Above, Sector Houston-Galveston Command secretary Nancy Tsoodle, center, is flanked by Capt. James Whitehead, left, and Capt. Marcus Woodring, right. Whitehead is the deptuy captain of the port, and Woodring is the captain of the port. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Prentice Danner. The Coast Guard thrives on diversity. If you [...]
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She Brings the Day
October 21, 2010Fishing guide: New PFD’s saved our lives
June 15, 2010Here is a news clip from KXII-TV 12, near Lake Texoma, about a fishing guide who is glad he made the switch to CG approved personal flotation devices: LAKE TEXOMA, OK — The Coast Guard is investigating the sinking of a local fishing guide boat on Lake Texoma. The boat remains on the bottom of [...]
Photos: WMD exercise
March 25, 2010Here are a few pics from the 2010 Weapon of Mass Destruction Port Security Tabletop Exercise in Houston March 25: More to come from this event…
Ship Channel Search
February 11, 2010HOUSTON- The Coast Guard, in conjunction with a Houston Police Department Dive Team and the Texas General Land Office, continue to respond to a sunken tug boat in the Houston Ship Channel, Thursday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston received a call at 10:30 p.m. Wednesday, stating the J.R. Nichols, a 56-foot tug boat, had [...]
Coasties help Extreme Makeover-Home Edition
February 8, 2010On the morning of January 7, 2010, Mr. Ty Pennington and the “Extreme Makeover-Home Edition” team paid an unexpected visit to Larry and Melissa Beach and their 13 children at home in Kemah, Texas, to deliver the exciting news that they were recipients of a brand new home to be completed and move-in ready in [...]
Sector HG Layout
January 14, 2010We posted Sector Corpus Christi’s collage a few days ago and here is the Sector Houston Galveston version. Let us know which one you like better.
Be a Quitter!
December 8, 2009Sector Houston-Galveston took part in the Great American Smoke Out campaign Nov. 19, 2009, by converting the smokers’ gazebo into a chicken coup (yes, those are live chickens in the coup, which had food and water). Signs with balloons spelling out “Don’t be a chicken” and “Stop smoking” were strung out from the front gate [...]
Sector Houston-Galveston Welcomes Two New Stations
October 7, 2009HOUSTON – In just two days, Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston nearly doubled the number of small boat stations in its area of responsibility by officially establishing a new small boat station in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 30, 2009, and another in Houston Oct. 1, 2009. Both stations will serve as multi-mission units in areas that [...]
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