Coast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2021

Coast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2021
A Coast Guard Air Station crew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, operates in Forward Operating Location Kotzebue, Alaska, Sept. 18, 2021. Coast Guard file photo by Lt. Scott Kellerman. JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard will conclude its annual Arctic Shield operations on Sunday with the seasonal closure of its Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue, Alaska. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrews...

Coast Guard, partner agencies to conduct law enforcement exercise in San Francisco Bay

Coast Guard, partner agencies to conduct law enforcement exercise in San Francisco Bay
Coast Guard Station San Francisco 45 foot Response Boat-Medium File Photo SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct an interagency maritime active-threat exercise in conjunction with Water Emergency Transportation Agency (WETA), Thursday. The exercise is scheduled to involve Coast Guard Sector San Francisco personnel along with participants from the Neptune Coalition, a partnership...

Coast Guard to participate in San Francisco Fleet Week

Coast Guard to participate in San Francisco Fleet Week
SAN FRANCISCO — Coast Guard personnel and assets are scheduled to participate in and conduct maritime safety and security operations for the San Francisco Fleet Week, which is scheduled to kick off Monday with a series of public events, including the arrival of military vessels to the Port of San Francisco. Fleet Week includes a variety of ship tours and static displays from several branches of the...

Coast Guard concludes maritime security operations in Papua New Guinea

Coast Guard concludes maritime security operations in Papua New Guinea
TOWNSVILLE, Australia – United States Coast Guard boats are loaded onto the flight deck of the amphibious transport dock ship USS Green Bay (LPD 20).  (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Anaid Banuelos Rodriguez) ALAMEDA, Calif. — U.S. Coast Guard servicemembers recently completed loading six small boats and accompanying equipment onboard the USS Green Bay (LPD-20)...

Coast Guard, partner agencies participate in joint law enforcement operation

Coast Guard, partner agencies participate in joint law enforcement operation
Petty Officer 1st Class Devon Waite, a member of Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego (91109), and canine Bingo conduct a vehicle sweep aboard the Alaska Marine Highway System ferry vessel Tustumena in Kodiak, Alaska, June 27, 2018.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Dean. JUNEAU, Alaska – Law enforcement authorities from the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Investigative...

Coast Guard ramps up security, safety patrols during San Francisco Fleet Week

Coast Guard ramps up security, safety patrols during San Francisco Fleet Week
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Sumner and Petty Officer 1st Class Devon Waite guide their bomb-detection dogs for Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco 91105, as they conduct pier sweeps during San Francisco Fleet Week, Oct. 5, 2017.  U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Sherri Eng. SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard has ramped up safety and security patrols for this year’s...

Coast Guard participates in San Francisco Fleet Week, enforces safety and security zones

Coast Guard participates in San Francisco Fleet Week, enforces safety and security zones
Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter George Cobb, a 175-foot coastal buoy tender homeported in San Pedro, Calif., place a yellow buoy marking the center of the San Francisco Fleet Week 2017 security zone, Oct. 2, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory J. Mendenhall. SAN FRANCISCO — San Francisco Fleet Week kicked off Monday with a series of public events, including the arrival...

Coast Guard rescues kite surfer near Crissy Field

Coast Guard rescues kite surfer near Crissy Field
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard rescued a kite surfer in distress near Crissy Field Thursday evening. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco watchstanders received a report from a kite surfer in the vicinity of the distressed surfer at approximately 4:50 p.m. A Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco boatcrew diverted from a completed mission to assist due to proximity. Boatcrew members...

Coast Guard, local explosive-detection K-9 teams participate in joint maritime training

Coast Guard, local explosive-detection K-9 teams participate in joint maritime training
Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Francisco explosive-detection K-9 Ricky and his handler, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jordan Brosowsky, prepare to board a police department small boat. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Loumania Stewart ALAMEDA, Calif. — Federal, state and local explosive-detection K-9 teams participated in a joint maritime training event, Bomb Dogs on the...