Coast Guard aircrew assists 3 mariners, 2 dogs in the Gilkey River
An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka sits on a snowy riverbank in Alaska, April 25, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew assisted three mariners and their two dogs after their vessel ran aground in the Gilkey River, Alaska, late Saturday night.
The MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew located the mariners on a riverbank...
Coast Guard rescues 1 from disabled boat 63 miles east of Vero Beach
The disable sailing vessel, Orion, floats approximately 63 miles east of Vero Beach, Florida, April 24, 2021. Coast Guard Photo by SN Josephine Jones.
MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued one boater after his 33-foot sailing vessel, Orion, became disabled Saturday approximately 63 miles east of Vero Beach.
Coast Guard 7th District watchstanders received an electronic position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB)...
Cutter Bear returns home after interdicting more than $140 million of illicit drugs
Coast Guard Cutter Bear personnel offloaded approximately 2,300 lbs of cocaine worth more than $43.7 million at Port Everglades in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, April 20, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) returned home to Portsmouth Sunday following an 86-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific...
Coast Guard decommissions services final high endurance cutter
The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) is moored at the cutter’s homeport of Kodiak, Alaksa, April 24, 2021. The Douglas Munro was decommissioned during a ceremony following 49-years of service to our nation. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) was decommissioned during a ceremony Saturday at Coast...
Coast Guard 17th District holds change of command
Rear Adm. Matthew T. Bell Jr. transferred the command of the Coast Guard’s 17th District to Rear Adm. Nathan A. Moore under the supervision of Vice Adm. Linda L. Fagan, April 23, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lexie Preston
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard 17th District personnel conducted a change-of -command ceremony Friday at the Mendenhall Glacier Visitor Center in...
Coast Guard Station Wachapreague holds change of command ceremony
WACHAPREAGUE, Va. – Chief Petty Officer Charles Dawkins relieved Chief Warrant Officer Jason Norris as the Officer in Charge of Coast Guard Station Wachapreague during a change of command ceremony held at Station Wachapreague, Friday.
Capt. Samson Stevens, commander of Coast Guard Sector Virginia, presided over the ceremony.
Chief Dawkins is reporting to Station Wachapreague after serving as the...
Coast Guard repatriates 18 migrants to the Dominican Republic
A makeshift vessel, with 18 migrants aboard interdicted in Mona Passage waters by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Tezanos April 20, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cuter Joseph Tezanos crew repatriated 18 migrants to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Thursday, following the interdiction of migrant voyage in Mona Passage waters between the Dominican...
Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane welcomes new commanding officer
Cmdr. Dorothy Hernaez receives a Meritorious Service Medal for service as commanding officer of the USCGC Harriet Lane, April 21, 2021 (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Katy Kilroy)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Cmdr. Benjamin Goff relieved Cmdr. Dorothy Hernaez as commanding officer of the USCGC Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) in a change of command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, Wednesday.
Vice Admiral Steven...
Coast Guard seizes 216 lbs of marijuana near South Padre Island
Coast Guard Station South Padre Island crew members seized 216 pounds of marijuana Apr. 20, 2021, in South Padre Island, Texas. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard seized 216 lbs of marijuana near South Padre Island, Texas, Tuesday morning.
Coast Guard Station South Padre Island watchstanders observed four individuals swimming across the Brownsville Ship Channel with...
