Coast Guard Cutter Alert holds change of command
Cmdr. Lee Crusius, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Alert, salutes Cmdr. Matthew Kolodica during a change of command ceremony in Astoria, Oregon, June 29, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee)
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew held a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria.
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Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns home after patrol in Eastern Pacific
The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) boarding Team uses buckets to scoop water out of go-fast vessel after the suspected drug smugglers attempted to scuttle the vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean May 26, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ens. Samuel Severson)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew returned to homeport Friday, after a 61-day counternarcotics patrol...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert offloads $76 million worth of narcotics
Two Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crewmembers offload bales of seized narcotics in San Diego, June. 9, 2023. U.S.Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Adam Stanton.
SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew offloaded more than 5,776 pounds of cocaine worth more than $76 million, Friday, in San Diego.
The interdiction occurred in international waters in the Eastern Pacific...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert, crew returns to homeport
The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC-630) crew offloads approximately 4,000 pounds of marijuana, January 18, 2023, in San Diego. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) and crew returned to homeport Jan. 24 after a 58-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The Alert crew conducted counter-narcotics operations off the...
Coast Guard Cutter Decisive returns home from final patrol
The Reliance-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Decisive (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Decisive (WMEC 629) returned to their homeport in Pensacola, Friday, following a 33-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, concluding 55 years of service to the Nation.
Decisive patrolled the Eastern Pacific Ocean in the Coast Guard Eleventh District’s...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns to Astoria following 68-day patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Alert file photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew returned to their homeport Saturday Oct. 8, following a 68-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean.
The crew steamed over 13,700 nautical miles ranging from Oregon to Columbia and conducted counter-drug missions, search-and-rescue operations, and international...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert completes successful fisheries patrol off WA, OR coasts
Crew members from the Coast Guard Cutter Alert return to the cutter in its small boat July 23, 2021, after conducting vessel boardings during a 60-day fisheries patrol off the coasts of Washington and Oregon. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Alert and its crew returned to homeport in Astoria Saturday after completing a 60-day law enforcement patrol, during...
Coast Guard rescues man in life raft offshore Gray Harbor, WA
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued a man in an emergency life raft Saturday offshore of Grays Harbor.
At 11:39 a.m., Friday, watchstanders at the 13th Coast Guard District Command Center received an emergency position indicating radio beacon activation alert for the fishing vessel Ruby Lily approximately 132 miles from Grays Harbor. Watchstanders launched crews from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria,...
Coast Guard Cutter Alert holds Change of Command ceremony
Coast Guard Cutter Alert file photo by Petty Officer First Class Cynthia Oldham
ASTORIA, Ore. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) hosted a change of command ceremony Friday outside of the Columbia River Maritime Museum in Astoria.
Rear Admiral Peter Gautier, deputy commander U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony where Cmdr. Matthew Kolodica relieved Cmdr. Tyson...
