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May 16, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard conducts National Safe Boating Week operations in Destin, Fla.

Coast Guard and local agency partners are scheduled to present informative displays and demonstrations for National Safe Boating Week 5 a.m Monday at U.S. Coast Guard Station Destin. A public open house is scheduled to begin at 9 a.m.

May 15, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agencies, responding to Pelican Island Causeway allision in Galveston, Texas

HOUSTON — The U.S. Coast Guard is coordinating with local, state, and federal agencies in response to the Pelican Island Causeway allision in Galveston, Texas, Wednesday.

May 15, 2024

Coast Guard permanently relieves Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Coast Guard permanently relieved Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve Timothy Beard, Monday.

May 15, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Cape May Coast Guard to Hold Annual Community Festival

CAPE MAY, N.J. — U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May and the Cape May County Coast Guard

May 15, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard Academy Commencement 2024 Media Ground Rules

NEW LONDON, Conn. — Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas is scheduled to deliver the keynote address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's 143rd commencement exercises at Cadet Memorial Field on Wednesday, May 22.

Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg and Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 9th Division crews are teaming up with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Sarasota County for multiple events throughout National Safe Boating Week. (U.S. Coast Guard Graphic)

May 15, 2024

Media Advisory: Coast Guard, partner agencies join forces for National Safe Boating Week on Suncoast

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg and Coast Guard Auxiliary Flotilla 9th Division crews are teaming up with the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Sarasota County for multiple events throughout National Safe Boating Week.

May 14, 2024

Coast Guard, other agencies respond to sunken vessel in Seattle

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard, Washington Department of Ecology and other agencies are responding to a vessel that sank at a pier in Seattle, Tuesday. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound received a report at approximately 7:30 a.m. that the 91-foot crabbing vessel North American had sunk at a pier east of the Ballard Bridge on the south side of the Lake Washington Ship Canal.

A US Coast Guard boat crew member boards a migrant vessel with spotlight shone on it.

May 14, 2024

Coast Guard repatriates 23 migrants to Cuba

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark repatriated 23 migrants to Cuba, Tuesday, following two separate interdictions of unlawful migrant ventures near Key West, Florida.

A photo of exotic birds that perished during an interdiction a smuggling vessel by the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle near Puerto Rico, May 3, 2024. Four men apprehended in this case are Dominican Republic nationals, who are facing federal criminal charges for smuggling wildlife from the United States and Lacey Act trafficking. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 14, 2024

Coast Guard apprehends 4 men indicted for smuggling wildlife, following interdiction near Puerto Rico

Four suspected smugglers interdicted by the Coast Guard and Customs and Border Protection surface and air units were indicted by a federal grand jury in the District of Puerto Rico, May 9, 2024, following the interdiction of a makeshift vessel north of Isabela, Puerto Rico. The suspects are facing criminal charges for smuggling wildlife from the United States and Lacey Act trafficking. “This successful apprehension of four smugglers highlights the unwavering resolve of Coast Guard Sector San Juan, we work daily to interdict a wide range of illicit activities in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands,” said Captain José Díaz, Commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector San Juan. “Unfortunately, the cruelty displayed by the smugglers in this case resulted in the loss of over 100 exotic birds. We will not stop in our commitment to control illicit trafficking in our region.”

May 14, 2024

Coast Guard rescues 4 boaters near Freeport, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard rescued four people from their overturned vessel near Freeport, Texas, Monday.