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Joint Maritime Facility Studies Oil Spill Fires, Survival Suits and Technology

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The Joint Maritime Test Facility (JMTF) is jointly operated by the Coast Guard Research and Development Center and the Naval Research Laboratory, with the primary purpose of developing technology and strategies for responding to fires and oil spills at sea. The facility’s prime asset is a burn pan: a tank used to simulate a real-world marine environment to test the

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Seattle Coast Guard Crew Returns from Arctic in Time for Thanksgiving

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Coast Guard Cutter Healy and its 87 crew members returned home to Seattle in time for Thanksgiving following a five-month deployment conducting science operations on four diverse missions in the Arctic Ocean. Healy’s first mission with the Coast Guard Research and Development Center tested new technologies in the harsh Arctic environment. Healy tested two unmanned vehicles and a new oil

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