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Sept. 10, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agencies to conduct search and rescue exercise off Kawaihae, Hawaii

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, Hawai’i Fire Department, Hawaii Ocean Safety, and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources are scheduled to conduct a search and rescue exercise off Kawaihae, Hawaii, Thursday.

Objee, the mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, has been inducted into the National Service Animals Memorial (NSAM) Purple Poppy Hall of Fame.

Sept. 10, 2024

Coast Guard Academy mascot inducted into the National Service Animals Memorial Hall of Fame

Objee, the mascot of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, has been inducted into the National Service Animals Memorial (NSAM) Purple Poppy Hall of Fame

Crew members form U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 111 and British Royal Navy team embarked aboard HMS Trent (P244) interdicts a semi-submersible drug smuggling vessel in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea, Aug. 26, 2024. Three suspected smugglers and 1,239 pounds of illegal narcotics from this interdiction were transferred to federal custody for prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice. (Courtesy image from United Kingdom Royal Navy)

Sept. 10, 2024

Coast Guard offloads more than $54 million in illegal narcotics interdicted in Caribbean Sea

MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence offloaded more than 4,125 pounds of cocaine with an

Coast Guard members assigned to Pacific Area command and Sector Los Angeles-Long Beach speak to Jane C. Conoley, California State University Long Beach president during a memorandum of agreement ceremony for the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative scholarship program, Sept. 5, 2024. The memorandum of agreement outlines the university as a member of the Coast Guard's Minority-Serving Institution partnership program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Loumania Stewart)

Sept. 9, 2024

Coast Guard, California State University Long Beach Sign Memorandum of Agreement

LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Coast Guard and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) signed an updated memorandum of agreement (MOA) Thursday to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) scholarship program at CSLUB campus.

The National Hurricane Center graphic for Tropical Storm Francine, released at 1500Z 09 Sep 2024. The graphic shows the projected path of Tropical Storm Francine as it moves along in the Gulf of Mexico.

Sept. 9, 2024

Coast Guard urges preparedness ahead of Tropical Storm Francine

NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard is preparing, Monday, and will respond to impacts from Tropical Storm Francine as it is expected to strengthen to a hurricane and make landfall along the Louisiana coast on Wednesday.

Sept. 9, 2024

Coast Guard, local emergency response teams search for female tourist off Condado Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico – Coast Guard air and surface rescue teams continue searching alongside local emergency authorities for a missing person off Condado Beach in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Still missing is a 22-year-old woman from Indianapolis who was visiting the island and went swimming with two of her friends, who were caught in the strong rip currents affecting the area. The woman’s friends were rescued and assisted ashore by local bystanders and responding authorities. The missing woman reportedly was wearing a white shirt, pants and beach swim wear.

This graphic QR code was created for the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation Titan Submersible hearing website. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic)

Sept. 6, 2024

Coast Guard releases Titan Marine Board of Investigation hearing schedule, witness list

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The U.S. Coast Guard released the schedule and witness list for the Marine Board of Investigation hearing into the loss of the Titan submersible Friday.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater aircrew and Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies rescued two adults after their 26-foot boat capsized 18 miles off Pass-a-Grille Beach, Florida, Sep. 6, 2024. Using the signal from one of the survivor's personal locator beacon, the aircrew located both people wearing life jackets. The aircrew hoisted one individual from their partially submerged vessel, and the deputies retrieved the other survivor. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Sept. 6, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agency rescue 2 boaters 18 miles off Pass-a-Grille Beach

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater aircrew and Pinellas County Sheriff’s deputies rescued two adults, Friday, after their 26-foot boat capsized 18 miles off Pass-a-Grille Beach.

Sept. 6, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs 52-year-old from cruise ship offshore Galveston,Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced an 52-year-old man from a cruise ship offshore Galveston, Texas, Thursday.

Sept. 6, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agencies to hold active-shooter exercise on the Neuse River

WILMINGTON, N.C. — The Coast Guard, along with federal and state partners, are scheduled to hold an active-shooter/active threat full-scale exercise Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the vicinity of the Cherry Branch Ferry Terminal in Havelock, North Carolina.