The U.S. Coast Guard's Global Maritime Distress and Safety System (GMDSS) Implementation Task Force will meet Thursday, January 8, 2009 at 9:30 am at RTCM in Arlington, VA. Visit http://www.rtcm.org/visit.php.
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) issued the report of its review of the US Coast Guard’s expenditure plans for
1943-Landings made at Makin and Tarawa in the Gilbert Islands. The Coast Guard-manned assault transport USS Leonard Wood, veteran of the landings made in the Mediterranean, participated.
1943-CG Air Station at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn, New York, was designated as helicopter training base. 1984- The Coast Guard accepted the new HH-65A Dolphin helicopter for service.