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May 15, 2026

Media Availability: Coast Guard to host media, demonstrate boating safety at Marine Corps Base Hawaii

WHO: Coast Guard Station Honolulu, Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu WHAT: Coast Guard representatives will discuss boating safety, display equipment, and provide a boat ride-along for media WHEN: Saturday, May 23, 9 to 10:30 a.m. WHERE: Marine Corps Base Hawaii Marina, 1 D St., Kailua, HI 96734

USCGC Storis (WAGB 21) sits hove to in the ice while conducting ice liberty for the crew in the Bering Sea, April 17, 2026. The patrol focused on advancing operational readiness, strengthening interoperability with other military assets, and testing new concepts to support prolonged operations in one of the world’s most demanding and austere maritime environments. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.

May 15, 2026

U.S. Coast Guard’s newest polar icebreaker returns to Seattle following 36-day deployment to Bering Sea

SEATTLE — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard’s newest polar icebreaker, the USCGC Storis (WAGB 21), returned to their temporary Seattle home port Monday after a 36-day deployment to the Bering Sea. The patrol focused on advancing operational readiness, strengthening interoperability with other military assets and testing new concepts to support prolonged operations in one of the world’s most demanding and austere maritime environments.

Special agents with the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service, supported by Coast Guard surface and aviation assets, conduct an offshore interdiction operation involving the sailing vessel Soulmate approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Melbourne, Florida. The operation is part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 14, 2026

Coast Guard Investigative Service Seizes Sailing Vessel Soulmate During Offshore Interdiction Operation

MIAMI — Special agents with the U.S. Coast Guard Investigative Service (CGIS), supported by multiple Coast Guard surface and aviation assets, seized the sailing vessel Soulmate approximately 40 nautical miles off the coast of Melbourne, Florida, as part of an ongoing criminal investigation into the disappearance of Lynette Hooker.

May 14, 2026

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media invited to Coast Guard command center tour, false alert briefing in Juneau, Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska – The media is invited to tour the Coast Guard command center in Juneau Tuesday, May 19, to learn about command center operations and the impacts of false emergency notifications known as “false alerts.” False alerts can unnecessarily redirect personnel and assets from an emergency and put first responders in unnecessary danger.

May 14, 2026

Coast Guard interdicts 1 alien near Imperial Beach

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard interdicted one suspected illegal alien approximately 3 miles north of the maritime boundary line, Wednesday. U.S. Coast Guard District Southwest Phone: (206) 815-6689

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma crew members conduct interdiction operations in the Gulf of America, May 8, 2026. Tahoma’s crew, alongside a deployed Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron aircrew, stopped three suspected smuggling vessels carrying narcotics during a maritime patrol approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 14, 2026

Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma busts cocaine ‘triple threat,’ interdicting nearly $45.8 million worth of illicit narcotics off Colombia

MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma’s crew simultaneously interdicted three suspected smuggling vessels carrying approximately 6,085 pounds of cocaine worth nearly $45.8 million, May 8, approximately 90 miles off Cartagena, Colombia. This seizure represents 2.3 million potentially lethal doses of cocaine that will not reach American streets.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter aircrew medevacs the captain of a fishing vessel 122 miles off Longboat Key, Florida, May 12, 2026.

May 13, 2026

Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 122 miles west of Longboat Key, Florida

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater helicopter aircrew medevac’d a captain of a fishing vessel who suffered a hand injury while hauling line, Tuesday, approximately 122 miles west of Longboat Key, Florida.

Coast Guard crews from Air Station Clearwater pre stage in Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile to assist post-Hurricane Milton, in Mobile, Alabama, Oct. 7, 2024. Following the hurricane’s departure, Coast Guard crews stand ready for search and rescue and will assess ports and waterways to ensure mariners can transit safely through the area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Riley Perkofski)

May 13, 2026

Coast Guard, Air Force rescues 11 people off Melbourne

MIAMI – Coast Guard Southeast District watchstanders coordinated the rescue of 11 Bahamian adults from a downed aircraft approximately 80 miles off Melbourne, Florida.