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May 13, 2024

VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs 39-year-old man 40 miles off Tybee Island, Georgia

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The Coast Guard medevaced a man, Monday, from a vessel 40 miles off Tybee Island, Georgia.

U.S. Coast Guard Vice Adm. Andrew Tiongson, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, (right) salutes Japan coast guard Vice Adm. Watanabe Yasunori, Japan coast guard vice commandant for operations, on Coast Guard Island, Alameda, Calif., May 9, 2024. Watanabe visited Coast Guard Pacific Area to finalize a trilateral letter of intent between U.S. Coast Guard, Japan and Korea coast guards, which will drive the three nations’ coast guards to work together to advance maritime safety, security and prosperity in the Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Master Chief Petty Officer Charly Tautfest)

May 12, 2024

U.S., Japan, Korea Coast Guards sign trilateral agreement to increase maritime cooperation

ALAMEDA, Calif – U.S. Coast Guard, Japan Coast Guard and Korea Coast Guard representatives displayed continued commitment to enhance maritime expertise and promote regional cooperation by signing a trilateral letter of intent, Thursday. This agreement aligns trilateral cooperation between Japan, the Republic of Korea and the United States to include capacity-building efforts to Association of Southeast Asian Nations and Pacific Island countries. The letter of intent advances a joint statement between the three nations’ leaders, which was held at Camp David in August 2023.

Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders received a distress call through VHF radio channel 16 around 11:13 a.m. from four men aboard a sinking 24-foot boat near Gandy Bridge. A Station St. Petersburg boat crew recovered all four men next to their partially submerged and aground vessel and transported them to Gandy Boat Ramp. No injuries were reported and the boat owner is coordinating vessel recovery. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)

May 11, 2024

Coast Guard rescues 5 boaters in under 3 hours near Tampa Bay

CLEARWATER, Fla. – A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg crew rescued five mariners in under 3 hours Saturday, near Tampa Bay.

USCGC Mohawk (WMEC 913) crew moors alongside a pier at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida

May 10, 2024

Coast Guard offloads more than $185 million in illegal narcotics during Fleet Week Miami

The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) offloaded more than 13,803 pounds of cocaine and 3,736 pounds of marijuana with a combined estimated street value of approximately $185 million in Port Everglades, Friday.

May 10, 2024

Boston native assumes command of First Coast Guard District

BOSTON— On Friday, May 10, 2024, the Coast Guard held a change of command ceremony for the First Coast Guard District commander at Coast Guard Base Boston. During the ceremony, Rear Adm. Michael Platt relieved Rear Adm. John Mauger as the commander of the First Coast Guard District, as the first African-American servicemember to assume the role. Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presided over the ceremony. Platt arrived from the Department of Homeland Security headquarters in Washington, D.C., where he served as Military Advisor to the Secretary of Homeland Security and was responsible for providing counsel to the Secretary and Deputy Secretary regarding policies, plans, and other affairs between the Department of Homeland Security and the Department of Defense.

May 10, 2024

Coast Guard rescues mariner from aground sailing vessel near Smith Point, Va.

BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard hoisted a mariner from an aground sailing vessel, Thursday evening, near

May 10, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs 62-year-old man 165 miles off Port Fourchon, La.

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 62-year-old man Thursday from the research vessel, Rem Andes, approximately 165 miles south of Port Fourchon, Louisiana.

May 9, 2024

Coast Guard reopens comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking to federalize existing anchorage ground near Rice Island, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Coast Guard has reopened the comment period, Thursday, for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to federalize an existing anchorage ground in the Columbia River near Rice Island, Oregon. Reopening the comment period will allow additional time for the public to review and submit comments on the proposed rule.

May 9, 2024

Coast Guard reopens comment period for a notice of proposed rulemaking to federalize existing anchorage ground near Port Westward, Oregon

PORTLAND, Ore. – The Coast Guard has reopened the comment period, Thursday, for the notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to federalize an existing anchorage ground in the Columbia River near Port Westward, Oregon. Reopening the comment period will allow additional time for the public to review and submit comments on the proposed rule.