Coast Guard Responds to Fuel Oil Spill at Puma Energy Fuel Dock in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard Incident Management pollution responders from Sector San Juan are responding to and investigating a No. 3 fuel oil spill at the Puma Energy fuel dock facility in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, Thursday. The…
Coast Guard suspends search for 2 missing boaters near Brunswick, Ga.
CHARLESTON, S.C. – Coast Guard Sector Charleston suspended its search for two missing mariners, Wednesday, pending new information. Missing are David Wickenden, 54, and Charles Andrade, 60. A mariner on the vessel Salty Intentions reported seeing a capsized 50-foot catamaran…
Live Piracy Reports
I recently talked with a friend who thought pirates and piracy no longer existed. I then began to show him past emails and alerts I’ve received. Commercial shipping and, to a degree, personal craft are subject to being boarded by…
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after 46-day patrol in the Windward Passage
NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) returned to their home port at Naval Station Mayport, Nov. 7, following a 49-day migrant interdiction operations patrol in the Windward Passage. Valiant’s crew deployed in…
U.S. Navy Flag Officer Announcements
he following is a list of Navy flag promotions issued by the Department of Defense on Nov. 14th and Nov. 20th. From the notifications Rear Adm. (lower half) Christopher D. Alexander for appointment to the grade of rear admiral. Alexander is…
USCG Seized 29,000lbs of Drugs
19 November 2024, San Diago, CA – The Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL-755) pulled into San Diego, Calif., on Tuesday and offloaded nearly 15 tons of cocaine that Coast Guard and Navy vessels intercepted from drug-smuggling vessels during recent patrols. The massive…
Testing Problems
Student pilots have received emails and phone calls about testing centers not allowing devices and materials on the written test. So, let’s address this matter head-on with a simple and easy solution, FAA Order 8080.6H (downloadable PDF below). This order…
Preflight Check Question
A question we received: Why do I see pilots walking around their airplanes before they start and take off? Amy Q, Memphis What you see them doing is called a preflight check. Before takeoff, you want to make sure your…
Parts of a Plane
Another question, this time from a very young, aspiring pilot: What are the parts of a plane? I want to fly a plane one day and don’t know what the parts are very good. Adam, Austin, Texas, Seven years old…
Getting Starting in SCUBA
We received the following question: Can anyone tell me the steps to get scuba-certified? I’ve looked online, but I need help finding the exact steps or what to do. Robert Wilson, Marfa, Texas I went to a local dive shop…