Coast Guard repatriates 33 Cubans to Cuba

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami aircrew notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a rustic vessel approximately 69 miles southwest of Key West, Florida Dec. 26, 2021. The people were repatriated to Cuba, Dec. 30, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evan’s crew repatriated 33 Cubans to Cuba, Thursday, following four interdictions due to safety of life at sea concerns...
Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for 2 in Cedar Key
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Multiple Coast Guard air and surface assets and crews continue searching, Thursday, for two men who went missing after their vessel sank near Cedar Key.
A good Samaritan notified Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders at approximately at 11 a.m., Wednesday, reporting debris and items belonging to the vessel 31-foot vessel Dog House. Searches have been conducted between...
Coast Guard repatriates 24 Dominican nationals

Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier file photo.
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier’s crew repatriated 24 Dominicans to the Dominican Republic, Wednesday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage west of Aguadilla.
The interdictions are the result of ongoing local and federal multi-agency efforts in support of the Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG).
“These...
Coast Guard boarding teams seize heroin in Arabian Sea

ARABIAN SEA (Dec. 27, 2021) Coastal patrol ship USS Tempest (PC 2) and USS Typhoon (PC 5) interdict a stateless dhow carrying illicit drugs while transiting international waters in the Arabian Sea. (U.S. Navy photo)
MANAMA, Bahrain – Two U.S. Navy ships seized 385 kilograms of heroin worth approximately $4 million from a stateless fishing vessel transiting the Arabian Sea, Dec. 27.
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Two-time world bodyboarding champion receives Silver Lifesaving Medal

Two-time world bodyboarding champion Andre Botha is presented with a Silver Lifesaving Medal at Ehukai Beach Park, Oahu, Dec, 29, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West)
HONOLULU — Two-time world bodyboarding champion Andre Botha was presented with a Silver Lifesaving Medal by Rear Adm. Matthew Sibley, commander, Coast Guard 14th District, at Ehukai Beach Park, Oahu,...
Coast Guard rescues 3 from plane crash

A U.S. Coast Guard Station Marathon 33-foot Special Purpose Craftboat crew and a good Samaritan rescued three people from a plane crash near Marathon, Florida, Dec. 29, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)
MIAMI — A Coast Guard Station Marathon boat crew and a good Samaritan rescued three people from a plane crash, Wednesday, approximately 10 miles north of Florida Keys Marathon International Airport.
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Coast Guard interdicts 5 lancha crews illegally fishing US waters

The Coast Guard Daniel Tarr at Sector Field Office Galveston, Texas. U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Sector Houston-Galveston Drone Team.
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Multiple Coast Guard law enforcement crews detected and interdicted five Mexican lancha boat crews engaged in illegal, unreported and unregulated fishing activities in federal waters off the coast of southern Texas, Dec. 23, 2021.
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Coast Guard rescues 3 near the entrance of Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey

USCG MH-65 Dolphin helicopter file photo.ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – The Coast Guard rescued three mariners from a grounded pleasure craft near the entrance of Little Egg Harbor, New Jersey, on Sunday.
Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay command center received a report via VHF channel 16 from the 36-foot pleasure craft Phyllis II stating that the vessel ran aground near the entrance to...
Coast Guard repatriates 39 Cubans to Cuba

A towing vessel’s crewmember notified Sector Key West watchstanders of two overloaded rustic vessels approximately 10 miles off Long Key, Florida, Dec. 20, 2021. The people were repatriated to Cuba, Dec. 24, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Raymond Evan’s crew repatriated 39 Cubans to Cuba Friday following four interdictions due to safety of life at sea concerns...