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Coast Guard and partner agencies offload drugs seized off Camuy, Puerto Rico, Feb. 13, 2026. Coast Guard law enforcement crews disrupted a drug trafficking go-fast vessel and seized worth $13.3 million worth of narcotics. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 18, 2026

Coast Guard, Homeland Security Task Force partners seize and offload $13.3 million in cocaine in San Juan, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners with Homeland Security Task Force - San Juan Region, disrupted a drug trafficking go-fast vessel and seized 29 bales of cocaine in the Atlantic Ocean north of Puerto Rico, Friday.

Feb. 17, 2026

Coast Guard addresses recent media reporting

WASHINGTON — Admiral Kevin Lunday, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, issued the following statement: A recent media report about the U.S. Coast Guard contained numerous inaccuracies about the Service.

he 285-foot fuel barge, Defiant, sits aground along the rocks of Castillo San Felipe del Morro, Puerto Rico, Feb. 10, 2026. The Defiant went aground Feb. 9, 2026, after tug vessel Storm reported that their towline snapped within the San Juan Harbor. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Feb. 17, 2026

Update: Unified Command continues salvage operations for grounded barge off San Juan Harbor

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Unified Command announced vessel salvors completed fuel removal operations, Monday, as assessments and preparations continue to remove the barge from the rocks off the San Felipe del Morro Castle shoreline.

Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) escorts the Panamanian-flagged motor tanker Centuries through the Gulf of America, Dec. 31, 2025. Mohawk escorted the vessel after it was intercepted in the Caribbean Sea by a Coast Guard tactical law enforcement team with Department of War support on Dec. 20; the interception was part of Operation Southern Spear, an interagency effort to counter illicit maritime trade and enforce international sanctions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 17, 2026

Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk returns home from 60-day patrol after escorting two oil tankers in the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of America

KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk returned to their homeport in Key West, Saturday, after a 60-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America, where crew members boarded and escorted two sanctioned oil tankers. Operating in support of Operation Southern Spear, Mohawk’s crew partnered with Department of War and Department of Homeland Security assets as well as additional Coast Guard units to board and escort the two sanctioned vessels, preventing the illicit trade of crude oil in violation of international sanctions.

Feb. 16, 2026

Coast Guard rescues 2 hikers from avalanche chute in Olympic National Forest

SEATTLE — A Coast Guard MH-60 helicopter crew from Air Station Astoria, Oregon, worked alongside the Mason County Special Operations Team to rescue a 51-year-old and 16-year-old in Olympic National Forest on Sunday evening.

A vessel with suspected illegal migrants is approached by a Coast Guard boat.

Feb. 15, 2026

Coast Guard interdicts 14 aliens near Point Loma, Calif.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forrest Rednour (WPC 1129) interdicted 14 suspected aliens aboard a vessel 18 miles west of San Diego, California, Friday afternoon.

A Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescued a man and his dog and transported them to Georgetown Airport with no reported medical concerns.

Feb. 14, 2026

Multimedia Release: Coast Guard rescues 1 person, 1 dog near Winyah Bay

CHARLESTON, S.C. – A Coast Guard Air Facility Charleston MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew rescued one

A seized suspected drug smuggling vessel is moored in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Feb 11, 2026. Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale's law enforcement crew interdicted approximately $5.6 million in illicit narcotics. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Station Fort Lauderdale's crew)

Feb. 14, 2026

Coast Guard, partners seize 2 vessels with $5.6 million in illicit narcotics off Fort Lauderdale

MIAMI – A U.S. Coast Guard Station Fort Lauderdale law enforcement boat crew along with Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations officers and Homeland Security Investigations agents seized approximately 745 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $5.6 million, from two suspected drug smuggling vessels off Port Everglades.

The Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Mann (WPC 1160) displays signal flags after the cutter's commissioning ceremony at Coast Guard Base Kodiak, Alaska, Feb. 13, 2026. The commissioning solidified the Mann as the sixth fast response cutter to be homeported in Alaska, and it was presided over by Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander of the Coast Guard’s Arctic District. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Snell)

Feb. 13, 2026

Coast Guard commissions USCGC Frederick Mann (WPC 1160) in Kodiak, Alaska

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard commissioned its newest and sixth Arctic District Fast Response Cutter (FRC), Coast Guard Cutter Frederick Mann (WPC 1160), for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in Kodiak, Friday. The ceremony was presided over by Rear Adm. Bob Little, commander of the Coast Guard's Arctic District. Members of the Mann family were also in attendance, including the cutter’s sponsor, Mrs. Eugenia "Jeannie" Mann Hyder, niece of Frederick Mann.