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Image of the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star in Antarctica

Operation Deep Freeze 2018

The crew of the Seattle-based Polar Star breaks ice in McMurdo Sound for Operation Deep Freeze 2018, the U.S. military’s operation for the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program.

Image of a U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 aircraft rinse down

Freshwater wash down

A U.S. Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules aircraft is rinsed down at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Jan. 24, 2018. Crewmembers wash the plane after every flight to protect it and remove any salt.

Image of a Coast Guard rescue

Florida Coast Guard crew saves five

Five boaters on a capsized boat await rescue while a Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet crew and good Samaritans approach the vessel Feb. 11, 2018 3 miles east of Lake Worth Inlet.

Image of Coast Guard transfer of a patrol boat to Costa Rican Coast Guard crew

U.S. Coast Guard transfers patrol boats to Costa Rica

A Costa Rican crewmember stands watch over one of two110-foot patrol boats given to the Costa Rican Coast Guard by the U.S. Coast Guard at the U.S. Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore Feb. 13, 2018.

Image of U.S. Coast Guard interdiction of a drug trafficker

Counter-narcotics operations in the Eastern Pacific

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Northland intercepted and seized cocaine from a low-profile trafficking vessel in the Eastern Pacific Ocean during Northland's 81-day patrol ending February 2018.

Image of U.S. Coast Guard flood response in Michigan

Michigan flood response

Members from Coast Guard Station St. Joseph's Ice Rescue Team assist the local first responders in rescuing individuals from evacuation zones during flooding in St. Joseph, Michigan, Feb. 22, 2018.

Image of U.S. Coast Guard assisting a fishing vessel

Coast Guard rescues crew of sinking vessel

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Cuttyhunk pass dewatering pumps to the crew of the fishing vessel Sunnfjord before rescuing them off Cape Alava, Wash., Jan. 31, 2018.

Image of Coast Guard fisheries boarding

Coast Guard, NOAA conduct fisheries boardings

A Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration team board a 68-foot fishing vessel near Dry Tortugas, Florida, to ensure compliance with regulations Jan. 12, 2018.

Image of Coast Guard ice rescue training

Ice rescue training on the Great Lakes

A member from Coast Guard Station Sault Sainte Marie demonstrates ice rescue techniques for local first responders at Sugar Island, Michigan, Feb. 11, 2018.

Image of Coast Guard pollution assessment operations

Pollution assessment operations in American Samoa

Members of Coast Guard Sector Honolulu and contractors return to shore after conducting pollution assessments on the grounded vessel Chui Zai Fa No. 1 off Leone Bay, American Samoa, Feb. 12, 2018.

Image of a Coast Guard C-27J aircraft

Coast Guard in the skies over California

A Coast Guard Air Station Sacramento C-27J aircrew flies over Yosemite National Park, Calif., during area familiarization training, Feb. 6, 2018.

Latest Coast Guard news

Coast Guard, Chatham County Marine Patrol rescue missing jet skier near Wassaw Sound

Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water 5 miles east of Mayport

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard, Chatham County Marine Patrol rescue 3 boaters after vessel capsizes near Wassaw Sound

Coast Guard, partner agencies assist disabled vessel in New York Harbor

Coast Guard, Good Samaritan respond to capsized vessel off Niantic Bay, Conn.

Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue 3 after boat capsizes near Mayport jetties

Coast Guard, partner agencies find overdue jet skier near Brooklyn, NY

Coast Guard searching for overdue jet skier near Brooklyn, NY

Coast Guard assists disabled, adrift vessel in East River

Coast Guard to commission new cutter in Alexandria, Va

Coast Guard issues first certificates of inspection to local tugboats in Miami

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard repatriates 28 migrants to Bahia de Cabañas, Cuba

Multimedia Release: Coast Guard 14th District holds change of command in Honolulu

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