Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returns home after 68-day patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returns home after 68-day patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) crew performs a migrant patrol in the Caribbean Sea, July 22, 2022.  (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo) JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant’s crew returned to Port Canaveral, Friday, after completing a 68-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The crew’s deployment was focused on collaborating with other Coast Guard assets to detect, deter,...

Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to home port after 65-day patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to home port after 65-day patrol
PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returned to their home port in Pensacola, Florida on Friday after a 65-day Caribbean Sea patrol. During the patrol, Diligence’s crew conducted migrant interdiction operations in support of Operation Southeast Watch, in an interagency effort to detect and deter vessels engaged in illegal maritime migration. Partnering with six other Coast...

Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home after 80-day patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home after 80-day patrol
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returned to New Port, Rhode Island on June 23, 2022, following an 80-day multi-mission patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) BOSTON — Coast Guard Cutter Campbell’s crew returned home to Newport, Rhode Island Thursday, following an 80-day, multi-mission patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Atlantic Ocean in support of the Coast...

Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to home after Caribbean patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to home after Caribbean patrol
Coast Guard member assists with migrant transfer from small boat to Coast Guard Cutter Diligence Sep. 14, 2021.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Christian Homer) PENSACOLA, Fla. – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence is scheduled to homeport in Pensacola, Florida, after a 54-day Caribbean Sea patrol.  During this patrol, Diligence’s crew performed extensive migrant...

Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns home from 41-day deployment

Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns home from 41-day deployment
The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute transits in the Isle de la Tortue Canal, Haiti, May 8 2021. (Coast Guard photo) ST. PETERSBURG, Florida — The Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) and crew returned home to St. Petersburg Tuesday, after a 41-day Central Caribbean patrol. The Resolute crew patrolled the coast of Haiti in support of Operation Southeast Watch. The team focused efforts on known transit...

Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns home after 71-day deployment

Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns home after 71-day deployment
A Jamaica Defence Force coast guard ship and the Dutch Caribbean Coast Guard cutter Jaguar depart from Kingston Jamaica behind the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute, March 20, 2018.  (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Sarah Ritchie) ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returned home Saturday to St. Petersburg following a 71-day deployment. While on deployment, the Resolute...

Coast Guard Cutter Forward crew returns to Portsmouth, Va., after 52-day patrol

Coast Guard Cutter Forward crew returns to Portsmouth, Va., after 52-day patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forward returned to Portsmouth Saturday after a 52-day patrol in the waters off Southern Florida and the Caribbean Sea. During the patrol, the crew supported Coast Guard Operations Southeast Watch and Bluehammer by performing Alien Migrant Interdiction Operations in the Windward Pass and Florida Straits. The crew provided blankets, sanitary facilities,...

Cutter Valiant returns following 6-week Operation Southeast Watch

Cutter Valiant returns following 6-week Operation Southeast Watch
JACKSONVILLE, Fla.— The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned home to Naval Station Mayport, Friday, after completing a six-week deployment to the Florida Straits and Windward Passage in support of Operation Southeast Watch. Under Operation Southeast Watch, the Cutter Valiant’s crew worked alongside interagency and international partners to humanely embark, process and care for 172 Cuban...

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant back home for 4th of July

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant back home for 4th of July
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned to their homeport in Naval Station Mayport Friday following a 10-week deployment to the Florida Straits and Windward Passage in support of Operation Southeast Watch. During the patrol, Valiant and other Coast Guard assets worked jointly with Customs and Border Protection to detect, interdict and rescue individuals attempting to...