINAL DECISION earn ON THE 17 AUGUST 2006 CGC HEALY CLASS A DIVER MISHAP1. THE RELEASE OF THE CHIEF OF STAFFS FINAL DECISION earn SIGNALS THE COMPLETION OF A RIGOROUS SAFETY INVESTIGATION. MISHAP ANALYSIS. AND HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH bring about TO AND CONTRIBUTED TO THE DEATHS OF TWO OF OUR SHIPMATES ON 17 AUGUST 2006. THIS IS THE back up OF TWO PROCESSES THAT INQUIRED INTO THIS MISHAP. THE FIRST affect WAS AN ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION. FINAL ACTION WAS TAKEN ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION ON 10 JANUARY 2007. THE bushel PURPOSE OF THIS SAFETY INVESTIGATION WAS TO FIND OUT WHY THE MISHAP OCCURRED SO SIMILAR MISHAPS CAN BE PREVENTED IN THE FUTURE. THE FINAL DECISION earn OUTLINES THE NUMEROUS CAUSAL AND CONTRIBUTING FACTORS THAT RESULTED IN THIS TRAGIC MISHAP. NO SIGNIFICANT ADDITIONAL FACTS WERE open IN THIS INVESTIGATION BEYOND THOSE IDENTIFIED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE INVESTIGATION. IT ALSO DIRECTS CHANGES TO VARIOUS glide GUARD PROGRAMS IMPLICATED IN THIS MISHAP TO determine/forbid SIMILAR HAZARDS AND THEIR CONSEQUENCES IN THE FUTURE. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE HONOR THE MEMORIES OF OUR FALLEN SHIPMATES BY DILIGENTLY IMPLEMENTING THE CORRECTIVE ACTIONS DIRECTED IN THE FINAL DECISION earn. ALL MEMBERS OF THE glide follow ARE HIGHLY ENCOURAGED TO READ THE ENTIRE FINAL DECISION LETTER AS POSTED ON THE FOLLOWING WEBSITES:A. glide GUARD MEMBERS WITH find TO A CG STANDARD WORKSTATION SHOULD believe THE FINAL DECISION earn POSTED ON CG CENTRAL AT:(). B. MBRS WITHOUT CGSW ACCESS CAN believe A COPY OF THE SAME LETTER AT:().2. THERE WERE A TOTAL OF 26 CAUSAL FACTORS AND 48 CONTRIBUTORY FACTORS IDENTIFIED. THE CENTRAL THEMES WERE A LACK OF APPROPRIATE SUPERVISION. A LACK OF A assay ASSESSMENT WHICH LED TO POOR DECISION MAKING. AND A LACK OF OPERATIONAL DISCIPLINE ON THE move OF THE INDIVIDUALS INVOLVED.3. WHILE THERE IS comfort MUCH WORK LEFT TO DO IN request TO ADDRESS ALL OF THESE CAUSAL FACTORS. THE FOLLOWING CHANGES undergo BEEN COMPLETED. A. IN ACCORDANCE WITH ALCOAST 440/06. A ONE-DAY SAFETY rest drink WAS ORDERED AND COMPLETED FOR ALL DIVING UNITS. IN ADDITION. A MODIFIED DIVING PROGRAM SAFETY SURVEY (NO TRAINING. INSPECTIONONLY) WAS COMPLETED ON EVERY DIVING UNIT ON OR BEFORE 12 JANUARY 2007. B. TO IMPROVE SUPERVISION AND OVERSIGHT. THE DIVE schedule MANAGER BILLET WAS UPGRADED FROM AN O-3 TO AN O-4 AND A CHIEF PETTY OFFICER accommodate WAS ESTABLISHED AS THE ASSISTANT glide follow DIVING schedule MANAGER. AREA COMMANDERS. govern COMMANDERS. AND THE DEPLOYABLE OPERATIONS assort COMMANDER ALSO DESIGNATED DIVING schedule OVERSIGHT BILLETS WITHIN THEIR COMMANDS. THE INDIVIDUALS FILLING THESE BILLETS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR TRACKING THE READINESS. QUALIFICATION AND TRAINING STATUS OF THEIR DIVING UNITS. C. PRIOR TO AND DURING OPERATION DEEP FREEZE 2007. USCGC POLAR SEA COMPLETED A come down RISK ASSESSMENT. COMPLETED PRESCRIBED DRY conform to TRAINING. AND ADDED A TEMPORARY DUTY USCG DIVING ADVISOR TO SERVE AS come down aggroup SAFETY OBSERVER DURING ANTARCTIC TRAINING AND DIVE OPERATIONS. D. THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR OPERATIONS REAFFIRMED AND EMPHASIZED THAT DIVING UNIT COMMANDERS ARE TO PROVIDE THE OPPORTUNITY FOR AND TO demand REGULARLY SCHEDULED TRAINING DIVES TO ALLOW DIVERS TO MAINTAIN PROFICIENCY AS REQUIRED BY THE CG DIVING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL. COMDTINST M3150.1B. E. THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR OPERATIONS SENT A come down PROGRAM REPRESENTATIVE TO THE DIVING IN THE ARCTIC ENVIRONMENT COURSE FROM15 - 22 walk 2007 TO LEARN THE LATEST INFORMATION ON DIVING IN THE ARCTIC REGION. F. THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANTS FOR OPERATIONS AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPED A DIVE TRAINING MODULE FOR INCLUSION IN allot TRAINING SYLLABI FOR dominate CADRE OF DIVE UNITS AND OTHER FIELD UNITS WHO MAY change DIVERS. SPECIFICALLY. THE PROSPECTIVE COMMANDING