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2012
Feb. 10, 2012 - Lead Fast Response Cutter Delivered to the Coast Guard
Feb. 10, 2012 - Contract Awarded for an Additional 40 Response Boats-Medium
Jan. 30, 2012 - 13th HC-144A Another Early Delivery for the Coast Guard
Jan. 17, 2012 - Research and Development Center Project Spotlight: Underwater Imaging System Prototype Development
2011
Dec. 19, 2011 - $42.8 Million Contract Awarded for Coast Guard Logistics Information Management System
Dec. 15, 2011 - Coast Guard Rescues 4 Fishermen Stranded for 5 Days off Bahamas
Dec. 13, 2011 - A tale of 2 cutters
Dec. 9, 2011 - Deepwater RIP - A Leadership Perspective
Dec. 6, 2011 - Advanced Communication System Helps Coast Guard Save 4 Prepared Boaters
Dec. 1, 2011 - Bertholf, Boutwell Nab Drugs, Smugglers on High Seas
Nov. 30, 2011 - Fast Response Cutter Project Achievements
Nov. 9, 2011 - Pilot's First Rescue with Upgraded Helicopter
Nov. 2, 2011 - Stratton is Latest in Line of Coast Guard Vessels to Protect and Secure
Nov. 1, 2011 - $25 Million Drug Seizure on Inaugural Deployment
Oct. 31, 2011 - A Halloween Homecoming for the Cutter Waesche
Oct. 13, 2011 - Stratton Sails Away
Oct. 5, 2011 - Sector Detroit Command Center Accepts Cutting-Edge Technology
Sept. 29, 2011 - Research and Development Center Project Spotlight: Cutter-Based Helicopter Securing and Traversing Systems
Sept. 28, 2011 - Contract Awarded for the Production of 38 Response Boats-Small
Sept. 2011 - Of SCIFs and Pallets
Sept. 22, 2011 - Contract Option Awarded for Four More Fast Response Cutters
Sept. 21, 2011 - Contract Awarded for an Additional 11 Response Boats-Medium
Sept. 12, 2011 - Coast Guard Cutter to be Named for Joshua James
Sept. 9, 2011 - Contract Awarded for Production of Fifth National Security Cutter
Sept. 9, 2011 - Press Release: U.S. Coast Guard announces contract action for construction of 5th National Security Cutter
Sept. 6, 2011 - Coast Guard Holds “In-Commission Special” Ceremony for Third National Security Cutter, Stratton
Sept. 2, 2011 - Coast Guard Takes Possession of Stratton
Aug. 31, 2011 - Fabrication Begins on Fourth National Security Cutter
Aug. 30, 2011 - Building the National Security Cutter: 100 tons of steel
Aug. 27, 2011 - Crises Highlight Need to Continue Service Recapitalization
Aug. 19, 2011 - Second Fast Response Cutter Launched; Named for Coast Guard Hero, Richard Etheridge
Aug. 18, 2011 - NSC Stratton Performs Exceptionally at Sea Trials
Aug. 16, 2011 - Adm. Papp Makes Adjustments to Coast Guard Forces in Alaska
Aug. 12, 2011 - Third National Security Cutter, Stratton, Completes Acceptance Trials
Aug. 12, 2011 - Coast Guard Exercises Contract Option for 15th HC-144A
Aug. 5, 2011 - Coast Guard Uses New Technology to Quickly Locate Flooding Vessel
Aug. 4, 2011 - Coast Guard Accepts Delivery of 12th HC-144A "Ocean Sentry"
Aug. 2, 2011 - Coast Guard Research & Development’s Deepwater Horizon Technology Assessment Program Wins Innovation Award
July 29, 2011 - Government Accountability Office Releases Deepwater Report
July 01, 2011 - National Security Cutter #3, Stratton, Completes Builder’s Trials
June 29, 2011 - From the Bridge of the Bertholf: Northern Edge 2011
June 28, 2011 - New Interagency Operations Center Opens on Yerba Buena Island
June 23, 2011 - NSWC Corona, Coast Guard Forge Partnership to Support Maritime Strategy
June 20, 2011 - Research & Development Center Project Spotlight: Western Rivers Preliminary Fleet Mix Analysis
