Coast Guard repatriates 11 people to Cuba
A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore 26-foot over-the-horizon boat crew interdicts a rustic vessel off the coast of Florida, June 7. 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
MIAMI – Coast Guard crews repatriated 11 people to Cuba, Thursday, as a result of interdictions coming from five separate unlawful voyages originating from Cuba over the last week.
The Coast Guard and its Homeland Security Task Force...
Coast Guard repatriates 273 people to Cuba
The Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk’s crew departs Matanzas, Cuba, following a repatriation of Cuban migrants to Cuba on Jan. 8, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. Ryan Newmeyer)
MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk’s crew repatriated 273 migrants to Matanzas, Cuba, Sunday, following interdictions off Florida’s coast.
Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge’s crew alerted...
Coast Guard urges boaters to not take to the seas, transit to Cuban waters
MIAMI — The Coast Guard urges South Florida recreational boaters considering transiting toward Cuban territorial waters to “not take to the sea.”
It is illegal for boaters to depart from the U.S. with the intent of transiting to Cuba for any purpose without a permit, and the waters are in the Florida Straits are unpredictable and dangerous.
Vessels and persons illegally entering Cuban...
Coast Guard Permit For Cuban Entry Changes Announced
MIAMI – Effective June 5, the Department of Treasury Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) amended its regulations requiring separate authorization from the Department of Commerce for U.S. vessels traveling to Cuba. Though the U.S. Coast Guard process for Applications to Enter Cuban Territorial Seas remains unchanged, new authorizations will be very limited.
The existing process for vessel travel...
Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311 returns from 9 month deployment
Family members gather for the arrival of Coast Guard members assigned to Port Security Unit 311 on March 11, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Emaia Rise)
SAN PEDRO, Calif.— Members of San Pedro-based Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311, returned home April 11 following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom and the Global...
Coast Guard Port Security Unit returns home after 9-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
A Coast Guardsmen, who is assigned to Port Security Unit 309, hugs his family upon arrival on July 29, 2018. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Emaia Rise
PORT CLINTON, Ohio – Members from Coast Guard Port Security Unit 309 returned to Port Clinton, Saturday, July 29, following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
During their...
Coast Guard repatriates 28 migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba
A Coast Guard Station Key West 33-foot Special Purpose Craft-Law Enforcement boatcrew, a Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo boatcrew, and a Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations marine unit intercept a 26-foot rustic vessel in the Florida Straits Tuesday, July 17, 2018 with 28 Cuban migrants aboard. U.S. Coast Guard photo
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Isaac Mayo crew repatriated 28...
PSU 305 returns home after 9 month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Petty Officer 2nd Class Frank Robledo smiles as he embraces his family at the Ft. Eustis Reserve Center on Nov. 12, 2017, at Fort Eustis, Virginia. (Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua L. Canup.)
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Members from Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 returned to Fort Eustis, Virginia, Sunday following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of...
Port Security Unit 307 returns home from 9-month deployment
A Port Security Unit 307 member embraces his wife and newborn child after returning home from a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Feb. 27, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — A Clearwater, Florida, Coast Guard unit returned home after a nine-month deployment providing security for the Military Commissions hearings for 9/11 attackers...
