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Finnish Coast Guard notes uptick in ships concealing their location
The situation is likely related to circumventing Russian sanctions, as some ships want to conceal their location from international authorities, according to the Coast Guard.
#RussianSanctions #CircumventingSanctions #ConcealLocation #CoastGuard #InternationalAuthorities
“Where we’re at right now, I think they have very little latitude,” he said. “There’s so much scrutiny, and I would say ‘DEI’ and ‘#ClimateChange’ have become almost synonymous. If you’re an advocate for one or the other, you’re at great risk of losing the support of—in this case—your service Secretary.”
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#CoastGuard
US Coast Guard Academy Censors ‘Climate Change’ From Its Curriculum - Inside Climate News
The terminology will be stricken in classes for future officers in a service that confronts global warming every day, a move some say will weaken it.Inside Climate News
The #UK #Coastguard says it is assessing the "likely" counter-#pollution response required following the #NorthSea collision.
"The incident remains ongoing & an assessment of the likely counter pollution response required is being enacted," a UK Coastguard spokesperson says, as the incident off the east coast of #England continues.
An #OilTanker & a container ship collided off the NE coast of #England, acc/to emergency responders, who scrambled to the scene on Monday morning. Initial images shared by the BBC showed fire & thick black smoke rising from the ships.
The British #CoastGuard said it was “coordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker & cargo vessel off the coast of #EastYorkshire,” & that an alarm was first raised at 9:48AM local time.
#oil #NorthSea
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Oil Tanker and Container Ship Collide in the North Sea
Britain’s coast guard said it was “coordinating the emergency response to reports of a collision between a tanker and cargo vessel,” and that a fire had broken out.Megan Specia (The New York Times)
China 'Permits' Philippines Ship to Supply Anchored Vessel Near South China Sea Island
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#SouthChinaSea #BRPSierraMadre #CoastGuard #Philippines #China #warship #territorialclaims #MaritimeDispute #pollution #environment #coralreefs #watercannon #ScarboroughShoal
China 'Permits' Philippines Ship to Supply Anchored Vessel Near South China Sea Island
BRP Sierra Madre, a WWII-era ship, was grounded by the Philippines in 1999 to assert territorial claims.defensemirror.com
China 'Permits' Philippines Ship to Supply Anchored Vessel Near South China Sea Island
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#SouthChinaSea #BRPSierraMadre #CoastGuard #Philippines #China #warship #territorialclaims #MaritimeDispute #pollution #environment #coralreefs #watercannon #ScarboroughShoal
China 'Permits' Philippines Ship to Supply Anchored Vessel Near South China Sea Island
BRP Sierra Madre, a WWII-era ship, was grounded by the Philippines in 1999 to assert territorial claims.defensemirror.com
Three dead in New York boat sinking as search called off for missing person
#MissingPersonSearchCalledOff #OnePresumedDead #QueensRockawayPeninsula #CoastGuard #ThreeDead
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Three dead and one missing after boat sinks in New York City
Two others hospitalized after speed boat capsizes off Breezy Point, Queens, as Coast Guard continues searchGuardian staff reporter (The Guardian)
#US #CoastGuard #paychecks delayed by #cyberattack
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US Coast Guard paychecks delayed by cyberattack
Over 1,000 personnel have been affectedEllen Jennings-Trace (TechRadar pro)
The U.S. Coast Guard’s payroll system suffered a data breach, with bi-weekly pay for 1,135 members of the service impacted and delayed as a result.
The Coast Guard said that it took its personnel and payroll system offline to help address security. The breach impacted service members’ direct deposit account routing information, and was discovered after unusual activity was reported. The news was first reported by journalist Marisa Kabas. Task & Purpose confirmed the breach with the Coast Guard on Friday.
The Coast Guard Pay and Personnel Center’s Direct Access service is down for “unscheduled maintenance” as a result of the breach and will not be restored until Feb. 19, according to an email sent out to Coast Guard personnel.
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Coast Guard suffers data breach, impacting pay for 1,135 members
The Coast Guard temporarily shut down its Pay and Personnel Center’s Direct Access service while it addresses the compromised data.Nicholas Slayton (Task & Purpose)
📢 USS Harry S. Truman (CVN-75), the flagship of the Harry S. Truman Carrier Strike Group, collided with M/V Besiktas-M on Wednesday evening near Port Said, Egypt, in the Mediterranean Sea, the Navy said Thursday.
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🔔 Here's the updated report on USNI News 📰 👇🏽 #us #navy #coastguard
On Friday I felt like this Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker plowing through polar ice as I was driving our Montana streets after another 7" of snow! (1/2)
#Montana #Billings #snow #ice #Canada #CoastGuard #icebreaker #ship #Friday #weather
Tip: the cruelty is a feature, not a bug. Fascists love to be cruel just for the fuck of it. It may be the only thing they're good at.
