He said his concerns were piqued after the July 4 holiday weekend, when the Coast Guard rescued over a dozen individuals across multiple emergency incidents on Lake Erie, and several more throughout the rest of the Great Lakes.
PHOTOGRAPH BY CHUCK CROW THE PLAIN DEALER 1/18/08 A Coast Guard boat returns to Lake Erie during a 2008 search for a missing pilot. The Plain Dealerto stop staffing its Ashtabula station full time, U.S. Rep. Dave Joyce is asking the Coast Guard how it’s allocating resources along Lake Erie during a busy summer rescue season.to U.S. Coast Guard Commandant, Admiral Linda Fagan, and the 9th District Commander of the U.S. Coast Guard, Rear Admiral Jonathan P.
Senate Republicans sink tax package that would extend child tax credit as Democrats attack JD Vance for missing vote Joyce said he realizes that the Coast Guard is facing workforce and recruitment shortages, like many military branches and first responder agencies. He said increased federal money for Coast Guard recruiting has helped put it on track to meet its recruitment goals for the first time in five years.
He also asks what kind of outreach it is making to officials in Ashtabula, and whether the Coast Guard plans to station personnel in Ashtabula during summer months if its recruiting continues at the current pace. Ashtabula’s city manager has called having Coast Guard personnel on site in Ashtabula “vital to the safety of our residents, tourists and workforce throughout all of Ashtabula County.
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