SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology, and San Juan County officials rescued the survivors, a man and his dog, from a vessel that sank just west of Henry Island, Washington. Friday, May 3, 2024. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report at approximately 6 a.m. Friday that the 48-foot Leer másCoast Guard rescue fisherman and his dog near Henry Island[…]
KODIAK, Alaska – The Coast Guard retired the Air Station Kodiak MH-65 Dolphin helicopter fleet after 36 years of service in Alaska. Capt. Timothy Williams, commanding officer of Air Station Kodiak, presided over the ceremony honoring the 36 years of service the MH-65 Dolphin Short-Range Recovery Helicopter airframe and its crews provided to the Arctic Leer másMH-65 Dolphin fleet retired after 36 years of service in Alaska[…]
ALAMEDA, California. – The USCGC Stratton crew returned to home port in Alameda following a 111-day deployment to the Bering Sea in support of search and rescue capabilities and protecting the United States’ northern-most borders. Monday, April 22, 2024. Cutter Stratton and crew departed Alameda January 2, and while deployed, Coast Guard 17th District maintained Leer másUSCGC Stratton returns home after 111-day in the Bering Sea[…]
SANTA RITA, Guam — Three missing mariners are safe on April 9, 2024, thanks to the coordination of Coast Guard Forces Micronesia / Sector Guam and the U.S. Navy, after being stranded on Pikelot Atoll, Yap State, Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), for more than a week. Responders successfully located the three mariners on Pikelot Leer másCoast Guard and Navy rescue three missing mariners in Micronesia[…]
NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) returned to their homeport in North Charleston following a four-month counterdrug mission, maritime safety and security patrol in the Western Atlantic and Eastern Pacific Ocean. Friday, March 29, 2024. Patrolling in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast’s Operation Vigilant Sentry and Joint Leer másCoast Guard Cutter Hamilton returns after counterdrug mission[…]
JUNEAU — The U.S. Coast Guard and the Royal Canadian Navy conducted a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Ketchikan, Alaska, March 14, 2024. The SAR exercise took place on the water and in the air with both agencies working together to test and evaluate interagency communications, response plans, and responders’ actions during multiple simulated scenarios. Leer másCoast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy conduct SAREX off Alaska[…]
PORT BLAIR, India – The USCGC Bertholf conducted two-day exercise during the operation Sea Defender 2024 with the Indian Coast Guard (ICG). The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) departed Port Blair, India, Saturday morning. Bertholf’s stop in Port Blair marks the first time a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter has called upon the Andaman Leer másUSCGC Bertholf conducts operation Sea Defender 2024[…]
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew and the Cutter Joseph Doyle crew locate and rescue 12 male migrants from a capsized vessel in the Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico. Monday, February 26, 2024. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle crew repatriated 11 of the migrants, who claimed to be Dominican Republic Leer másCoast Guard rescue 12 migrants in the Mona Passage[…]
JACKSONVILLE, FL— U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Air and Marine Operations (AMO) collaborated with several federal partners to test and implement new aerial resupply operations at sea with the P-3 Orion aircraft, saving approximately $16 million since March 2022. “The P-3’s responsive airlift capabilities enable deployment of time-sensitive, mission-critical supplies to our partners operating in the Leer másCBP AMO P-3 Orion conduct aerial resupply ops to Coast Guard[…]
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew and a HITRON MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew seized almost 5 tons in cocaine in Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Cutter’s crew returned to their homeport for the last time after a 59-day counter-narcotics, the last patrol for the Alert’s out of its current homeport of Leer másCoast Guard Cutter Alert and the HITRON seized 5 tons of cocaine[…]
