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A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) station keeps alongside a multi-year ice floe while a team of crew and researchers install equipment in the Beaufort Sea, Aug. 6, 2023. The Healy is ideal for science and research projects like the Arctic Mobile Observing System; providing access to the most remote reaches of the Arctic Ocean; areas barricaded by pack ice and insurmountable by most research vessels. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Briana Carter)

Aug. 14, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy, scientists deploy ice stations

BEAUFORT SEA – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) crew and embarked researchers ventured onto a floe of multi-year ice for the first of three multi-instrument ice stations in the Arctic Ocean Basin late July and early August. As the Healy carefully approached and maintained position alongside an ice floe above 77 degrees north, the crew and a team of scientists, working in cooperation with the Office of Naval Research, (ONR) offloaded a diverse collection of equipment on to the floe carefully selected for its size and composition of multi-year ice.

Aug. 13, 2023

Coast Guard searching for 4 missing male divers 50 miles south of Cape Fear, North Carolina

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard is searching for four missing male divers Sunday 50 miles south of

A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew rescued a boy after he was injured in a collision between two boats 13 miles northwest of Egmont Key, Florida, Aug. 12, 2023. Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg watchstanders were notified that upon both vessels colliding a 14-year-old boy fell overboard and sustained lacerations to his arm from a propeller. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

Aug. 12, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 14-year-old boy near St. Petersburg

CLEARWATER, Fla. — A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg boat crew rescued a boy, Saturday after he

Aug. 11, 2023

Coast Guard, partners expand response efforts for Maui Fires

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, along with federal, state, and local partners continue to respond following the Lahaina wildfires in Maui.

Aug. 11, 2023

Coast Guard to conduct Lahaina Fire Response press briefing at Coast Guard Base Honolulu

Editor's Note: Media interested in attending are requested to RSVP at uscgd14mauifires@gmail.com by

Aug. 11, 2023

VIDEO RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel 24 miles offshore Sapelo Sound, Georgia

VIDEO RELEASE: The Coast Guard medevaced a man, Friday, from a fishing vessel 24 miles offshore Sapelo Sound, Georgia.

Coast Guard Sector San Juan concluded pollution mitigation efforts and an investigation of the grounded fishing vessel G. Saba, in Puerto Real, Cabo Rojo, Aug. 7, 2023. Operations are concluded with no evidence of additional fuel for future potential discharge, recoverable product, or threat to the marine environment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 11, 2023

Coast Guard San Juan crews conclude investigation, response to reports of pollution in Cabo Rojo

MIAMI — Coast Guard Sector San Juan concluded pollution mitigation efforts and an investigation of

Aug. 10, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs 2 boaters near Atchafalaya Bay, La.

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced two boaters Thursday from a construction vessel approximately 20 miles south of Atchafalaya Bay, Louisiana.

Aug. 10, 2023

UPDATE 1: Coast Guard, agencies continue response to Western Maui Fires

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard, along with federal, state, and local partners continue to respond following the Lahaina wildfires in Maui, HI.

The crew of the Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX 327) returns to homeport in New London, August 10, 2023. This year, crew, cadets, and officer candidates sailed over 16,800 nautical miles, traveling to the Azores, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden as part of their annual training cruise, after departing New London, April 8, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon)

Aug. 10, 2023

Coast Guard Barque Eagle returns to New London after 4-month deployment

NEW LONDON, Conn. — The crew of the Coast Guard Barque Eagle (WIX 327) returned to the ship’s homeport in New London, Thursday, following a four-month deployment. This year, crew, cadets, and officer candidates sailed over 16,800 nautical miles, traveling to the Azores, Netherlands, Norway, Denmark, Finland, and Sweden as part of their annual training cruise, after departing New London, April 8, 2023.