"Trump fired Linda Fagan, the first female Coast Guard commandant, on his second day in office. A Trump official told her she had three hours to leave her house on Tuesday."
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#TrumpAdministration evicts former #CoastGuard leader from her house with 3 hours notice
#USpol #trump #republicans #fascists #assholes #TheCrueltyIsThePoint #IAmDB
Trump administration evicts former Coast Guard leader with 3 hours notice
The Trump administration evicted former Coast Guard Commandant Linda Fagan from her home with three hours of notice on Tuesday.Jonathan Allen (NBC News)
Nome, Alaska Bound Plane Disappearance Sparks Search
Authorities are searching for a missing Bering Air flight that vanished off Alaska’s coast with ten people on board, amid harsh weather conditions.Unexplained.ie
H/T to @1goodtern from that other site (not really active on this platform...)
"When you read about the coastguard admiral being *evicted* from her home with 3 hours notice, bear in mind that 'ordinary Americans' followed the order to carry out that eviction.
None of them said "this is crazy" and quit.
Very few will."
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#USPol
#CoastGuard
#eviction
#WhoGoesNazi
#NazificationOfTheUSA
#JustFollowingOrders
First woman to lead Coast Guard was forced out of residence with three hours notice
‘It’s a really strange power play’ said one ally of the former CommandantMadeline Sherratt (The Independent)
Coast Guard commandant was given three hours to move out
#CoastGuard #DEI #HousingDispute #CommandantFired #ThreeHoursToMoveOut
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Coast Guard commandant was given three hours to move out - National Zero
Sources tell NBC News that now-former Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda Fagan, fired by convicted felon President Trump over “DEI” bullshit on his second day in office, was given 60 days to remain in the commandant’s residence at Joint Base Anacos…Spartan (National Zero)
#uspol #trump #dei #coastguard
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Firing of Coast Guard commandant serves a regressive social agenda • Virginia Mercury
Attention to DEI issues in hiring, retention and promotion are behind Trump administration's firing of Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Linda FaganJoan Johnson-Freese (Virginia Mercury)
Horrifying. From January 21:
#Trump fires heads of #TSA, #CoastGuard and guts key #aviation safety advisory committee
#USPol #AirSafety #Trump #GOP #MAGA #RIP
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Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety committee
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation sec…JOSH FUNK (AP News)
Seems important and relevant again today:
#Trump administration may pull money from #TSA, #CoastGuard to help #ICE afford costly #deportations
#USPol #AirSafety #USMil #immigration #GOP #RIP
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Administration may pull money from TSA to help fund deportations
The executive branch is allowed to move money appropriated by Congress from one agency to another within a department, and this Trump administration would not be the first to do so in order to make up for an ICE budget shortfall.Julia Ainsley (NBC News)
A 2018 legislative provision authored by Peters created the National Center of Expertise for the #GreatLakes, located at Lake Superior State University in Sault Ste Marie & at the Great Lakes #Environmental Research Lab in Ann Arbor. The center’s mission is to do research & training activities to prepare the #CoastGuard for #OilSpills in #freshwater or ice-laden environments.
Sweden seizes vessel suspected of ‘sabotage’ after undersea data cable rupture in Baltic Sea
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Swedish prosecutors announced Sunday night that they have opened a preliminary investigation into suspected aggravated “sabotage” and ordered the detention of a vessel in the Baltic Sea suspected of damaging an underwater fiber op…BYTESEU (Bytes Europe)
This Icebreaker Has Design Problems and a History of Failure. It's America's Latest Military Vessel.
#HistoricalVessels #CoastGuard #GlobalWarming #PolarCode #WorldWarII
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How a Troubled Icebreaker Became America’s Newest Military Vessel
The builder of the icebreaker Aiviq has given more than $7 million to political campaigns, parties and committees since 2012. Under pressure from Congress, the Coast Guard purchased the vessel late last year.ProPublica
Trump fires heads of #TSA, #CoastGuard and guts key #aviation safety advisory committee
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Anybody got a checklist of #Project2025 objectives for us to keep tabs of & tick them off as Trump completes them, one by one?
Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety committee
President Donald Trump has moved quickly to remake the Department of Homeland Security by firing the heads of the Transportation Security Administration and Coast Guard before their terms are up while eliminating all the members of a key aviation sec…JOSH FUNK (AP News)
The purge of perceived pro-DEI officials begins with a 4-star admiral. What, sick deranged people.
#UsPol #CoastGuard
Adm. Linda Fagan Removed as Coast Guard Commandant - USNI News
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Taiwan investigating Chinese #vessel over #damage to #undersea #cable
"Shunxing 39 was briefly detained by #coastguard on Friday on suspicion of dragging #anchor over cable running to US"
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Taiwan investigating Chinese vessel over damage to undersea cable
Shunxing 39 was briefly detained by coastguard on Friday on suspicion of dragging anchor over cable running to USHelen Davidson (The Guardian)