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The Coast Guard Cutter Confidence is shown on a patrol in April 2018. The Confidence is a 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported out of Cape Canaveral, Florida. (Coast Guard photo)

Jan. 27, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Confidence returns to Cape Canaveral after 60-day patrol in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their homeport in Cape Canaveral, Friday, following a 60-day deployment in the Windward Passage and Florida Straits.

Adm. Linda Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, presents Charleston County Council Chairman Herbert Sass III with an official designation during a Coast Guard Community Designation Ceremony for Greater Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 26, 2024.

Jan. 26, 2024

PHOTO RELEASE: Greater Charleston designated an official Coast Guard Community

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A ceremony designating Greater Charleston as an official Coast Guard community was held Friday at the South Carolina Ports Cruise Terminal in Charleston.

Coast Guard members and designated officials break ground during a Coast Guard groundbreaking ceremony for a new Base Charleston campus in North Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 26, 2024.

Jan. 26, 2024

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard holds groundbreaking ceremony for new Base Charleston campus

CHARLESTON, S.C. — Coast Guard Base Charleston held a groundbreaking ceremony, Friday, for a new 64-acre campus in North Charleston.

Coast Guardsmen posed for a photo after rescuing the dog.

Jan. 25, 2024

Coast Guard Station Kenosha rescues dog from icy waters

MILWAUKEE – Members of Coast Guard Station Kenosha rescued a dog from the icy waters near the Great Lakes Yacht Club in Kenosha Harbor, Wisconsin, today.

Jan. 25, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs 1 from oil platform 130 miles offshore Brownsville, Texas

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard medevaced one ailing crewman from an oil platform approximately 130 miles south of Brownsville, Texas, Wednesday.

Jan. 25, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to hold Blackthorn memorial service in Galveston, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a Blackthorn memorial service in Galveston, Texas, Sunday.

Jan. 25, 2024

Coast Guard to conduct emergency response training with state, international partners

DULUTH, Minn. – The Coast Guard is partnering with nearly 100 emergency responders to participate in the Great Lakes Forest Fire Compact’s Section Chief's Academy (Academy) in Duluth on Jan. 29, 2024.

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Jan. 24, 2024

Coast Guard responds to grounded vessels on Maui

HONOLULU - The Coast Guard has concluded its response to two separate incidents involving grounded vessels on the coast of Maui.

Jan. 24, 2024

Media Availability: Coast Guard to hold 44th anniversary memorial for the crew of Cutter Blackthorn

Editor’s Note: Media interested in attending the ceremony are requested to RSVP no later than 3

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dependable's crew rescues 33 people from a vessel taking on water near Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Jan. 22, 2024. The people were transferred to Haitian authorities on Jan. 23, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Jan. 24, 2024

Coast Guard rescues 33 people from sinking vessel off Haiti

MIAMI — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Dependable rescued 33 people, Monday, after their vessel began taking on water approximately 6 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti.