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U.S. Coast Guard and FDNY members welcome rescued boaters and their rescuers to Coast Guard Station New York on Staten Island, New York, on Dec. 14, 2022. Kevin Hyde and Joe Ditomasso drifted on the sailboat Atrevida II for days along the East Coast without power or fuel before being rescued by the crew of the tanker vessel Silver Muna.

U.S. Coast Guard and FDNY members welcome rescued boaters and their rescuers

U.S. Coast Guard and FDNY members welcome rescued boaters and their rescuers to Coast Guard Station New York on Staten Island, New York, on Dec. 14, 2022.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward pose with approximately 13,375 pounds of cocaine in Port Everglades, Florida, Dec. 15, 2022. The offload contained an estimated $176 million in cocaine the Coast Guard and its partners intercepted in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea.

Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forward poses with offload

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Forward pose with approximately 13,375 pounds of cocaine in Port Everglades, Florida, Dec. 15, 2022.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Bruns, a marine science technician stationed at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, poses for a portrait on the sector’s basketball court in Houston, Texas, Dec. 14, 2022. Bruns played on the All-Navy team in the 2022 Armed Forces Basketball Championship and was the tournament’s sole Coast Guard participant.

Coast Guard participates in Armed Forces Championship

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Zachary Bruns, a marine science technician stationed at Coast Guard Sector Houston-Galveston, poses for a portrait on the sector’s basketball court in Houston, Texas, Dec. 14, 2022.

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew searches for nine people missing in the water near Lake Worth Beach, Florida, Dec. 20, 2022. The nine people missing were reportedly traveling from Cuba in a homemade raft with 10 people.

Air Station Miami HC-144 Searches for nine people

A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew searches for nine people missing in the water near Lake Worth Beach, Florida, Dec. 20, 2022.

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, Dec. 28, 2022. Polar Star is en route to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze, a joint service, inter-agency support operation for the National Science Foundation, which manages the United States Antarctic Program.

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star en route to Antarctica

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, Dec. 28, 2022. Polar Star is en route to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze.

A U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach law enforcement crew interdicts an illegal migrant voyage near Sands Key, Florida, Dec. 23, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Dec. 28, 2022.

Station Miami Beach crew interdicts an illegal voyage

A U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach law enforcement crew interdicts an illegal migrant voyage near Sands Key, Florida, Dec. 23, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba on Dec. 28, 2022.

The Coast guard's newest cutter, Coast Guard Cutter William Chadwick (WPC-1150), was accepted by the Coast Guard on August 4, and will be the first of six Fast Response Cutters homeported in Boston.

Canadian Coast Guard visits Boston

Rear. Adm. John Mauger, First Coast Guard District Commander, and Gary Ivany, Assistant Commissioner of the Canadian Coast Guard Atlantic Region in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dec. 13, 2022.

Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of CP22, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

Coast Guard transports Sailors to the USNS Comfort

U.S. Coast Guard transports sailors assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20) during Continuing Promise 2022 from the medical site in Jeremie, Haiti, back to the ship, Dec. 15, 2022.

Latest Coast Guard News

March 28, 2023

Coast Guard, partner agencies suspend search for missing man near Elliot Key

March 28, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to offload approximately 6,325 pounds of cocaine and more than 13,000 pounds of marijuana in San Diego

March 28, 2023

Coast Guard announces formal investigation into Spirit of Boston fire

March 26, 2023

Coast Guard, cruise ship rescue three boaters aboard vessel taking on water 386 miles offshore Alabama

March 26, 2023

Coast Guard, state, locals continue response to release of hazardous material near Bristol, Pennsylvania

March 25, 2023

Coast Guard monitors release of hazardous material near Bristol, Pa.

March 24, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star departs Chile

March 24, 2023

San Francisco Bay Area storm causes navigational issues, Coast Guard responds

March 24, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to host recruiting event in St. Louis, Mo.

March 24, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 64 people to Cuba

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