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Coast Guard Haiti response efforts continue

MIAMI -The Coast Guard is continuing to provide support to the U.S. Government’s humanitarian assistance and disaster response efforts in Haiti Friday. The Coast Guard has evacuated nearly 250 U.S. citizens from Port-au-Prince, Haiti to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

Coast Guard Cutter Bear to return to Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear is scheduled to return to their homeport in Portsmouth Monday after a 60-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.

Coast Guard nabs 2,300 pounds of cocaine off Panama

MIAMI — Coast Guard law-enforcement crews interdicted a go-fast vessel carrying 2,300 pounds of cocaine about 20 miles off the coast of Panama Tuesday morning.

Cutter Harriet Lane cutter returns home after seizing $8.5 million in Caribbean Sea

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane will return to their homeport of Portsmouth, Va., Thursday night following a successful 45-day counter-drug and annual training deployment.

Coast Guard Cutter Northland returns to Portsmouth

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard Cutter Northland is scheduled to return to Portsmouth Sunday after a unique patrol in the Pacific Ocean interrupting the flow of illegal narcotics.

Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron gets new commander

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Capt. Joseph T. Baker assumed command of the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron Friday at the HITRON facility at Cecil Field in Jacksonville.
Baker assumed the command of more than 233 personnel and 10 armed MH-65C dolphin helicopters. HITRON is America’s first and only airborne law enforcement unit trained and authorized to [...]

Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returns home after busy patrol

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa returned to Portsmouth Tuesday following a busy 62-day patrol to the Caribbean.