Posted on 09/07/2005 1:14:07 AM PDT by Former Military Chick
MOBILE, Ala. - The Coast Guard is working to establish an operations base in Gulfport, Miss., to provide assistance to local law enforcement agencies, provide search and rescue capabilities and to establish a visible law enforcement presence in the community.
Coast Guard forces are being brought together to form Mississippi Coastal Recovery Base Gulfport as a result of the damage Hurricane Katrina caused along the Mississippi Coast. The Coast Guard Station in Gulfport was destroyed by the hurricane.
The following units are operating for the newly established base:
- The Coast Guard Cutter Decisive is providing communications, homeland security and personnel support.
- The Coast Guard Cutter Pompano will assist in homeland security and search and rescue missions as needed.
- The Coast Guard Cutter Razorbill will assist in homeland security and search and rescue missions as needed.
- The Coast Guard Cutter Harry Claiborne is working to restore and replace navigational aids near Gulfport.
- Port Security Units 308 and 309 are providing boatcrews to assist in security, search and rescue missions as needed and helping establish the base.
- Maritime Safety and Security Team Kings Bay, Ga., is patrolling Pearl River, Miss., providing shore-side security.
- Crewmembers from former Coast Guard Station Gulfport are patrolling the waterways near Gulfport, providing shore-side security and assisting with search and rescue operations as needed.
AGREE!!
PING
US COAST GUARD ....WOO HOO!
Ditto that! God bless them.
That was a "silent ping" and bump to the top!!
Hats off to our military men and women!
PING Master Chief!
All the while that various parties were bickering, the Coast Guard were steadily saving the lives of 22,000+ people! Steady as she goes!
They did all the right things when they knew the hurricane was coming. They got their assets(boats,planes helicopters) out of the way, and when it was over they came right back to help people.
By the 4th day after the hurricane they had flown 5000 search and rescue missions. And they keep flying them.
They don't need Chertoff or the department of homeland security to tell them what to do. They know their job and they save lives.
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