Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: maritime_port_security Image Caption: Coast Guard exerciseon Potomac River The Coast Guard does not yet know whether Barack Obama or Mitt Romney will be addressing the throngs who will show up at the presidential inauguration on January 20, 2013, but it does know that in either…
Coast Guard inaugurates extensive water rescue training facility
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: education_training Image Caption: Rescue training pool The Coast Guard cut the inaugural ribbon on the doors of an extensive new rescue training center in North Carolina, on Oct. 19 that has room to simulate a hurricane at sea. The Coast Guard’s newly-opened Rescue Swimmer Training…
Coast Guard pilots face another laser incident
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: disaster_preparedness_emergency_response A Coast Guard helicopter pilot had to conduct an emergency landing on Cape Cod, MA in mid-September because of a laser light pointed into the aircraft’s cockpit. Homepage position: 10 read more View full post on Government Security News View full post on The…
GSA hires Jacobs Technology to oversee move into new Coast Guard HQ
Jacob Goodwin Top Priority Sector: state_local_security Image Caption: Rendering of new U.S.Coast Guard HQ As the new U.S. Coast Guard headquarters in the Anacostia neighborhood of Washington, DC, moves toward completion, the General Services Administration awarded a contract on Sept. 27 to Jacobs Technology Inc., a provider of professional technical…
LRAD lands U.S. Air National Guard order for LRAD 100X units
Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection Image Caption: LRAD’s 100X LRAD Corp., a provider of long range acoustic hailing devices (AHDs), announced on Sept. 26 that it has received a new order from the U.S. Air National Guard for LRAD 100X systems. The order totals $550,000 and is scheduled to ship this…
Coast Guard publishes training center’s first social media page
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: education_training Image Caption: Coast Guard social media team In hopes of preparing future recruits for the rigors of training and to connect with veterans, the Coast Guard’s basic training center in Cape May, NJ, launched a Facebook page on Sept. 12. Training Center Cape May…
Coast Guard sends dozens back to Cuba in early September
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Cutter Oak In separate actions during the first days of September, Coast Guard cutters picked up 52 Cuban migrants in the waters off of the Bahamas and Key West and returned them to Cuba. On Sept. 2, Coast Guard 7th District command…
Coast Guard sends dozens back to Cuba in early September
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: border_security Image Caption: Cutter Oak In separate actions during the first days of September, Coast Guard cutters picked up 52 Cuban migrants in the waters off of the Bahamas and Key West and returned them to Cuba. On Sept. 2, Coast Guard 7th District command…
Former civilian guard at U.S. consulate in China admits to trying to sell top secret access
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection A former cleared American guard (CAG) at a U.S. consulate under construction in China admitted on Aug. 30 to trying to sell access to, and photos of restricted areas of the site, to Chinese intelligence officials so they could plant listening devices and thwart…
Former civilian guard at U.S. consulate admits to trying to sell top secret access
Mark Rockwell Top Priority Sector: military_force_protection A former cleared American guard (CAG) at U.S. consulate under construction in China admitted on Aug. 30 to trying to sell access to and photos of restricted areas of the site to Chinese intelligence officials so they could plant listening devices and thwart security…