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The Joint Civilian Orientation Conference 94 Coast Guard Day was held, Sept. 22, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Florida. JCOC allows American businesses, community leaders and teams from the DoD to have a full one-day experience of how the different military branches operate and what missions they execute daily.

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.

A U.S. Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew hovers over the Carnival Valor cruise ship, near Southwest Pass, La. on Sept. 27, 2023. The aircrew responded to a report of a 61-year-old woman with stroke like symptoms. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Air Station New Orleans)

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

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Family and friends of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Forward's (WMEC 911) crew watch the cutter approach the pier, Sept. 26, in Portsmouth, Virginia. Forward completed a two-and-a-half month-long patrol in the North Atlantic Ocean to support the Coast Guard Arctic Strategy and participate in the Canadian Armed Forces-led Operation Nanook 2023, an annual military exercise conducted to strengthen shared maritime objectives in the high northern latitudes. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)

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.

Coast Guard, state and local first responders will conduct a large-scale drill on the Tennessee River

Sept. 26, 2023

Media Advisory: Coast Guard, state and local first responders will conduct a large-scale drill on Tennessee River

Editors Note: Media planning to attend should RSVP no later than 4 p.m., September 27th, by

Sept. 26, 2023

Coast Guard ends search for woman swept by current off beach in Clallam County, Washington

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard has ended its search for a missing woman in Clallam County after a body matching the woman’s description was located on Rialto Beach, Monday.