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Jan. 30, 2024

A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew medically evacuates two passengers off a cruise ship near San Diego

SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew medically evacuates a 56-year-old male passenger and a 77-year-old male passenger from a cruise ship approximately 13 miles off the coast of San Diego Tuesday morning.

Crew members on USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) conduct vertical replenishment training with the crew of an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Kodiak in the Bering Sea Jan. 8, 2024. Haley's crew completed a 45-day patrol during which they conducted domestic fisheries enforcement, responded to search and rescue, and conducted several shipboard training exercises. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jasen Newman)

Jan. 30, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returns to Kodiak from Bering Sea patrol

The crew of USCGC Alex Haley (WMEC-39) returned home to Kodiak on Monday following a 45-day winter Bering Sea patrol during which they conducted domestic fisheries enforcement, responded to search and rescue, and conducted several shipboard training exercises.

Jan. 30, 2024

Coast Guard to conduct additional testimony for the Grande Costa D’Avorio Hearing

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard and National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) have scheduled follow up witness testimony on Wednesday and Friday in support of the ongoing investigation into the fire that occurred on July 5, 2023 aboard the Italian-flagged cargo vessel, Grande Costa D’Avorio, while docked at the Port of Newark, New Jersey. Click on the link above to view full news release.

Photo for parking directions for Coast Guard float commissioning ceremony Feb. 1, 2024 in New Orleans.

Jan. 30, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard will conduct commissioning for new Mardi Gras float

MEDIA ADVISORY: Media are invited to attend as the Coast Guard commissions its new Mardi Gras float for this year's carnival season

Jan. 29, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns home, offloads approximately $55M worth of drugs in Tampa Bay

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) and crew returned from a 60-day counterdrug patrol and offloaded approximately $55 million worth of illicit narcotics, Monday, in Tampa Bay. Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force - South, the Resolute crew stopped two suspected drug trafficking ventures, preventing 6,565 pounds of marijuana and approximately 3,700 pounds of cocaine from entering the United States, and detained six suspected traffickers. The drugs were seized in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Supporting the Resolute was an embarked MH-65 Dolphin helicopter and crew from the Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron, and a law enforcement detachment from Tactical Law Enforcement Team - South.

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Justin Carter, left, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753), shakes hands with U.S. Navy Capt. Dan Betancourt, right, senior defense official Panama, in Panama City, Panama, Jan. 24, 2024. Hamilton became the first U.S. government vessel to moor at the newly constructed Amador cruise terminal.

Jan. 29, 2024

US Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton is the first US government vessel to moor at Panamanian cruise terminal

PANAMA CITY — The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) arrived at the newly constructed Amador Cruise Terminal, in Panama City, Panama, Wednesday, becoming the first U.S. government vessel to moor at this facility. Hamilton’s crew hosted members from the U.S. Embassy in Panama, senior members of Panamanian law enforcement agencies, and an official from the terminal.

Jan. 28, 2024

Coast Guard holds memorial to honor fallen crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Coast Guard crew members from across the country held a memorial service honoring the fallen crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn, Sunday, at the Blackthorn Memorial site in St. Petersburg.

The Coast Guard Cutter Confidence is shown on a patrol in April 2018. The Confidence is a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Coast Guard photo)

Jan. 27, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Confidence returns to Cape Canaveral after 60-day patrol in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their homeport in Cape Canaveral, Friday, following a 60-day deployment in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits.

Adm. Linda Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, presents Charleston County Council Chairman Herbert Sass III with an official designation during a Coast Guard Community Designation Ceremony for Greater Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 26, 2024.

Jan. 26, 2024

PHOTO RELEASE: Greater Charleston designated an official Coast Guard Community

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A ceremony designating Greater Charleston as an official Coast Guard community was held Friday at the South Carolina Ports Cruise Terminal in Charleston.