Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team returns from 4-month deployment in Middle East
LOS ANGELES – A Coast Guard Advanced Interdiction Team (AIT) returned home from a four-month counter piracy deployment to the Middle East, June 29th. The team was comprised of three units: Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Los Angeles-Long Beach, MSST San Diego, and the Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team (PACTACLET) out of San Diego.
Under the direction of the U. S. Navy’s 5th Fleet,...
Coast Guardsmen honored for saving San Diego boy
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego based Coast Guardsmen is scheduled to be honored Monday for saving the life of a young child who nearly drowned in a pool near La Mesa, Calif. July 3.
Petty Officer Matthew Garrison, a Maritime Enforcement Specialist stationed at Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego was attending an Independence Day gathering when a young child was pulled motionless from the pool.
Petty...
San Diego based Coast Guard anti-terrorism unit returns home from overseas deployment
SAN DIEGO – A San Diego-based U.S. Coast Guard anti-terrorism team will return home on Mother’s Day tomorrow from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom.
During the deployment, Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego members formed the Joint Task Force Guantanamo Maritime Security Detachment and were responsible for securing the port...
Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer receives special operations award for counter-piracy deployment
WASHINGTON – A Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer was honored Tuesday for his superior service while deployed in support of overseas combat operations.
Chief Petty Officer Lee Conroy, a maritime enforcement specialist, assigned to Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego, was presented the 2011 National Defense Industrial Association Special Operations/Low Intensity Conflict Award for his actions...
Coast Guard law enforcement team, USS Oak Hill seize two ton cocaine shipment
MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard announced on Thursday the seizure of more than two tons of cocaine from a vessel in the Gulf of Mexico in early December.
A Coast Guard deployable specialized forces team operating from the USS Oak Hill (LSD 51) discovered more than two tons of cocaine during counter narcotics operations in the Gulf of Mexico, Dec. 2.“This has been a great experience for us, being able...
Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team to return from Gulf of Aden
Coast Guard and U.S. Navy members are shown enroute to a counter-piracy boarding. U.S. Coast Guard photo.SAN DIEGO – Elements of a local Coast Guard maritime homeland security unit are scheduled to return to San Diego Saturday evening, March 5, 2011, after a four-month deployment in support of counter-piracy operations in the Gulf of Aden.
Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) San Diego’s maritime...
Maritime Safety and Security Team boatcrew conducted medical evacuation
SAN DIEGO – The Coast Guard medically evacuated a cruise ship passenger approximately six miles west of San Diego Saturday evening.
Coast Guard Conducts Two Migrant Interdictions
SAN DIEGO – The U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego (MSST) has interdicted two separate vessels as they each tried to illegally enter the U.S. by boat this past weekend.
