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Legend-class cutter USCGC Midgett (WMSL 757) sails during the at-sea phase of Exercise Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024. Twenty-nine nations, 40 surface ships, three submarines, 14 national land forces, more than 150 aircraft and 25,000 personnel are participating in RIMPAC in and around the Hawaiian Islands, June 27 to Aug. 1. The world’s largest international maritime exercise, RIMPAC provides a unique training opportunity while fostering and sustaining cooperative relationships among participants critical to ensuring the safety of sea lanes and security on the world’s oceans. RIMPAC 2024 is the 29th exercise in the series that began in 1971. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Terrin Hartman)

Aug. 10, 2024

Globally deployable Coast Guard units conclude participation in RIMPAC 2024

HONOLULU – Four Hawaii-based and two California-based Coast Guard units, all globally deployable, concluded operations at the Rim of the Pacific (RIMPAC) 2024 Exercise and returned to service of the residents of Hawaii and the Pacific region, Aug. 1.

Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon repatriated 15 migrants to Dominican Republic, Aug. 8, 2024, following the interdiction of an irregular, unlawful migration voyage in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico, Aug. 7, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 9, 2024

Coast Guard repatriates 15 migrants to Dominican Republic, following an unlawful migration voyage interdiction in the Mona Passage

Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon repatriated 15 migrants to Dominican Republic, Friday, following the interdiction of an irregular, unlawful migration voyage in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico, Thursday night. One of the repatriated migrants was interdicted in a separate migrant voyage on July 30, 2024.

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC 39) detected and followed a Russian Federation Vishnya-class naval vessel Monday south of the Aleutian Islands, Alaska. Alex Haley patrolled under Operation Frontier Sentinel, a Coast Guard operation designed to meet presence with presence when strategic competitors operate in and around U.S. waters (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Aug. 9, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard encounters Russian naval vessel near Aleutian Islands, Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard located a Russian Federation Vishnya-class naval vessel Monday

Coast Guard Cutter Venturous conducts small boat operations in Canal De Tortue, Haiti July 19, 2024. Venturous’ crew conducted a 60-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Alvin Cruz)

Aug. 9, 2024

Florida-based cutter returns home after supporting Maritime Border Operations in the Straits of Florida, Windward Pass

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous (WMEC 625) returned to their homeport of St. Petersburg, Thursday, after a 60-day Caribbean patrol. During the patrol, Venturous’ crew supported Operation Vigilant Sentry, a joint operation combining air and surface assets and personnel to address illegal maritime migration in the Caribbean corridor of the United States. The primary objective is to protect the safety of life at sea, and to deter maritime mass migration.

Chaplain Ben Shambaugh delivered the benediction during the commissioning held in Coram, New York, August 9, 2024. Capt. Elisa Garrity, the Coast Guard Sector Long Island Sound commander, presided over the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Sydney Phoenix)

Aug. 9, 2024

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard commissions Marine Safety Unit Coram

CORAM, NY — The Coast Guard commissioned Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Coram Friday, marking a significant enhancement in maritime safety and security operations. Click the link above to view full news release.

Aug. 9, 2024

Coast Guard Area Command for Hurricane Debby disestablished

Editor’s Note: The following is no longer being monitored: 786-373-6675,

A CA Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew provided rescue assistance to a 59-year-old woman, after she fell from a horse at Survivors Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Aug. 7, 2024. The woman, who appeared to be disoriented and dehydrated, was transported to Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, where she was assisted by by local Emergency Medical Service personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 8, 2024

Coast Guard aircrew assists woman who fell from horse at Survivors Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard aircrew, in coordination local emergency management, assisted a disoriented woman who fell from a horse at Survivors Beach in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, Wednesday. Rescued is a 59-year-old woman, who was taking part in an equine tour ride with her husband when she fell off her horse and appeared to be disoriented, dehydrated, and in need of assistance.

Aug. 8, 2024

Video Release: Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light, partners hold open house

U.S. Coast Guard Station Barnegat Light crew members hosted a free open house with partner agencies in Barnegat Light, New Jersey, Wednesday.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327) passes USS Constitution in Boston Harbor during the ship's July Fourth turnaround cruise as part of Boston Navy Week. Boston Navy Week is one of 15 signature events planned across America in 2012. The eight-day event commemorates the bicentennial of the War of 1812, hosting service members from the U.S. Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard and coalition ships from around the world.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Eagle and USS Constitution get underway in Boston with a 21-gun salute

BOSTON — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327) is scheduled to rendezvous with USS Constitution at approximately 11:30 a.m. Friday, in the vicinity of Castle Island, in Boston, Massachusetts, where the Constitution will fire a 21-gun salute. Constitution will also fire a 17-gun salute as it passes U.S. Coast Guard Base Boston, the historic site of Edmund Hartt’s Shipyard where Constitution was built and launched on October 21, 1797.

Ensign Matalynn Clark, a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew member, relays landing signals to an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from USCG Air Station Kodiak during a helicopter landing evolution while Kimball patrols the Bering Sea, May 11, 2024. During their patrol, Kimball also operated with a forward deployed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and aircrew in Cold Bay, Alaska, and the District Seventeen command center to execute complex SAR exercises for improving, coordination, response times, and range of rotary Coast Guard assets to assist mariners in distress. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign James Bongard.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home following Bering Sea deployment

HONOLULU — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to their home port at Base Honolulu, Thursday, after completing a 122-day patrol in the Northern Pacific, Bering Sea, and American Arctic. Kimball’s crew patrolled in support of Operation Alaskan Groundfish Enforcer, Alaskan Sentinel and Bering Shield, promoting maritime governance by enforcing domestic fishery regulations while countering illicit maritime activity from foreign fleets along the maritime boundary line.