Coast Guard cutters support Irma relief efforts off Florida coast and Keys
A deployed Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter takes off from the Coast Guard Cutter Forward off the coast of Florida, Sept. 12, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
MIAMI — Coast Guard crews patrolled the Florida Straits and Caribbean Sea Wednesday following the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Prior to Hurricane Irma making landfall in southern Florida, Coast Guard surface assets were moved out of the path...
Coast Guard Cutter Forward crew returns to Portsmouth, Va., after 52-day patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forward returned to Portsmouth Saturday after a 52-day patrol in the waters off Southern Florida and the Caribbean Sea.
During the patrol, the crew supported Coast Guard Operations Southeast Watch and Bluehammer by performing Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations in the Windward Pass and Florida Straits.
The crew provided blankets, sanitary facilities,...
Coast Guard offloads 26.5 tons of cocaine seized in Eastern Pacific Drug Transit
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton crew stand next to approximately 26.5 tons of cocaine Dec. 15, 2016. Coast Guard photo by Eric D. Woodall
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton offloaded approximately 26.5 tons of cocaine in Port Everglades Thursday worth an estimated $715 million wholesale value seized in international waters off the Eastern Pacific Ocean since Oct. 1.
The...
Coast Guard Cutter Legare returns home
Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Spence, a boatswain’s mate onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Legare, hugs his daughters on the pier at Base Portsmouth in Portsmouth, Virginia, Sept. 28, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake)
Portsmouth, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Legare returned to Portsmouth, Virginia, Wednesday following a 48-day patrol in the Eastern...
Coast Guard Cutter Forward receives new commanding officer
Coast Guard Commander Stephen J. Adler, the new commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Forward, salutes Captain Joseph J. Sundland, the former commanding officer the Forward, during the change of command ceremony July 21, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Corinne Zilnicki)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – Cmdr. Stephen J. Adler relieved Cmdr. Joseph J. Sundland as commanding...
Coast Guard partners with Canadian Forces, National Guard to train for maritime emergency
A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter flies above a Coast Guard 45-foot response boat off the Rhode Island coast during Operation Orange Flag, Thursday, May 12, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Barresi)
BOSTON — The Coast Guard hosted a search and rescue exercise with the Royal Canadian Forces and New York Air National Guard in Rhode Island Sound May 9-13 to train...
Coast Guard Cutter Forward back from patrol, disrupts approx. $10.5 million contraband in the Caribbean
The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward transits toward its homeport of Portsmouth, Va., Feb. 28, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward returned to their homeport of Portsmouth, Virginia,Sunday, following a two-month long patrol in the western and central Caribbean Sea that resulted in the seizure of more...
54 migrants rescued at sea repatriated to Haiti
A crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant lowers a child to a boatcrew during a repatriation off the coast of Haiti, June 16, 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant repatriated 54 Haitian migrants to Cap Haitian, Haiti, Tuesday.
While on patrol, a Caribbean Air & Marine Branch aircraft reported a suspicious sailing vessel south of St. John,...
New commanding officer reports aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Forward
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Cmdr. Joseph J. Sundland relieved Capt. Gregory D. Wisener of the duties and responsibilities as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward during a change of command ceremony at Base Portsmouth Friday.
Sundland reports from the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf in Alameda, California, where he served as the executive officer.
Vice Adm. William “Dean” Lee, Coast Guard Atlantic...
