Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk returns to Key West after 42-day patrol
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) is shown on the flight deck of the cutter during a 42-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913), homeported in Key West, returned Sunday following a 42-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea.
The cutter crew worked with multiple Customs and Border...
Coast Guard offloads nearly 2 tons of cocaine in St. Petersburg
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter based out of Portsmouth, Va., offloads nearly two tons of cocaine Friday, Feb. 2, 2018, in St. Petersburg, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa offloaded nearly two tons of cocaine Friday in St. Petersburg that was seized...
Coast Guard crews deliver food, water to Hurricane Maria-impacted areas of Puerto Rico
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A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Florida, MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew deployed to Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, and a Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South crewmember deliver bottled water from the Federal Emergency Management Agency to survivors of Hurricane Maria near Orocovis, Puerto Rico, Oct. 9, 2017. Personnel from...
Coast Guard crews deliver supplies during Hurricane Maria recovery phase
Petty Officer 3rd Class Christopher Stirling, a Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South crewmember, gives his satellite phone to a local in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 6, 2017, so she can call her son in Alaska who she hasn’t been in contact with since Hurricane Maria. The Coast Guard is part of the overall federal hurricane recovery phase of the response to Hurricane Maria. (U.S....
Coast Guard crews continue to deliver Hurricane Maria relief supplies
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter J. Brown, commander of the Coast Guard Seventh District, is greeted at Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, on Oct. 4, 2017, during a visit to check on operations in the area. Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen has been vital in the interagency response to the devestation caused to the area by Hurricane Maria. (Coast Guard photo by Eric D. Woodall)
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Coast Guard, Navy complete joint fisheries patrol in Oceania, promote regional stability
PACIFIC OCEAN – The guided-missile destroyer USS William P. Lawrence (DDG 110) transits the Pacific Ocean while investigating a shipping vessel. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Emiline L. M. Senn)
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Navy completed a 33-day joint mission in the Central and South Pacific under the Oceania Maritime Security Initiative to combat transnational...
Cuban Migrant Crisis: U.S. Coast Guard still focused on saving lives
Cuban nationals aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore eat rice and beans after being interdicted by Coast Guard crews in the Florida Straits, Dec. 8, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley J. Johnson)
Story and photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ashley J. Johnson
FLORIDA STRAITS- The crew could not have been separated from the dock for more than an hour. The thick salt...
Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell returns home with more than 28,000 pounds of cocaine
SAN DIEGO – Coast Guardsmen offloaded more than 28,000 pounds of cocaine at Naval Base San Diego and were recognized by a senior Coast Guard official for their role in counter drug missions during a 90-day deployment Monday at 10 a.m.
The crew of Cutter Boutwell turned the cocaine, worth more than $423 million wholesale, over to agents from the Drug Enforcement Agency. The drugs were seized and...
Coast Guard and Navy offload more than $90 million of seized cocaine
MAYPORT, Fla. – The guided missile frigate USS Nicholas (FFG-47) and its embarked Miami-based Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South offloaded more than 7,400 pounds of cocaine and 240 pounds of marijuana at Naval Station Mayport, today.
During the deployment, the Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and the Nicholas participated in multiple interdictions that kept 7.2 Million doses of...
