News from the Fourteenth District

SUNSET SALUTE -- Crewmembers aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kittiwake salute the national ensign during sunset colors. The Kittiwake is an 87-foot Coastal Patrol Boat homeported in Nawiliwili Harbor, Kauai. For more information about the Coast Guard's Coastal Patrol Boats, please visit http://uscg.mil/acquisition/cpb/ (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Luke Clayton)

TRANSPORTATION WORKERS IDENTIFICATION CREDENTIAL (TWIC) PROCESS Deadline for port workers in Hawaii, American Samoa is Feb. 12, 2009 [TWIC] Many port workers in Hawaii and American Samoa must have a Transportation Workers Identification Credential by Feb. 12, 2009. The cards are being issued by the Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard will be responsible for enforcement. Read a fact sheet about compliance here or see a photo of the the Coast Guard commandant applying for his card here.