PACIFIC OCEAN (March 28, 2025) – A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducts flight operations with the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) while underway in the Pacific Ocean, March 28, 2025.
U.S. Navy assets are employed under U.S. Northern Command’s maritime homeland defense authorities with a U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment embarked to enable maritime interdiction missions to prevent the flow of illegal drugs and other illegal activity.
U.S. Northern Command is working together with the Department of Homeland Security to augment U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) along the Southern border with additional military forces.
U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Joey Sitter.
SAN DIEGO – A Coast Guard Air Station San Diego MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and the crew of the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) rescue 17 migrants and one American aboard a disabled and adrift vessel approximately 50 nautical miles southwest of San Diego. Sunday, March 30, 2025.
A 35–foot vessel with 18 individuals aboard was spotted in international waters taking on water and requesting assistance around 7:55 a.m.
The USS Spruance launched a 7-meter rigid hull inflatable boat crew to assist. The 18 individuals were rescued from the water and safely brought aboard the Spruance.
Watchstanders from Coast Guard Sector San Diego then launched an MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, from Air Station San Diego, to transport the persons from Spruance to Coast Guard Sector San Diego.
All 17 migrants and the one American were brought to Sector San Diego over two separate flights due to passenger constraints.
The 18 individuals were transferred to Department of Homeland Security partners.
Irregular maritime migration aboard unseaworthy or overloaded vessels is always dangerous, and often deadly. Do not take to the sea. You could lose your life. We remain steadfast in our commitment to saving lives and discouraging anyone from taking to the sea in ways that are unsafe and illegal.
–USCG–
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