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April 6, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs 1 from jetty near Galveston, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced one injured man who fell walking on a jetty near Galveston, Texas, Friday.

April 5, 2024

U.S. and Independent State of Samoa sign addendum to existing maritime law enforcement agreement in the Pacific

HONOLULU — The United States and the Independent State of Samoa had the honor to share and sign an addendum to the existing 2012 Bilateral Agreement, at U.S. Embassy Apia in Samoa, to continue and expand operational cooperation to suppress illicit transnational maritime activity, on April 5, 2024. 

Crew members from USCGC Margaret Norvell (WPC 1105) board a drug smuggling vessel carrying 30 bales of illegal narcotics approximately 190 miles south of Puerto Rico March 24, 2024. The bales weighed more than 1,850 pounds and have an estimated street value of approximately $24.3 million. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the USCGC Margaret Norvell crew)

April 5, 2024

Coast Guard offloads more than $24 million in illegal narcotics interdicted in eastern Caribbean

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell offloaded more than 1,850 pounds of cocaine with an assessed street value of approximately $24.3 million in Miami, Friday.

April 5, 2024

Coast Guard interdicts lancha, seizes 400 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted a lancha crew and seized approximately 400 pounds of illegally caught red snapper in waters subject to U.S. law enforcement off southern Texas Thursday.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) stands on the ice in front of the cutter in McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Dec. 29, 2023. Every year, a joint and total force team works together to complete a successful Operation Deep Freeze season. Active, Guard, and Reserve service members from the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, and Navy work together to forge a strong JTF-SFA that continues the tradition of U.S. military support to the United States Antarctic Program. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Graves)

April 4, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard heavy icebreaker returns to the U.S. following completion of Antarctic mission

SAN FRANCISCO – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned to the United States Sunday, following a 138-day deployment to Antarctica to support Operation Deep Freeze 2024.

April 4, 2024

Media Advisory: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane is scheduled to return to home port following inaugural Operation Blue Pacific Patrol in Oceania

Who: U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Michael Day, commander U.S. Coast Guard Fourteenth District, and Cmdr. Nicole Tesoniero, commanding officer U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903). What: U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane and crew are expected to return to home port after their inaugural Operation Blue Pacific patrol in Oceania. Media are invited to watch Harriet Lane and crew moor at Pearl Harbor and families be reunited after being away for more than 70 days. Media will be able to hear remarks from Day and Tesoniero regarding Operation Blue Pacific and the increased Coast Guard presence in Oceania. Where: Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, 1000 North Rd, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96860 When: Tuesday, April 9 at 10 a.m.

April 4, 2024

A Coast Guard Sector San Diego aircrew responds to a medical emergency 160 miles off the San Diego coast

SAN DIEGO – A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew medically evacuates a 29-year-old male passenger from the petroleum oil tank ship Ingrid, approximately 160 miles southwest of San Diego, Wednesday afternoon.

A Coast Guard Station Burlington boat crew rescues two stranded boaters on Lake Champlain after their vessel ran aground

April 3, 2024

Coast Guard rescues 2 boaters on Lake Champlain

BOSTON — Coast Guard Station Burlington, Vermont, rescued two stranded boaters from an island on Lake Champlain after their vessel ran aground Monday.

April 1, 2024

Coast Guard Sector Los Angeles/Long Beach holds change of command ceremony

SAN PEDRO, Calif. — Capt. Stacey Crecy relieved Capt. Ryan Manning as the Coast

April 1, 2024

Media Advisory: Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Recruiting Office Tampa Bay invites media to recruiting open house

CLEARWATER, Fla. — Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater and Recruiting Office Tampa Bay crews are holding an open house for more than 300 local high school students to showcase Coast Guard missions, aircraft, and careers.