June 20, 2011 - Production Contracts Awarded for Four Test Boats for the Cutter Boat Over-The Horizon-IV Project
June 17, 2011 - Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Participates in Operation Northern Edge, Base Kodiak provides support
June 17, 2011 - U.S. Coast Guard’s Advanced Technology Locates Hoax Caller
May 26, 2011 - From the bridge of the Bertholf: Eastern Pacific counter-drug arena
May 13, 2011 - From the Deck Plate of the Bertholf: Engineering
May 9, 2011 - From the Bridge of the Bertholf: A word from the commanding officer
May 3, 2011 - What’s in a Scene? The Response Boat-Medium and ‘The Adjustment Bureau’
May 2, 2011 - Coast Guard Makes Offshore Patrol Cutter Draft Specification Available for Comment
April 29, 2011 - From the Deck Plate of the Bertholf: Alaska Patrol
April 25, 2011 - From the Bridge of the Bertholf: Alaska Patrol
April 21, 2011 - Coast Guard Launches First Fast Response Cutter
Feb. 8, 2011 - Contracts Awarded For First Phase of Response Boat–Small Replacement Project
Jan. 19, 2011 - Contract Awarded for Long Lead Time Materials for Construction of Fifth National Security Cutter
2010
Dec. 23, 2010 - Final HC-144A Mission Systems Pallet Under ICGS Contract Accepted by Coast Guard
Nov. 30, 2010 - Contract Awarded for Production of Fourth NSC
Oct. 28, 2010 - Station New London Holds Response Boat-Medium Acceptance Ceremony
Oct. 27, 2010 - Coast Guard Heroes
- Richard Etheridge
- William Ray Flores
- Robert J. Yered
- Margaret Norvell
- Paul Leaman Clark
- Charles Walter David Jr.
- Charles Sexton
- Kathleen Moore
- Joseph Napier
- William Trump
- Richard Dixon
- Heriberto Hernandez
Oct. 22, 2010 - U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Diego Accepts Rescue 21 Search and Rescue Communications System
Oct. 20, 2010 - The Blueprint for Continuous Improvement Version 5.0
Oct. 20, 2010 - Recapitalization: The Fast Response Cutter
Oct. 13, 2010 - Air Station Miami Welcomes the Ocean Sentry
Oct. 1, 2010 - Coast Guard’s Foreign Military Sales Program Awards Contract to Deliver Four Aircraft to Mexico
Sept. 28, 2010 - Deepwater Horizon Response: IATAP Closing BAA
Sept. 24, 2010 - Recapitalization of the Fleet
Sept. 23, 2010 - The “Legacy Bird”
Sept. 15, 2010 - Second Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter Contract Option Awarded
Aug. 27, 2010 - CAPT Vojvodich: Lessons Learned from Coast Guard's Acquisition Reform
Aug. 20, 2010 - Coast Guard Hosts Rescue 21 Acceptance Ceremony in Baltimore
July 23, 2010 - Michelle Obama christens National Security Cutter Stratton
July 15, 2010 - U. S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) Market Research
July 12, 2010 - Feature Release: U.S. Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate People, Expertise & Assets Lend Support to BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Response
June 14, 2010 - Coast Guard accepts New Rescue 21 Communications System in Charleston
June 4, 2010 - New Interagency Program Created to Review Vendor Response Solutions for Deepwater Horizon/BP
May 28, 2010 - Coast Guard Accepts Sixth & Final HC-130J
May 12, 2010 - Second National Security Cutter, Waesche, Commissioned
April 9, 2010 - U.S. Coast Guard Participated in Keel Laying Ceremony for first Sentinel-class Fast Response Cutter
Mar. 31, 2010 - Coast Guard Launches 2011 Contracting Career Opportunity Program
Mar. 19, 2010 - First Fast Response Cutter Named
Feb. 26, 2010 - Coast Guard's Newest National Security Cutter to Arrive at Alameda, Calif.
