HONOLULU — The USCGC (Coast Guard Cutter) Kimball (WMSL 756) returned home to Honolulu after an 85-day multi-mission patrol covering 14,000 nautical miles spanning from the Hawaiian Islands to north of the Arctic Circle. Wednesday, November 1, 2023. The crew provided search and rescue coverage and conducted living marine resources (LMR) and counter Illegal Unreported Leer másUSCGC Kimball returns Honolulu after multi-mission patrol[…]
JAPAN — The USCG concluded a joint law-enforcement exercise Sunday with the Japan Coast Guard in the Philippine Sea, furthering interoperability in performing law-enforcement missions. This weekend, ships from the U.S. Coast Guard and Japan Coast Guard conducted exercises near the Ogasawara Islands of Japan. The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball and Japan Coast Guard Leer másUSCG and Japan Coast Guard strengthen capabilities with a joint exercise[…]
Lonnie Taber, an Iraq veteran and fireman from USCGC Kimball, now is prepares on Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) A-School to continues your service in Coast Guard helicopters. It was evening on the mess deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756), as Lt. Cmdr. Donald Stiker, the cutter’s engineer officer, looked sternly out at Leer másAn Iraq War veteran continues aviation career in Coast Guard[…]
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Crews aboard the pre-commissioned Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) seized more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine worth approximately $64 million from a low-profile go-fast vessel interdicted in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. On July 25 a U.S. Navy MH-60R Sea Hawk aircrew embarked aboard the USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) sighted Leer másCoast Guard’s newest national security cutter seizes more than 2,100 pounds of cocaine[…]
