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Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751 transit the Bering Sea during Arctic Edge 2025, Aug. 10, 2025. AE25 is a North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) and U.S. Northern Command-led homeland defense exercise designed to improve readiness, demonstrate capabilities, and enhance Joint and Allied Force interoperability in the Arctic. (U.S. Coast Guard Courtesy Photo)

Oct. 22, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returns to California following multi-mission Arctic patrol, demonstrates U.S. commitment to strong and free Arctic

ALAMEDA, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) returned to its Base Alameda home port Oct. 10, concluding a 105-day Arctic deployment spanning over 21,000 nautical miles. Waesche's deployment underscored the Coast Guard’s commitment to safeguarding U.S. sovereignty, enforcing border control, and ensuring national security in the strategically vital Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, and along the U.S. - Russia Maritime Boundary Line. 

Oct. 22, 2025

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to hold Press Conference on Operation River Wall

HOUSTON – Coast Guard Capt. Christopher Cumberland, Commander of Coast Guard Forces Rio Grande, will be available for interviews Thursday regarding Operation River Wall. Following the interviews, media will have the opportunity to ride along with a Coast Guard crew on the Rio Grande.

Oct. 21, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard suspends Coastal Buoy Modernization in the Northeast

BOSTON — Coast Guard District Northeast is closing the period for providing comments to the Coastal

Oct. 21, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 10 aliens off Point Loma, Calif.

The Coast Guard interdicted 10 suspected aliens approximately 9 miles southwest of Point Loma, Monday.

Coast Guard crews patrol the Rio Grande near Mission, Texas Oct. 18, 2025.

Oct. 20, 2025

Coast Guard launches Operation River Wall to control the border along the Rio Grande

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard announced today the deployment of additional forces to the Rio Grande River in eastern Texas, starting on October 9, 2025, to ensure operational control of the border where the President has declared a national emergency.

Oct. 18, 2025

Coast Guard recapitalizes command and control aircraft

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard executed a planned and critical recapitalization of its long-range

Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crews from Station Apra Harbor assist passengers aboard the Princess Guam, a disabled passenger vessel off Agat, Guam, Oct. 10, 2025. Coast Guard watchstanders received a notification on VHF-FM channel 16 from the vessel’s crew reporting smoke coming from the engine compartment and that 45 people were aboard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station Apra Harbor)

Oct. 14, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard, Guam Fire Department rescue 45 people from boat off Agat, Guam

SANTA RITA, Guam — Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard and Guam Fire Department rescued 45 people from a disabled passenger vessel off Agat, on Friday.

Oct. 14, 2025

Coast Guard medevacs master from Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship offshore Oahu

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard medevaced the master of a Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship 57 miles offshore Oahu Wednesday.

Oct. 14, 2025

UPDATE: Coast Guard supports State response, conducts mass rescue operations in Alaska

ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard continues to work closely with partner agencies to support response efforts for Alaskan communities impacted by recent flooding.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) recovers bales of cocaine after a suspected drug smuggling vessel capsized in the Pacific Ocean, Sept. 17, 2025. Seneca’s crew worked alongside interagency partners to interdict illicit narcotics in the international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Oct. 14, 2025

Coast Guard seizes 100,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday it has seized more than 100,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August, averaging over 1,600 pounds interdicted daily.