Coast Guard to participate in Portland Rose Festival
Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer Shawn Eggert
PORTLAND, Ore. – Coast Guard crews are scheduled to participate in multiple events throughout the Portland area for the annual Portland Rose Festival from June 7-11.
On Thursday, June 8, the crews of Coast Guard Cutters Elm, a seagoing buoy tender based out of Astoria, Bluebell, a river buoy tender based out of Portland, Orcas, an Island-class...
Coast Guard establishes Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head
Coast Guard Lt. Cory Woods, supervisor, Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head, salutes Adm. Shannon Gilreath, commander, Fifth Coast Guard District in Nags Head, North Carolina, June 5, 2023.
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard held a ceremony in Nags Head, North Carolina, Monday, to establish Marine Safety Detachment (MSD) Nags Head, replacing Sector Field Office Cape Hatteras.
This change allows the...
Filipina-American Becomes a Warrant Officer During Western Pacific Patrol
Chief Warrant Officer 2 Kristine Macaraeg takes the oath of office during a promotion ceremony on the flight deck of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) in the South China Sea May 31, 2023. (U.S. Navy photo by Chief Petty Officer Brett Cote)
Manila, Philippines – Off the coast of the Philippines, Senior Chief Kristine Macaraeg raised her right hand and swore an oath of office during her...
Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returns from 42-day patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable transits toward the pier at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia. U.S. Coast Guard file photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake.
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Dependable (WMEC 626) returned to their home port in Virginia Beach, Sunday, following a 42-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward...
U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards to conduct trilateral engagements
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton prepares to moor in Manila, Philippines, where the crew will conduct tri-lateral engagements with members from the Philippine and Japan Coast Guards, June 1, 2023. (Philippine Coast Guard courtesy photo)
MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew arrived in Manila on Thursday to conduct professional exchanges and joint operations...
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton holds change of command ceremony
Capt. Justin Matthew Carter (left) shakes the hand of Capt. Matthew T. Brown (right) as they arrive as the official party for the unit’s change of command ceremony, June 1, 2023,. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Ray Corniel)
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Capt. Justin Matthew Carter relieved Capt. Matthew T. Brown as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) during a change...
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton visits Singapore
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton conducts passing exercises with Indonesian Maritime Security Agency patrol boat KN Belut Laut-406 and Republic of Singapore Navy MSRV Bastion on May 22, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Brett Cote)
SINGAPORE – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) departed Singapore, May 22, following a scheduled port visit while deployed to the Indo-Pacific.
While...
Coast Guard Cutter Maurice Jester to be commissioned in Newport
Coast Guard Cutter Maurice Jester file photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan L. Noel
BOSTON — The Coast Guard Cutter Maurice Jester (WPC-1152) is scheduled to be commissioned during a ceremony at Fort Adams State Park in Newport, Rhode Island, June 1. The newly-built Maurice Jester was accepted by the Coast Guard on March 2, and will be one of six new Fast Response Cutters homeported in Boston.
The...
Coast Guard Academy holds change of command ceremony
Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan takes part in a change of command ceremony at the United States Coast Guard Academy May 26, 2023. Rear Adm. Michael Johnston relieved Rear Adm. Bill Kelly as the superintendent. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)
New London, Conn. – The Coast Guard Academy hosted a Change of Command ceremony on campus, May 26, 2023. Leadership...
