HEADQUARTERS

Sept. 28, 2023

Coast Guard, partners conduct search and rescue exercise off Oahu

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard, Honolulu Fire Department, Honolulu Ocean Safety and Lifeguard Services, and the Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources conducted a search and rescue exercise (SAREX) off Honolulu, Sept. 27, 2023.

Sept. 28, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues 2 from water 50 miles offshore Savannah

PHOTO RELEASE: A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew rescued two men, Thursday, after their 34-foot fishing vessel sank 50 miles offshore Savannah, Georgia.

Sept. 28, 2023

US Coast Guard Cutter Confidence returns home following 62-day counternarcotics patrol in the Caribbean Sea

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their homeport in Cape Canaveral, Sept. 20, following a 62-day deployment to the Caribbean Sea. From their homeport in eastern Florida, Confidence’s crew sailed to the central Caribbean Sea and conducted a counternarcotics patrol with an embarked helicopter and aircrew from the Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron while in support of Joint Interagency Task Force - South. While underway, Confidence worked with air and sea assets from partner agencies, allied militaries, and other Coast Guard units. Confidence’s crew conducted four separate drug cases within a span of four days and prosecuted an additional case while returning to homeport. In total, these five interdictions resulted in the apprehension of 15 suspected narco-traffickers and prevented the flow of over 6,000 pounds of illicit substances, valued at over $85 million, from reaching the United States.

Sept. 28, 2023

Coast Guard Southeast hosts DoD Joint Civilian Orientation Conference 94

MIAMI – Coast Guard personnel from units across the greater Miami area hosted the Office of the

Sept. 28, 2023

HSTF-SE sustains enhanced force posture to rescue, repatriate migrants

MIAMI — Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast (HSTF-SE) federal, state and local partner agencies continue to patrol by land, air and sea to prevent and deter irregular, unlawful maritime migration to the United States. For news and updates from HSTF-SE, follow us on “X” (formerly Twitter) at @HSTF_Southeast.

Sept. 28, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs 61-year-old woman near Southwest Pass, La.

IMAGERY AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 61-year-old woman Wednesday from the Carnival Valor cruise ship approximately 62 miles south of Southwest Pass, Louisiana

Sept. 28, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy completes mission with U.S. National Science Foundation in East Siberian Sea

EAST SIBEREAN SEA – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew and embarked researchers completed the 2023 U.S. National Science Foundation mission, Saturday, servicing the Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System (NABOS). The month-long mission’s objective was to recover, service, and replace an array of nine long-term subsurface moorings that encircled the Siberian shelf from the Eurasian Basin to the East Siberian Sea.

Sept. 27, 2023

Training Center Cape May to fire 40MM battery

CAPE MAY, N.J. — U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May staff will be conducting a 22-Gun Salute

Sept. 26, 2023

UPDATE: U.S. Coast Guard Western Maui Wildfire Emergency Support Function #10 Unified Command transitions to next phase in response

  Editors Note: Click image to download a high resolution version. HONOLULU — State and federal

Sept. 26, 2023

US Coast Guard Cutter Forward returns home following 78-day deployment in the high northern latitudes

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Tuesday, following a 78-day deployment in the North Atlantic Ocean. Throughout the deployment, Forward supported the U.S. Coast Guard’s Arctic Strategy and partnered with allied nations and agencies during Operation Nanook 2023, an annual Canadian-led military exercise to strengthen maritime objectives in the high northern latitudes. Alongside Canadian and French forces navigating the waters of the North Atlantic Ocean, Forward’s crew performed training evolutions including towing and formation steaming, replenishment at sea, visual communications tactical signaling, and cross-deck exercises. In addition, an attached team from Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific conducted a boarding exercise with French Navy vessel BSAM Garonne to demonstrate at-sea capabilities and assist in enhancing partner training curriculums.