Feb. 17, 2010 - Coast Guard Accepts New Rescue 21 Communications System in Northern California
Feb. 12, 2010 - National Security Cutter Waesche Achieves Authority to Operate C4ISR Systems
Jan. 29, 2010 - Offshore Patrol Cutter Acquisition Strategy
2009
Dec. 15, 2009 - Sentinel-class Patrol Boat Fast Response Cutter Contract Option Awarded
Nov. 6, 2009 - Waesche Delivered to Coast Guard
Oct. 28, 2009 - New 45-foot Small Boat at Station Maui Improves Response Capabilities Throughout Islands
Oct. 22, 2009 - INSURV Recommends Waesche Acceptance
Oct. 5, 2009 - iCommandant: MH-60T and HC-144 Standing the Watch
Oct. 2, 2009 - RDML Korn: Waesche Ready for Early November Delivery
Oct. 2, 2009 - Waesche Completes Acceptance Trials
Oct. 2, 2009 - MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Project Achieves Initial Operational Capability
Sept. 24, 2009 - Fifth MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Delivered to Coast Guard
Sept. 11, 2009 - Coast Guard Awards Contract to Build Two 87-foot Protector-class Coastal Patrol Boats for the Yemen Coast Guard
Aug. 27, 2009 - Coast Guard Accepts Fourth Missionized HC-130J
Aug. 24, 2009 - New Electro-Optical/Infrared Capability Featured On Latest MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Delivery
Aug. 18, 2009 - Waesche Completes Builder’s Trials
Aug. 18, 2009 - iCommandant: Waesche Completes Builder’s Trials
Aug. 17, 2009 - MH-60T “Jayhawk” Helicopter Completes First Operational Search and Rescue Case
Aug. 14, 2009 - Putting the SEARCH in Search and Rescue
Aug. 10, 2009 - Coast Guard's Rescue 21 System Helps Rescue Two Teens
Aug. 4, 2009 - Blueprint for Continuous Improvement
Jul. 23, 2009 - RADM Rábago: Acquisition Program Update
Jul. 20, 2009 - Keel Laid for Stratton, First Lady Sponsors Cutter
Jul. 20, 2009 - National Security Cutter Demonstrates Value of Capabilities Brought by Coast Guard’s Most Advanced Ship
Jul. 20, 2009 - iCommandant: A Cadet's Perspective on Modernization
Jul. 13, 2009 - Coast Guard Acquisition Today
Jul. 13, 2009 - Path to Mayday
Jul. 10, 2009 - Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Breaks Up Major Cocaine Smuggling Operation
Jun. 30, 2009 - U. S. Coast Guard Accepts New Rescue 21 Communications System in North Carolina
Jun. 30, 2009 - Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS) Update
Jun. 17, 2009 - Coast Guard names new Assistant Commandant for Acquisition, Chief Acquisition Officer
Jun. 16, 2009 - Coast Guard National Security Cutter Bertholf Conducts Anti-Ship Missile Defense Tests
Jun 10, 2009 - DHS Recognizes Sentinel-class Patrol Boat Team
Jun. 9, 2009 - “T” It Up: First Production MH-60T Medium Range Recovery Helicopter Delivered to Coast Guard
Jun. 9, 2009 - Eighth HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft Delivered to Coast Guard
Jun. 4, 2009 - Rescue 21 System Accepted at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston
May 29, 2009 - Bertholf Granted ATO for its C4ISR Systems
May 19, 2009 - Waesche Completes Main Engine Light Off
May 8, 2009 - Coast Guard Formally Accepts Bertholf
May 8, 2009 - MH-60T Helicopter Completes First Flight
May 5, 2009 - RADM Blore: Completion of the Marine Protector-Class CPB Project and a look to the Future
Apr. 29, 2009 - USCG Contracting Career Opportunity Program
Apr. 24, 2009 - Hoax Distress Calls Cost Lives, Resources
Apr. 23, 2009 - Adm. Allen Hearing Statement: Coast Guard and Acquisitions
Apr. 22, 2009 - Coast Guard HC-130 Fleet Now Fully Equipped With New Direction Finding Capability
Apr. 22, 2009 - HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft Project Achieves Initial Operational Capability
Apr. 20, 2009 - Coast Guard Cutter Reef Shark Rescues 3 Men in Waters off Fortuna Bay, Saint Thomas
Apr. 22, 2009 - Capt. Jim McPherson: Harnessing the Power of the Sea -- Environmental Innovation in Action
