Coast Guard unit set to relocate from Massena to Fort Drum
MASSENA, N.Y. — The Coast Guard is requesting public comments on the planned relocation of a Marine Safety Detachment from Massena to Fort Drum, N.Y.
The detachment consists of 10 Coast Guard positions and has an area of responsibility that extends south from the St. Lawrence River International Bridge along the U.S.-Canada border to Henderson Harbor, N.Y. It also extends 3.25 miles east from the...
Coast Guard Sector Buffalo to hold National Safe Boating Week Event
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Coast Guard Sector Buffalo will be hosting an event to mark the start of the 2023 National Safe Boating Week from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday at the Buffalo and Erie County Naval & Military Park.
Members of the public are invited to attend. They will have the opportunity to explore some of the Coast Guard’s assets used in local missions. There will also be a live helicopter...
Cutter Campbell returns home following 59-day multi-mission patrol
USCGC Campbell file photo by Ensign Olivia Anthony
NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their home port in Newport, Saturday, following a 59-day patrol to the South Florida Straits and Windward Passage.
Campbell deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area...
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returns home from Caribbean Sea patrol
A USCGC Thetis boarding team departs via small boat with CG-P6 dewatering pumps and jugs of drinking water to provide rescue assistance to a Haitian sailing vessel taking on water off the coast of Ile de la Tortue, Haiti, March 14, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Elijah De La Torre)
KEY WEST, Fla. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned to their...
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton visits Yokosuka
Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (752) transits alongside deployed surface assets during a Western Pacific patrol April 20, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Shae Erickson)
YOKOSUKA, Japan – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) departed Yokosuka, May 3, following a scheduled port visit while deployed to the Indo-Pacific.
Stratton is deployed in the Indo-Pacific to engage...
Coast Guard to Hold Annual Cape May Community Festival
Coast Guard Community Festival file photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards
CAPE MAY, N.J. – U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May and the Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation are scheduled to hold the annual Coast Guard Community Festival, Saturday, May 20, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the base.
The event is free and open to the public.
There is no alternate date, so in case...
Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returns to homeport
KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley and crew recently returned to its homeport of Kodiak following a successful 30-day patrol in the Bering Sea.
Nicknamed the “Bulldog of the Bering,” the Alex Haley and crew maintained a vigilant search and rescue presence throughout the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands enforcing federal fishery laws and ensuring mariners maintained all required...
Ninth Coast Guard District holds Change-of-Command Ceremony
Rear Adm. Hickey, left, relieves Rear Adm. Johnston, right, as the Ninth District Commander during a change of command ceremony at Windows on the River April 27, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Fontenette)
CLEVELAND — Rear Adm. Jonathan P. Hickey relieved Rear Adm. Michael J. Johnston as commander of the Ninth Coast Guard District in a change-of-command ceremony at...
Coast Guard hosts Nauru President to strengthen partnerships
Rear Adm. Michael Day meets with President Russ Joseph Kun of Nauru.
HONOLULU — The President of Nauru, Russ Joseph Kun, visited U.S. Coast Guard District 14 this weekend.
The Nauru President and his delegation visited United States Department of Defense agencies including the United States Indo-Pacific Command in addition to meeting with members from the East-West Center and the The Daniel K. Inouye...
