HEADQUARTERS

July 12, 2023

Media Availability: Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron to host change of command ceremony

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron (HITRON) is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony Friday at HITRON Jacksonville.

July 12, 2023

Coast Guard coordinates interagency medevac near Costa Rica

      Editor's Note: Click on images to download high-resolution version.ALAMEDA, Calif. — The Coast

July 12, 2023

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Station Port Aransas holds change-of-command ceremony

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard Station Port Aransas held a change-of-command ceremony Port Aransas, Texas, Friday.

July 12, 2023

Media Availability: USCGC Legare to return home following a 69-day patrol in the Florida Straits

PORTSMOUTH, Va. —The crew of the USCGC Legare (WMEC 912) is scheduled to return to their home port in Portsmouth Thursday following a 69-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Florida Straits.

July 12, 2023

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) departed Seattle, Tuesday, for a months-long Arctic deployment. The crew aboard Healy, a 420-foot icebreaker, will provide U.S. surface presence in the Arctic, conduct high latitude science and research missions, engage in exercises and professional exchanges with foreign partners, and conduct other operations as directed throughout the deployment.

July 12, 2023

Unified Command stands down from response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark

PORT NEWARK, New Jersey – The Unified Command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Newark Fire Department, and Gallagher Marine Systems, which was formed to respond to the July 5 fire on the motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark, was stood down Wednesday.

July 11, 2023

Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South holds change of command ceremony

MIAMI— U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Raymond D. Jackson relieved Capt. Frank J. Florio as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South (TACLET South) during a change of command ceremony, Tuesday, at Coast Guard Air Station Miami.

July 11, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs master from tug near Zarembo Island, Alaska

Juneau, Alaska — The Coast Guard medevaced the master of a tug underway six miles west of Zarembo Island, Alaska, Monday.

July 11, 2023

Unified Command transitions from shipboard fire response to investigation and salvage operations at Port Newark

PORT NEWARK, New Jersey – The Unified Command consisting of the U.S. Coast Guard, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Newark Fire Department, and Gallagher Marine Systems has successfully concluded shipboard fire response operations at Port Newark and is transitioning to the investigation and salvage operations. To view the entire press release, click on the link above.

July 11, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon crew repatriated 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, Monday, following the interdiction of a makeshift vessel in Mona Passage waters northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Most of the interdicted migrants claimed to be Dominican Republic nationals except for three Haitian nationals.