Apr. 20, 2009 - Coast Guard Rescues 2 Boaters Missing Since Sunday
Apr. 17, 2009 - Coast Guard Station Boston Reveals New Search and Rescue Boat
Apr. 15, 2009 - Response Boat-Medium Interdicts Cuban Migrants
Mar. 30, 2009 - Seventh HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft Delivered to Coast Guard
Mar. 27, 2009 - MH-65D Developmental In-flight Testing
Mar. 25, 2009 - Coast Guard Commissions Coastal Patrol Boat in Caribbean
Mar. 25, 2009 - RADM Blore's Hearing Statement: Overview of the Coast Guard Acquisition Policies & Programs
Mar. 20, 2009 - Generator Light Off for Waesche
Mar. 12, 2009 - Coast Guard Cutter Alligator Commissioned
Mar. 4, 2009 - Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Returns Home
- Bertholf returns home
Fueling at sea evolution with USNS Henry J. Kaiser- MK 48 GWS 57mm gun test
- Close In Weapon System (CIWS) test
Mar. 2, 2009 -. RB-M Featured on "America's Most Wanted"
Feb. 19, 2009 - Acquisition Directorate Delivers RB-Ms for Operations on the Gulf Coast and Training on the East Coast
Feb. 19, 2009 - CAPT Vojvodich: Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Information Assurance/Tempest Update
Feb. 18, 2009- RADM Blore: Award Protest of Sentinel Contract Award Dismissed from U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Feb. 16, 2009 - Admiral Allen: Rescue 21 Program Review and UpdateFeb. 12, 2009 - Marinette Marine Corporation to File Post-Award Protest of Sentinel Contract Award with the U.S. Court of Federal Claims
Feb. 5, 2009 - TEMPEST Update for USCGC Bertholf
Jan. 29, 2009 - Coast Guard's Foreign Military Sales Program Delivers 200th Vessel
Jan. 29, 2009 - RADM Blore: Coast Guard Sentinel-Class and Acquisitions Moving Forward
Jan. 16, 2009 - Response Boat – Medium (RB-M) Successfully Supports Response to US Airways Ditch in New York’s Hudson River
Jan. 16, 2009 - Miami Coast Guard Commissions Newest Patrol Boat
Jan. 13, 2009 - GAO Upholds U.S. Coast Guard Award of Sentinel-Class Patrol Boat to Bollinger Shipyards
2008
Dec. 31, 2008 - RADM Blore: "The Challenge of Contracting Large Complex Projects -- A Case Study of the Coast Guard's Deepwater Program"
Dec. 30, 2008 - Coast Guard Exercises Contract Options to Missionize the Fifth and Sixth HC-130J Aircraft
Dec. 22, 2008 - Coast Guard Awards Contract for the Nationwide Automatic Identification System Core Data Exchange Capability
Dec. 9, 2008 - CGC Resolute Returns to Service; Marks Milestone in MEP Project
Dec. 5, 2008 - CGC Crocodile Comes to Life
Nov. 21, 2008 - Coast Guard Awards Contract to Purchase Three HC-144As and Five Mission System Pallets
Nov. 17, 2008 - Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf Completes First Operational Patrol
Nov. 14, 2008 - New Response Boat-Medium Leads Interdiction Operation off the Marquesas Key
Nov. 10, 2008 - Listen to DoD Bloggers Roundtable: Coast Guard Acquisition Directorate Achieves Operational Capability Under Reforms l Read: Coast Guard Modernizes Acquisition System>>
Nov. 6, 2008 - Coast Guard Accepts Sixth HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Nov. 6, 2008 - CG Journal: RADM Blore on Coast Guard Acquisition Program
Nov. 4, 2008 - Update: DHS Re-established As Decision Authority
Nov. 3, 2008 - Coast Guard Completes Revision to Major Systems Acquisition Manual
Nov. 3, 2008 - USCGC Bertholf: First Operational Patrol
Nov. 3, 2008 - Final Starred Trial Card for USCGC Bertholf Resolved
Oct. 15, 2008 - Significant Progress Made Towards TEMPEST Certification for USCGC Bertholf
Oct. 15, 2008 - CG Journal: Sentinel Class Patrol Boat Protest
Oct. 6, 2008 - Coast Guard Accepts New Response Boat-Medium, Rescue 21 Communications System
Sept. 26, 2008 - Coast Guard Announces Award for Fast Response Cutter
Sept. 25, 2008 - Coast Guard Showcases the Response Boat-Medium
Sept. 23, 2008 - New Selex HC-130H Radar Continues to Prove Value in Lifesaving
Sept. 17, 2008 - Rescue 21 Provides Continuity of Operations During Hurricane Gustav
Aug. 31, 2008 - Coast Guard ATC Mobile HC-144A conducts pre-Hurricane Gustav overflight
Aug. 29, 2008 - Coast Guard Awards Contract to Missionize the Fourth HC-130J Aircraft
Aug. 22, 2008 - NAIS Increment 1 Granted Three-Year Authority to Operate
Aug. 2008 - Faster, Stronger, Longer - The New MCH-65
Aug. 18, 2008 - Rescue 21: Coast Guard Confirms Hoax Call
Aug. 18, 2008 - First Selex Radar-Equipped HC-130H Conducts Successful Search and Rescue Mission
Aug. 7, 2008 - Coast Guard Accepts Second Response Boat-Medium
Aug. 4, 2008 - National Security Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) Commissioned
Aug. 1, 2008 - Coast Guard Accepts Fifth HC-144A Maritime Patrol Aircraft
Aug. 2008 - Update: C4ISR Equipment on Bertholf
July 29, 2008 - National Security Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) Christened
July 26, 2008 - . Second National Security Cutter Christened
July 21, 2008 - Coast Guard's Newest Cutter To Arrive Home
July 14, 2008 - National Security Cutter, Waesche (WMSL 751) Floats Off
July 3, 2008 - Coast Guard, Commercial Salvage Company Save Parents, 16-year-old Daughter Radios for Help
June 27-29, 2008 - First National Security Cutter Makes Port of Call in Baltimore
June 20, 2008 - Newest Coast Guard Aircraft Assists with Midwest Floods
June 20, 2008 - Coast Guard Announces Successful Launch of Nationwide Automatic Identification System Satellite
June 19, 2008 - Vessel Sinking! Lives Saved! Case Closed!
May 23, 2008 - “Hearing the Call” with Rescue 21
May 23, 2008 - Coast Guard Accepts Third "MIssionized" HC-130J Aircraft
May 23, 2008 - Coast Guard Accepts Fourth HC-144A “Ocean Sentry” Aircraft
May 8, 2008 - First National Security Cutter Delivered to Coast Guard
April 18, 2008 - Coast Guard National Security Cutter Completes Acceptance Trials
April 7, 2008 - Coast Guard's Newest Boat Debuts at Station Little Creek
April 4, 2008 - MH-65C Completes Second Successful Interdiction
March 31, 2008 - First Response Boat-Medium Delivered: March 31, 2008
March 27, 2008 - Coast Guard to Offload 3,200 Pounds of Cocaine
March 4, 2008 - Coast Guard Takes Delivery of the First Missionized HC-130J Aircraft
Feb. 21, 2008 - HC-144A Ocean Sentry in its First Search & Rescue Mission
Feb. 14, 2008 - Rear Adm. Ronald J. Rábago, Program Executive Officer, Reports on NSC Builder Trials
Feb. 12, 2008 - NSC 1 Bertholf Builder’s Trials
Feb. 11, 2008 - Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, Patrol Aircraft Complete Milestone Journey!
Feb. 4, 2008 - USCGC BEAR Reaches 25 Years of Service Milestone
Feb. 8, 2008 - Missionized HC-130J Conducts First Open Water Test Flight
Jan. 29, 2008 - Coast Guard Acquisition (CG-9): A Year in Review Video
Jan. 24, 2008 - Missionized HC-130J Conducts First Test Flight
2007
Dec. 4, 2007 - Coast Guard Takes Delivery of High-Tech Facility
Oct. 15, 2007 - Cutter Transfer Strengthens Coast Guard, Colombian Navy Cooperation
Oct. 5, 2007 - Coast Guard Modified HC-130J Rolls Out for Initial Tests
Oct. 4, 2007 - Coast Guard's HH-65C Helicopters Complete One Million Flight Hours
Sept. 26, 2007 - Rescue 21 System Operational at Sector Delaware Bay
Sept. 25, 2007 - Coast Guard, Industry Team Put Finishing Touches on Cutter Bertholf & Apply Lessons Learned to Sister Ship, Waesche
Sept. 25, 2007 - All Threats, All Hazards: the Cutter Bertholf readies for Sea Trials
Sept. 25, 2007 - A Fair Deal: Under a New Contract, the Coast Guard’s National Security Cutter Project Moves Forward
Aug. 8, 2007 - Coast Guard Awards Contract for Third National Security Cutter
Aug. 2, 2007 - U.S. Coast Guard Commissions Project Office in Juneau
July 13, 2007 - Coast Guard Establishes New Acquisition Directorate (CG-9)
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