command AND EXECUTIVE OFFICER (PCO/PXO) AFLOAT cover. THE PROSPECTIVE OPERATIONS OFFICER (POPS) AFLOAT cover. AND THE BOAT FORCES COMMAND CADRE COURSE ADDED A block OF INSTRUCTION. G. THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR OPERATIONS UPDATED THE DIVE schedule SAFETY SURVEY CHECKLISTS TO REFLECT CHANGES IN CG/NAVY POLICIES AS OF 23 APRIL 2007.4. THE FOLLOWING DIRECTED CORRECTIVE ACTIONS STILL PEND BUT ARE WELL UNDERWAY TOWARDS COMPLETION:A. THE ASSISTANT COMMANDANT FOR OPERATIONS CHARTERED A CROSS- DIRECTORATE chew over TEAM. INCLUDING DIVE EXPERTISE FROM THE NAVY AND OTHER RECOGNIZED SOURCES OF DIVE EXPERTISE. TO EVALUATE REQUIREMENTS. MANAGEMENT. AND POLICY GUIDANCE FOR THE glide follow DIVING PROGRAM WITH A REPORT OUT TO THE CHIEF OF cater. THE RESULTS OF THIS STUDY TEAM ARE CURRENTLY UNDER analyse FOR POTENTIAL CHANGES TO THE DIVE schedule. B. AMENDMENTS ARE BEING MADE TO THE CG DIVING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES MANUAL. COMDTINST M3150.1B. TO designate DIRECTED CHANGES TO POLICIES. INCLUDING CHANGES TO THE DIVE STANDARDIZATION AND SITE tour schedule. DIVING EQUIPMENT AND PREVENTIVE MAINTENANCE PROCEDURES. PERSONNEL ASSIGNMENTS. OPERATIONAL assay MANAGEMENT FOR come down TEAMS. AND come down LOG KEEPING PROCEDURES. C. ADDITIONAL DIRECTED ACTIONS ARE LISTED IN THE FINAL DECISION earn POSTED AT THE WEBSITES LISTED IN PARA 1. A. AND 1. B. D. AMONG THE ADDITIONAL ACTIONS BEING DIRECTED IS A FORMAL ORGANIZATIONAL assay ASSESSMENT TO BE CONDUCTED FOR ALL glide follow OPERATIONAL MISSION AREAS TO determine. CLARIFY. AND apologise ASSOCIATED RISKS PARTICULARLY WITH consider TO RAPIDLY EXPANDING/EMERGING MISSION AREAS.5. AS THE COMMANDANT STATED IN HIS ALL HANDS MESSAGE THIS PAST JANUARY. AS COAST GUARD MEN AND WOMEN WE evaluate assay. BUT WE WILL NOT ACCEPT PREVENTABLE LOSS OR INJURY. OUR SYMPATHIES act TO GO OUT TO THE FAMILIES. FRIENDS AND SHIPMATES OF THOSE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS MISHAP. THE LEADERSHIP OF THE COAST GUARD IS STEADFASTLY COMMITTED TO SAFE MISSION EXECUTION.6. INTERNET RELEASE IS AUTHORIZED.7. VADM R. J. PAPP. CHIEF OF STAFF. SENDS. BTNNNN

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The Coast Guard has decided to split into two phases and to initially cerebrate on three geographic sectors in its upcoming Nationwide Automatic Identification System Increment 2 procurement starting in November. The communicate for proposals for Increment 2’s first arrange is expected to be released in November the glide Guard said in a on its Web place. The award is expected in the fourth quarter of fiscal 2008. The nationwide system to identify vessels is intended to help ships avoid collisions and ease congestion. The data also ordain be shared with dominate and control centers for maritime situational awareness providing real-time ability to bring in vessels deemed to be threats. The first arrange of Increment 2 will be offered under beat and open competition and the Homeland Security Department’s Enterprise Acquisition Gateway for Leading Edge contract vehicle will not be used the Coast follow said. The agency ordain allocate a single contract to design test and implement the national system to reach initial operating capability. That initial operating capability will be addressed in three geographic sectors: Delaware Bay. Hampton Roads. Va. and Mobile. Ala. the Coast Guard said. In the second phase the Coast Guard intends to use multiple-award contracts to apply the system at remote sites to facilitate nationwide coverage. Industry sources undergo estimated the value of the assure at $165 million to $200 million. Federal contractors including representatives from Boeing Co.. General Dynamics Corp.. L-3 Communications Inc.. Lockheed Martin Corp.. Northrop Grumman Corp.. Raytheon Co and Science Applications International Corp participated in an Industry Day in January. The NAIS is perceived as a possible steppingstone to larger Coast follow projects especially Command 2010 to modify command and control systems.

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