Coast Guard repatriates 11 migrants to Cuba

Coast Guard law enforcement crews interdicted 11 migrants off Carysfort Reef, Florida June 23, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr.’s crew repatriated 11 Cubans to Cuba, Wednesday, following an interdiction near Carysfort Reef, Florida.
A good Samaritan reported a vessel with 11 people aboard to Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders at 12:20...
Coast Guard conducts medevac 46 miles east of Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina

Coast Guard Station Wrightsville Beach 45-foot Response Boat-Medium file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki
WRIGHTSVILLE BEACH, N.C. — The Coast Guard medically evacuated a man from a commercial dive boat approximately 46 miles east of Wrightsville Beach, Wednesday.
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders received an alert via channel 16 that an individual was...
Coast Guard Base New Orleans holds change-of-command ceremony

Coast Guard Capt. Daniel Rogers, Rear Adm. Jon Hickey, and Capt. Michael Paradise, conduct a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Base New Orleans, New Orleans, June 29, 2021.(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom)
NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard Base New Orleans personnel held a change-of-command ceremony Tuesday at Base New Orleans.
Capt. Michael J. Paradise transferred...
Coast Guard Cutter Healy holds change of command ceremony

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter W. Gautier salutes Capt. Kenneth J. Boda during the Coast Guard Cutter Healy change of command ceremony June 25, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ens. Maddie Colwell.
SEATTLE — A change of command ceremony was held aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) Friday, June 25, at Coast Guard Base Seattle.
Rear Adm. Peter W. Gautier, acting commander Coast Guard...
Coast Guard repatriates 18 migrants to Cuba

Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton file photo
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton’s crew repatriated 18 Cubans to Cuba, Tuesday, following three interdictions off Florida’s coast.
A good Samaritan reported a wooden vessel with four people aboard to Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders at 1:40 a.m. Friday. They were brought aboard Coast Guard Cutter Charles Sexton and reported in...
Coast Guard medevacs man 172 miles west of Marco Island, Florida

Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 file photo
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.— The Coast Guard medevaced a man 172 miles west of Marco Island, Florida, Monday.
A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew hoisted a 72-year-old man from a 39-foot sailing vessel and transported him to Florida Keys International Airport, where emergency medical services awaited to assist the patient.
Coast...
Coast Guard reminds boaters not to use flares as fireworks

A signal flare burns bright enough to light up the shores during a flare training exercise held at Coast Guard Station Rio Vista. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Levi Read.
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard reminds boaters not to use flares as fireworks during this year’s Fourth of July celebrations, and to report accidental flare discharges.
Flares should only be fired to indicate...
Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to fuel spill near Stockton

SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard, California Department of Fish and Wildlife and Contra Costa County Fire Department responded to reports of a gasoline spill near Stockton at Discovery Bay, Monday.
Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders were notified by National Response Center personnel at 10 a.m. of a gasoline spill of approximately 400 gallons at Discovery Bay Yacht Harbor.
The cause of...