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June 5, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Training Center Cape May to Celebrate 75 Years of Recruit Training

CAPE MAY, N.J. — Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to celebrate its 75th Anniversary of Recruit Training with a series of events, honored guests, and a media availability, June 8, at 2:00 p.m.

The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable transits toward the pier at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 18, 2016. Dependable returned home following a successful counter-drug and migrant patrol through the Florida Straights and the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake.

June 4, 2023

USCGC Dependable returns home following 42-day multi-mission patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Dependable (WMEC 626) returned to their home port in Virginia Beach, Sunday, following a 42-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage.

June 2, 2023

Coast Guard to conduct pollution response exercise in the Bering Strait

JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard is scheduled to conduct a pollution response exercise in the Bering Strait June 7, 2023.

(From right) Capt. Brian Krautler, commanding officer of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752), Capt. Antonio Sontillanosa, commanding officer of Philippine Coast Guard vessel BRP Melchora Aquino (MRRV-9702) and Capt. Toru Imai, commanding officer of Japan Coast Guard Vessel Akitsushima (PLH 32), stand together arm-in-arm at a ceremony in Manila, Philippines, marking the beginning of a multi-day trilateral engagement June 1, 2023. Stratton deployed to the Western Pacific to conduct engagements with regional allies and partner nations, reinforcing a rules-based order in the maritime domain. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi)

June 2, 2023

U.S., Philippine, Japan Coast Guards to conduct trilateral engagements

MANILA, Philippines — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) and crew arrived in Manila on Thursday to conduct professional exchanges and joint operations with members of the Philippine and Japan Coast Guards during Stratton’s months-long Indo-Pacific deployment. Members from the three Coast Guards will engage in the first ever group of trilateral activities at sea and in port during a multi-day visit building upon enduring partnerships between the nations.

A graphic containing updated figures for the Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook 2023 statistics. (U.S. Coast Guard graphic)

June 1, 2023

Coast Guard urges preparedness for 2023 Atlantic hurricane season

MIAMI — The Coast Guard reminds mariners and residents of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands to prepare for the 2023 hurricane season.

Capt. Justin Matthew Carter (left) shakes the hand of Capt. Matthew T. Brown (right) in front of USCGC Hamilton's (WMSL 753) crew as they arrive as the official party for the unit's change of command ceremony, June 1, 2023, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in North Charleston, South Carolina. The change of command ceremony marks a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Ray Corniel)

June 1, 2023

USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) holds change of command ceremony

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — Capt. Justin Matthew Carter relieved Capt. Matthew T. Brown as commanding officer of the USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) during a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center in North Charleston.

Coast Guard Cutter Donald Horsley’s small boat crew interdicts a vessel in the Mona Passage May 30, 2023. The Coast Guard returned 24 of 29 migrants from this case to the Dominican Republic June 1, 2023 while four others are facing federal prosecution at the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico. Coast Guard crews also medevac’d a pregnant woman, who was experiencing contractions, to a local hospital in Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

June 1, 2023

Coast Guard returns 24 migrants to the Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in the Mona Passage

The Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon returned 24 of 29 migrants to the Dominican Republic Thursday, following the interdiction of an illegal voyage vessel in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico. Four other migrants in this case, Alfredo Rodriguez-Moya, 23; Johan Jerber-Jaramillo, 22; Francisco Santos-Cedeño, 36; and Jean Enus Demosthene, 43; are facing federal prosecution at the U.S. District Court in Puerto Rico. They are being charged with violating Title 8 U.S.C. § 1325, attempted improper entry; Title 18 U.S.C. § 2237, failure to heave; and Title 18 U.S.C. § 111, assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees. Also in this case, Coast Guard crews medevac’d a pregnant woman who was experiencing contractions and transported her to a local hospital in Puerto Rico.

June 1, 2023

Coast Guard aircrew medevacs cruise ship passenger near Sitka, Alaska

KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a cruise ship passenger in Cape Ommaney, Alaska, Wednesday evening.

June 1, 2023

Training Center Cape May to fire 40MM battery for 75th Anniversary

The Coast Guard Training Center Cape May Armory staff will be conducting a 19-Gun Salute from the regimental 40MM saluting battery on base beginning at approximately 2:15 p.m., June 8, in celebration of the training center’s 75th Anniversary of recruit training.

June 1, 2023

Coast Guard urges preparedness for 2023 hurricane season

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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Station Port Aransas holds change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/i8I4QCMSyF

Media Availability: USCGC Legare to return home following a 69-day patrol in the Florida Straits https://t.co/qQwF8ArjN0

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/JNZBmu4j9j

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/8gSqJ7ove5

Unified Command stands down from response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/D9aMs0kr97

Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South holds change of command ceremony https://t.co/kgNii5ilKP

Unified Command transitions from shipboard fire response to investigation and salvage operations at Port Newark https://t.co/7gHK5r9Ut4

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/ejzFtniVX6

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/6O7stlpuOi

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified Command to provide update on vessel fire at Port Newark https://t.co/vopXwYvhtC

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel off Ponte Vedra Beach https://t.co/gWJEIBTH9a

Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay (WTGB 105) Change of Command Ceremony https://t.co/I1QWDV99nL

Coast Guard, state, local first responders to conduct boat drills on Ohio River in Kentucky, Indiana. https://t.co/PsZUeCVxqH

Coast Guard medevacs crew member from oil rig 88 miles off Freeport, Texas https://t.co/n5P2u8Bl3z

UPDATE 2: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/kqHY7xjfej

Coast Guard assists 11 beset by weather on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana https://t.co/qQQ9GnzX94

Coast Guard rescues 4 from vessel taking on water 30 miles off Baffin Bay, Texas https://t.co/5LfFLQAd03

UPDATE 1: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/qNZn6Wvpkz

Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/lXS77UQ0f6

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral holds 1st change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/S0GMwft5Lw

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