Navy, Coast Guard rescue 3 fishermen 63 miles east of Brunswick

Navy, Coast Guard rescue 3 fishermen 63 miles east of Brunswick
USS Hue City file photo by Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Mark Andrew Hays JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Navy, along with assistance from the Coast Guard rescued three fishermen Tuesday 63 miles southeast of Brunswick, Georgia. Watchstanders at Coast Guard 7th District received a 406 megahertz emergency position indicating radio beacon alert from the 42-foot fishing vessel Barbara Lynn at approximately...

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf crew conducts successful drug interdictions

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf crew conducts successful drug interdictions
Boarding team members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf work to retrieve bales of contraband from the water that were thrown overboard by suspected smugglers in January 2015. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf boarding team members. MAYPORT, Fla. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, one of the Coast Guard’s newest vessels, is scheduled to arrive at U.S. Naval Station...

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns from northern Florida patrol, dry-dock period

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returned home to U.S. Naval Station Mayport, Florida, Sunday, following a patrol off the coast of northern Florida in support of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville and a four-month dry-dock availability in Savannah, Georgia. During the patrol, Coast Guardsmen carried out multiple vessel boardings with the support of Sector Jacksonville...

Coast Guard Cutter Forward crew offloads $27.7 million of cocaine

Coast Guard Cutter Forward crew offloads $27.7 million of cocaine
ATLANTIC BEACH, Fla. – Crewmembers of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward offloaded more than 2,000 pounds of cocaine with an estimated wholesale value of $27.7 million today at U.S. Naval Station Mayport, Florida. A Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked with the U.S. Navy Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS Rentz (FFG-46), assigned to Joint Interagency Task Force South, seized the cocaine...