Coast Guard Seizes $30 Million in Drugs in Gulf of Oman

Coast Guard Seizes $30 Million in Drugs in Gulf of Oman
Bags of illegal drugs sit on the deck of a fishing vessel seized by U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris in the Gulf of Oman, May 8, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized more than $30 million of heroin and methamphetamine from a fishing vessel transiting the Gulf of Oman, May 8. Operating in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, Coast...

Coast Guard Seizes Heroin Shipment in Gulf of Oman

Coast Guard Seizes Heroin Shipment in Gulf of Oman
Personnel from Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris (WPC 1144) recover bags of illegal narcotics discarded by a fishing vessel interdicted in the Gulf of Oman, May 31. (U.S. Navy photo) MANAMA, Bahrain – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized 310 kilograms of heroin worth an estimated U.S. street value of $11 million from a fishing vessel while conducting patrols in the Gulf of Oman, May 31. Coast...

Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returns home from 68-day deployment

Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returns home from 68-day deployment
USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910) escorts USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) toward Mindelo, Cabo Verde, on Dec. 28, 2021. Mindelo served as the cutters’ first stop after crossing the Atlantic Ocean before USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144), and the Emlen Tunnell continue on to their new homeport in Bahrain. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower) KEY WEST, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter...

U.S., Spain, Morocco collaborate to conduct rescue at sea

U.S., Spain, Morocco collaborate to conduct rescue at sea
The crew of the USCGC Thetis and a Royal Moroccan Navy vessel are seen during the joint rescue of migrants in the Atlantic Ocean on Jan. 5, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ade Gills) ATLANTIC OCEAN — On Jan. 5, 2022, the United States, Spain, and Morocco collaborated to rescue 103 migrants 40 nautical miles west of the Moroccan coast. Late Tuesday evening, Spain’s Las...

Coast Guard commissions 44th Fast Response Cutter, Glen Harris

Coast Guard commissions 44th Fast Response Cutter, Glen Harris
Members of the Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris “man the rails” during the vessel’s commissioning ceremony at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon in Beaufort, North Carolina, Aug. 6, 2021.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paige Hause) ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. — The USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) became the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest fast response cutter during...

Coast Guard to commission Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris

Coast Guard to commission Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris logo. PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard will commission the Coast Guard Cutter Glen Harris (WPC 1144), Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia’s third Sentinel-class cutter, into service at Coast Guard Sector Field Office Fort Macon, Friday at 10 a.m. EST. Adm. Linda Fagan, vice commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, will preside over the ceremony. Ms....

Coast Guard suspends search for remaining Seacor Power crewmembers

Coast Guard suspends search for remaining Seacor Power crewmembers
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat April 13, 2021 searching for people in the water 8 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana. The Coast Guard and multiple good Samaritan vessels responded to the capsized vessel and searched for multiple missing people in the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard...

Two crewmembers recovered from capsized lift boat

Two crewmembers recovered from capsized lift boat
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boatcrew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat April 13, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris) NEW ORLEANS — Seacor contracted commercial divers from Donjon Marine Company who were diving on the capsized Seacor Power lift boat recovered 2 more unresponsive people Friday. Out of respect...

Coast Guard recovers 1 Thursday night from missing lift boat crew

Coast Guard recovers 1 Thursday night from missing lift boat crew
A Coast Guard Station Grand Isle boatcrew heads toward a capsized 175-foot commercial lift boat April 13, 2021.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Glenn Harris) NEW ORLEANS — The Coast Guard recovered one unresponsive person in the water Thursday near the capsized Seacor Power lift boat 8 miles south of Port Fourchon. A Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile MH-60 Jayhawk...