Credit the Coast Guard PA folks. I got an email with a public statement regarding the training at 11:23am. The picture of CNN freaking out on Drudge shows the time 10:29am.
Then they had a press conference at noon? That is the kind of efficient response time the Department of Homeland Security is not very well known for.
This was the official Coast Guard statement I got in the email:
Coast Guard statement on media report of gunfire on the PotomacGibbs was funny.
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard reported on Friday that reports in the media were based on overheard radio calls made over a training frequency.
We are still gathering information of how this training event might have been misconstrued as an actual incident. We will conduct a thorough review of this incident.
There were Coast Guard boats were operating in the vicinity of 14th Street and Memorial Bridges this morning. Whether or not these were the same boats using the marine radio frequency used for training purposes has not yet been confirmed.
The best way that we in the Coast Guard can remember Sept. 11 and our security obligations to the nation is to be always ready and this requires constant training and exercise. To ensure the appropriate readiness posture we conduct training scenarios across the nation on a daily basis.
How and when this exercised was conducted will be reviewed.
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