VIDEO RELEASE: Shipboard Oil-Recovery System deployed by the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper 0
More skimmer boats deployed to fight oil spill; many more on standby 0
More skimmer boats deployed to fight oil spill; many more on standby
Dozens more private boats were deployed in Alabama waters Friday to search for and skim oil, and many more were on standby as their crews awaited hazardous-materials training.
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UNA student deployed to help with oil spill 1
UNA student deployed to help with oil spill
By Trevor Stokes, Staff Writer Christopher Hughes, a U.S. Coast Guard reservist, is set to deploy today for Louisiana for the second time in his life. The first time was in 2005 midway through his four years of active Coast Guard duty to help with the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina that ravaged the Gulf Coast.
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