HEADQUARTERS

Aug. 28, 2023

Coast Guard assists 1 after boat capsizes on Lake Livingston, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard assisted agency partners in rescuing a man from the water on Lake Livingston, Texas, Monday.

Aug. 28, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Alaska Responds to Multitude of Cases over Weekend

KODIAK, Alaska — U.S. Coast Guard crews across the state of Alaska responded to five rescue cases over three days this weekend, conducting six medevacs, assisting seven people, and saving two lives.

Aug. 28, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard establishes Area Command Post ahead of Tropical Storm Idalia

The Seventh Coast Guard District has established an Area Command Post in advance of Tropical Storm Idalia, Monday, at Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Locka, Florida. 

Aug. 28, 2023

Coast Guard rescues two from capsized vessel near Cat Island, Miss.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard rescued a 31-year-old man and 10-year-old girl on Sunday from their capsized vessel approximately three miles southwest of Cat Island, Mississippi.

Aug. 28, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 4 people, dog from sinking boat in Barnegat Bay, New Jersey

PHILADELPHIA — The Coast Guard rescued four people and a dog from a boat taking on water Sunday near

Aug. 28, 2023

Coast Guard urges preparedness ahead of Hurricane Idalia

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg units are preparing and will respond to impacts from Hurricane Idalia over the next few days.

Aug. 26, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, National Science Foundation embark on Arctic Ocean mission

KODIAK, Alaska – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew and embarked researchers departed Kodiak, Saturday, for the cutter’s second mission this year in the high latitudes of the Arctic Ocean. Healy’s next mission takes the cutter west, where the crew and a new team of researchers will support work of the National Science Foundation and International Arctic Research Center by servicing the Nansen and Amundsen Basins Observational System (NABOS). The month-long mission’s objective is to recover, service, and deploy nine long-term subsurface mooring arrays, stretching from the Eurasian Basin to the East Siberian Sea.

Aug. 25, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs woman offshore Pensacola, Fla.

The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old woman experiencing high blood pressure approximately 40 miles south of Pensacola, Florida.

Aug. 25, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active returns from 58-day counternarcotics patrol

PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) and crew returned to homeport, Friday, after a 58-day counternarcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Sailing over 12,000 nautical miles, from the cutter’s homeport in the Pacific Northwest, Active patrolled in support of a Joint Interagency Task Force South counternarcotics mission. Active’s crew of 70 Coast Guard men and women worked over the course of multiple hours to locate and interdict a drug laden “go-fast” vessel using the cutter’s embarked small boats. A total of 130 kg of cocaine was seized and four suspects were interdicted.

Aug. 25, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 3 boaters near Southwest Pass, La.

IMAGERY AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard rescued three boaters Thursday from a disabled vessel near Southwest Pass, Louisiana.