CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Legend-class national security cutter USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) crew returned home Wednesday to Charleston after completing a 72-day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew offloaded 26,250 pounds (11,907 kilograms) of cocaine and 3,700 pounds of marijuana worth $504 million Monday at Port Everglades. Hamilton’s crew interdicted five Leer másUSCGC Hamilton returns home after 72-day patrol[…]
SANTA RITA, Guam — The Coast Guard, Federated States of Micronesia first responders, good Samaritans and the Navy rescue six mariners off the Mortlock Islands, Chuuk State, Thursday. The crew of the FSS Micronesia rescued the mariners, last seen on Nov 3rd, and is currently transporting them back to the Oneop Atoll, Chuuk State, Federated Leer másCoast Guard, partners rescue 6 mariners off Mortlock Islands, Micronesia[…]
Coast Guard story by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki Nearly 80 years have passed since Mike Swierc vaulted over the side of a ship hundreds of yards off Utah Beach during the first wave of the D-Day invasion. But for Mr. Swierc, a 100-year-old Coast Guard veteran, the memories of those fateful days and Leer másCoast Guard veteran Mike Swierc turns 100-year-old[…]
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard will conclude its annual operations in the Arctic Shield 2021 on Sunday with the seasonal closure of its Forward Operating Location in Kotzebue, Alaska. Air Station Kodiak aircrews and two MH-60T Jayhawk helicopters were forward deployed to Kotzebue to provide coverage and reduced response times to remote regions of Alaska during increased Leer másCoast Guard concludes Operation Arctic Shield 2021[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — USCGC Legare and HITRON crews returned home Thursday after an eight-week counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South and the Coast Guard 11th District. The crew patrolled over 12,650 nautical miles through the heart of the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of Operation Martillo working Leer másUSCGC Legare and HITRON crews returns after counter-narcotics patrol[…]
In this HITRON history series, the USCG spoke with Tony Tangeman (retired Captain). He was the chief of law enforcement for the Coast Guard and the project manager for the proof of concept team that determined the use helicopters to stop the fast vessels dedicated to narcotics smuggling. This project led to the formation of Leer másCoast Guard HITRON history series: Captain Tony Tangeman (Retired)[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard seized 250 kilograms of cocaine in the Caribbean Sea, with an estimated wholesale value of 7.5 million dollar. The USCGC Reef Shark transferred custody of two smugglers and offloaded the drug at Coast Guard Base San Juan Saturday, following USCGC Kathleen Moore’s interdiction of a go-fast smuggling Leer másCoast Guard seizes 7.5 dollar million in cocaine, Caribbean Sea[…]
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — USCGC Northland (WMEC 904) returned to Portsmouth Monday, following an 80-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the Coast Guard 11th District and Joint Interagency Task Force South. The Coast Guard Cutter Northland’s crew patrolled the Eastern Pacific performing counter-drug operations with the support of an aviation detachment from Leer másUSCGC Northland returns after Eastern Pacific patrol, Miami drug offload[…]
GRAYS HARBOR, Wash. — A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescue a man (medevac) who was experiencing distressed medical symptoms from a charter fishing vessel Thursday, approximately 57 nautical miles off Westport. At 11:46 a.m., watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Columbia River received the initial distress call via VHF-FM radio on channel 16. The crew of the 51-foot vessel Ranger Leer másCoast Guard MH-60T aircrew rescue fisherman 57 nm off Westport, WA[…]
HONOLULU — Coast Guard, Navy, USAF and partner agencies rescue missing mariner from sailing vessel, Epic, approximately 310 nm southwest of Oahu, Friday. The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Hart rescued Philip Grenz, last seen Sept. 2, 2021, and transporting him back to Oahu. The sailor was in stable condition. “With the combined Leer másCoast Guard, partners rescue missing mariner off Oahu after 6-day search[…]