Coast Guard Cutter Venturous holds change of command
U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Karen Kutkiewicz, right, shakes hands with Cmdr. Cory Riesterer, left, at the USCGC Venturous’ (WMEC 625) change of command ceremony, July 13, 2023, at Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Venturous)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Karen Kutkiewicz relieved Cmdr. Cory Riesterer as commanding officer of the Coast Guard...
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous crew returns home from 47-day patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous’ file photo. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC 625) returned to their homeport in St. Petersburg, Tuesday, following a 47-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage.
Patrolling in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry in the Seventh Coast Guard...
Coast Guard repatriates 118 people to Cuba
An interdicted migrant vessel about 15 miles southwest of Marquesas Key, Florida, Nov. 28, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutters Harold Miller and Yellowfins’ crews repatriated 118 Cubans to Cuba, Thursday, following interdictions off Florida’s coast.
A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant...
Coast Guard repatriates 185 people to Cuba
Coast Guard Cutter Edgar Culberton’s crew alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of this rustic vessel about 60 miles south of Dry Tortugas, Florida, Nov. 16, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Nov. 22, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Edgar Culbertson’s crew)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Venturous’ crew repatriated 185 Cubans to Matanzas, Cuba, Tuesday, following interdictions...
Coast Guard offloads more than $101 million in illegal narcotics
A crewmember from Coast Guard Cutter Northland offloads illegal narcotics in Port Everglades, Florida, Nov. 11, 2022. U.S Coast Guard photo.
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) offloaded approximately 5,363 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $101 million in Port Everglades, Friday, along with 11 suspected smugglers who were apprehended to face prosecution in federal...
Coast Guard repatriates 89 people to Haiti
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous’ small boat crew ferries Haitians voluntarily wanting to leave an unsafe vessel to the cutter, approximately 17 miles northeast of Punta Maisi, Cuba, April 9, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Venturous)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Venturous’ crew repatriated 89 Haitians to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Tuesday, after being stopped approximately 17...
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous repatriates 198 migrants to Haiti
Coast Guard Cutter Venturous’ crew repatriates 198 Haitian migrants to Haitian authorities in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 11,2022.(U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Venturous’ crew repatriated 198 Haitian migrants to Haitian authorities, Thursday.
A good Samaritan notified Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders Sunday, at approximately 1 p.m., of a blue Haitian vessel grounded...
Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to Haitian migration venture
Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, partner agencies crews respond to a suspected Haitian migrant venture, March 6, 2022, approximately 200 yards off Ocean Reef, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection, and partner agencies responded to a grounded Haitian vessel Sunday, approximately 200 yards off Ocean Reef in Key Largo, Florida.
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Coast Guard, royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force sign MOU
U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Brendan C. McPherson, the Seventh District Commander and Nigel J. Dakin CMG, Governor to Turks and Caicos Islands present a signed Memorandum of Understanding on Turks and Caicos Islands, Dec. 2, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Lt. j.g. Raeford Penny)
MIAMI — The Coast Guard and the royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force signed a Memorandum of Understanding Thursday,...
