Mississippi Business Journal » national defense http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Wed, 22 May 2013 14:27:18 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Coast Guard lacks assets to respond to emergency on river http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/19/coast-guard-lacks-assets-to-respond-to-emergency-on-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=coast-guard-lacks-assets-to-respond-to-emergency-on-river http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/02/19/coast-guard-lacks-assets-to-respond-to-emergency-on-river/#comments Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:40:30 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=69989 VICKSBURG — After a two-barge tow carrying 1.5 million gallons of oil hit the U.S. Highway 80 bridge in the early morning hours of Jan. 27, Coast Guard officials had to rely on a Vicksburg industry to respond. “We don’t have a specific search and rescue presence here in Vicksburg,” said Lt. Cmdr. Rebecca Walthour [...]

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