Coast Guard ships depart Puerto Rico on mission to strengthen Trans-Atlantic ties
The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) with the Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) departed Puerto Rico to transit the North Atlantic to Europe, April 1, 2021. Hamilton is escorting the fast response cutters across the Atlantic before conducting a patrol in the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet area of responsibility...
Coast Guard Joint Service Operation Prevents Weapons Smuggling
A joint team from the U.S. Navy, U.S. Army, and U.S. Coast Guard onboard the guided-missile destroyer USS Winston S. Churchill seize illicit shipments of weapons and weapons components during a maritime security operation off the coast of Somalia. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Louis Thompson Staats IV)
by Petty Officer 3rd Class Louis Staats, U.S. 5th Fleet
A joint team...
Coast Guard accepts 41st fast response cutter
Coast Guard Cutter Charles Moulthrope file photo. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Key West – The Coast Guard accepted delivery of the 41st fast response cutter (FRC), Coast Guard Cutter Charles Moulthrope, in Key West, Florida, on Thursday.
It will be the first of six planned FRCs stationed in Manama, Bahrain. Stationing FRCs in Bahrain supports Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), the Coast Guard’s...
Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia holds change of command
Coast Guard Capt. Willie Carmichael, right, and Capt. Curtiss Potter, left, stand at attention during a change of command ceremony held onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain July 9, 2020. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Dawson Roth)
MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) held a change of command ceremony onboard U.S. Naval Support...
Coast Guard Cutter Mako to hold change of command, outgoing leader slated for year-long overseas deployment
CAPE MAY, N.J. ─ The crew of the 87-foot Coast Guard Cutter Mako is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony Friday at 5 p.m. at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May.
During the ceremony, Master Chief Petty Officer William D. Hollandsworth will relinquish command of the coastal patrol boat and crew to Master Chief Petty Officer Eric T. Lepley.
Lepley is reporting from Pensacola, Fla., where...
