Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returns home from counternarcotics patrol
Family members reunite with Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) crewmembers after the cutter returned home to Base Alameda, California, following a 90-day counternarcotics patrol. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi.
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) and crew returned to their Alameda homeport, Friday, following a 90-day counternarcotics patrol...
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returns home from patrol
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast’s crew stands in formation with 3,300 pounds of cocaine seized from suspected smugglers while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 4, 2023. U.S Coast Guard photo by Lt. j.g. Geoffrey DeLorie.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) and crew returned to their Astoria homeport, Tuesday, following a 69-day counternarcotics patrol in the...
Coast Guard offloads more than $160 million in narcotics
A crane is used to offload interdicted narcotics in Port Everglades, Florida, March 8, 2023. The offload contained an estimated $160 million in cocaine that the Coast Guard and its partners intercepted in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Rodriguez.)
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WMEC...
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 Forward offloads $176 million worth of cocaine
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward pose with approximately 13,375 pounds of cocaine in Port Everglades, Florida, Dec. 15, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Rodriguez.)
PORT EVERGLADES, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) offloaded approximately 13,375 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $176 million in Port Everglades, Florida Thursday.
The...
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns to homeport after 60-day patrol
USCGC Campbell (WMEC 909) transits toward its homeport, on Nov. 30, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Olivia Anthony)
Newport, R.I. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their homeport in Newport, Rhode Island Friday after a 60-day counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean to support Joint Interagency Task Force – South.
With the assistance of an embarked...
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returns to homeport following 56-day patrol
A USCGC Thetis (WMEC 910) boat crew approaches an overcrowded Cuban vessel at sea, Nov. 13, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Bethany Squires)
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis (WMEC 910) returned to their homeport in Key West, Saturday following a 56-day Caribbean Sea deployment.
While underway in the Coast Guard Seventh District’s area of operations...
Coast Guard Cutter Northland returns home after counter-narcotics patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) crewmembers are shown aboard an interdicted Low Profile Vessel suspected of smuggling narcotics in the Eastern Pacific, May 23, 2022. The Northland is a 270-foot medium-endurance cutter homeported in Portsmouth, Virginia and routinely deploys in support of counter-drug, alien migrant interdiction, fisheries, search and rescue, and homeland security missions....
Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns to Portsmouth after patrol
The crew of a small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Spencer conducting maneuvers with a Coast Guard HITRON helicopter off the coast of Honduras. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Katharine Ingham)
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Spencer recently returned to its homeport in Portsmouth after a 78-day patrol off the shores of Central America.
USCGC Spencer departed Portsmouth...
