Coast Guard Cutter Confidence returns home following 40-day patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Confidence returns home following 40-day patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Confidence file photo CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their home port in Cape Canaveral, Monday, following a 40-day patrol in the Windward Passage and South Florida Straits. Confidence’s crew contributed to the interdiction, care and repatriation of 138 migrants while patrolling in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry...

Cutter Campbell returns home following 59-day multi-mission patrol

Cutter Campbell returns home following 59-day multi-mission patrol
USCGC Campbell file photo by Ensign Olivia Anthony NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their home port in Newport, Saturday, following a 59-day patrol to the South Florida Straits and Windward Passage. Campbell deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area...

Coast Guard Cutter Northland returns home from Caribbean Sea

Coast Guard Cutter Northland returns home from Caribbean Sea
Coast Guard Cutter Northland prepares to moor at its homeport in Portsmouth, Va., Monday. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard) PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Monday following a 59-day Caribbean Sea patrol. In support of the Coast Guard’s Seventh District and Operation Vigilant Sentry...

Coast Guard cutter patrols near Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Coast Guard cutter patrols near Port-au-Prince, Haiti
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland (WMEC 904) patrols with the Haitian Coast Guard in vicinity of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Oct. 12, 2022.   (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Rachelle Amezcua-Gonzales) MIAMI — The Coast Guard diverted one of its major cutters to patrol near Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Wednesday, at the request of the government of Haiti and in close coordination with the U.S. Department...

Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns from a 71-Day patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns from a 71-Day patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Reliance file photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Clinton McDonald PENSACOLA, Fla. —The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to homeport in Pensacola Thursday, after a 71-day Caribbean Sea patrol. The Reliance crew supported the U.S. Coast Guard 7th District and Joint Interagency Task Force-South throughout their patrol, aiding in missions to interdict the flow...

U.S., Haitian Coast Guard’s interdict suspected drug smugglers

U.S., Haitian Coast Guard's interdict suspected drug smugglers
A Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle small boat crew and cutter crewmembers conduct a contraband transfer following an interdiction near Gonave Island, Haiti, Oct. 27, 2021.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo) MIAMI — Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle’s crew transferred 1,485 pounds of marijuana and three suspected drug smugglers to Haitian Coast Guard crewmembers, Wednesday, following an interdiction off...

Coast Guard repatriates 110 migrants to Haiti

Coast Guard repatriates 110 migrants to Haiti
Coast Guard Cutter Resolute’s crew stops a migrant voyage approximately 50 miles off Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Dec. 18, 2020. MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute crew repatriated 110 Haitian migrants Tuesday after stopping a voyage approximately 50 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti. A forward-deployed Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew spotted a 40-foot vessel Friday...

Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns to Boston following 90-day patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns to Boston following 90-day patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Spencer file photo BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Spencer, a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter, returned to Boston Wednesday after a 90-day patrol conducting drug and alien migrant interdiction operations while simultaneously responding to search and rescue efforts in the Caribbean Sea. While patrolling the Caribbean Sea, Spencer responded to a search and rescue case where a pleasure...

Coast Guard assists Haitian Coast Guard stop illegal migrant voyage

Coast Guard assists Haitian Coast Guard stop illegal migrant voyage
Approximately 70 Haitian migrants on a sail freighter Sunday approximately 26 miles north of Cap Haïtien, Haiti.  (Coast Guard Photo) MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard assisted the Haitian Coast Guard stop approximately 70 Haitian migrants Sunday approximately 26 miles north of Cap Haïtien, Haiti. At approximately 1:30 a.m., the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC-617) crew sighted a roughly 40-foot...