Coast Guard Port Security Unit conducts a casing of the colors ceremony
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and Cmdr. James Lovenstein, Port Security Unit (PSU) 305’s commanding officer, roll the unit guidon as Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Lepage, PSU 305’s command master chief, extends it during the unit’s casing of the colors decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, June 13, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer...
Coast Guard Port Security Unit returns deployment to Guantanamo Bay
USCG photo by PA3 KrystynaFile photo of a PSU 305 boatcrew during the first of 5 tours in Guantanamo Bay. USCG photo by PA3 Krystyna Johnson. Johnson
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard Port Security Unit (PSU) 305 service members are scheduled to return home Thursday following a 9-month deployment to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, where the unit served as the Maritime Security Detachment (MARSECDET) in...
Coast Guard repatriates 192 people to Cuba
A migrant vessel floating near Marquesas, Florida, Nov. 26, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Resolute’s crew repatriated 192 Cubans to Cuba, Wednesday, following 13 interdictions off Florida’s coast.
A good Samaritan alerted Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel, Thursday, at approximately 7 a.m., in the vicinity of Davis Reef.
A good Samaritan alerted...
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 MSST’s to conduct missions in Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska – Personnel from Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Teams (MSST) and Sector Juneau will conduct waterborne missions in Petersburg and Wrangell, Alaska, June through August.
Mission goals include search and rescue, recreational and commercial vessel safety, and the protection of Alaska’s living marine resources.
Kicking off the season, Coast Guard inspectors will conduct inspections...
Coast Guard supports 73rd U.N. General Assembly operations
NEW YORK – Coast Guard Cutter Marcus Hanna, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in South Portland, Maine and a 29-foot Response Boat–Small from Maritime Safety and Security (MSST) 91106 New York maneuver close to a barge to transport personnel during a mass casualty drill conducted outside the United Nations Building, Sept. 21, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Hunter Medley)
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Coast Guard Cutter returns home from 50-day patrol, interdicts $180 million of cocaine
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast boarding team members intercept a suspected Low Profile Vessel with approximately 3,203 pounds of cocaine onboard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Nov. 30, 2017. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
ASTORIA, Ore. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returned home to Astoria on Dec. 24 following a 50-day counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific.
The Steadfast crew patrolled...
Coast Guard, local partners respond to capsized sailboat with 30 people aboard near San Francisco
Coast Guard small boats clean up debris left behind by the 34-foot recreational sailboat, Khaleesi, which capsized near Pier 45 just north of San Francisco, Calif., Saturday, Oct. 8, 2016. The Khaleesi had 30 people aboard who were rescued by various Coast Guard assets, partner agencies and good Samaritans who were in the area for a Blue Angels air show as part of Fleet Week 2016. U.S. Coast Guard...
Coast Guard, British Virgin Islands law enforcement seize 52 kgs cocaine shipment, apprehend 2 smugglers
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – Coast Guard and British Virgin Islands law enforcement seized 52 kilograms of cocaine, and detained two men, during an at-sea interdiction Tuesday near Tortola, British Virgin Islands.
The seized cocaine shipment was estimated to have a wholesale value of approximately $1.7 million.
The interdiction was a result of an ongoing joint multi-agency law enforcement effort to detect...
