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Partners from the Freely Associated States of Micronesia, the U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, and Australian Maritime Security Advisers under the Pacific Maritime Security Program, concluded Operation Irensia 2026 on June 7, 2026, completing a 13-day multilateral maritime security exercise and law enforcement training program that brought together patrol boat crews from the Federated States of Micronesia, the Republic of Palau, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands in Apra Harbor, Guam.

United States, Australia, Pacific Island partners complete Operation Irensia 2026 in Guam

Jun. 14, 2026 ·
 Press Release

SANTA RITA, Guam — Partners from the Freely Associated States of Micronesia, the U.S. Coast Guard Forces...
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Coast Guard suspends search for missing mariner off Maryland coast, returns vessel to shore, family

Jun. 13, 2026 ·
 Press Release

OCEAN CITY, MD — The Coast Guard has suspended the search for a mariner who is thought to have gone overboard...
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Coast Guard enhances maritime safety and security posture for World Cup

Jun. 13, 2026 ·
 Press Release

SEATTLE — As cities across North America prepare to host the World Cup, the Coast Guard is implementing...
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Coast Guard interdicts 17 aliens near Sunset Cliffs

Jun. 13, 2026 ·
 Press Release

SAN DIEGO – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour (WPC 1129) interdicted 17 suspected aliens aboard a...
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Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 92 miles offshore Brunswick

Jun. 13, 2026 ·
 Press Release

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter crew medevaced a man, Friday, from...
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Lt. Gabriel LaMartina (left), Lt. Justin Miller (right), and Capt. Jesica Worst, the presiding official, stand for a photo following a change of command ceremony for Marine Safety Unit Saipan in Saipan, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on June 13, 2026. During Miller's tenure from October 2023 to June 2026, MSU Saipan stood up as a full Marine Safety Unit — elevated from Marine Safety Detachment Saipan on April 5, 2024 — and matured into the Coast Guard's permanent prevention and response presence across the Commonwealth. Under his leadership, the unit advanced maritime safety, security, and environmental stewardship through vessel inspections, port state control examinations, container inspections, and continuous engagement with port partners and local leaders. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Dee Cruz)

New commanding officer at helm of Marine Safety Unit Saipan

Jun. 13, 2026 ·
 Press Release

GARAPAN, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands — Lt. Gabriel LaMartina assumed command of U.S. Coast...
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U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Joel Carse, sector commander of Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic, salutes Capt. Christopher Culpepper to relieve him of duty as the sector commander at a change of command ceremony at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, Alaska, June 12, 2026.

Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic holds change of command ceremony in Anchorage

Jun. 12, 2026 ·
 Press Release

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Capt. Joel Carse relieved Capt. Christopher Culpepper as sector commander of Coast...
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A chart of the temporary security zone that will be enforced by the Coast Guard and its maritime law enforcement partners throughout the FIFA Fan Festival in Miami, Florida, from June 13 to July 6.

Coast Guard, partner agencies to enforce security zone for FIFA Fan Festival Miami

Jun. 12, 2026 ·
 Press Release

MIAMI — The Coast Guard and partner agencies are scheduled to establish and enforce a temporary security zone...
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