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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.

Family members of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew prepare to wave goodbye from the pier in Seattle, July 11, 2023. The Healy is one of two icebreakers in the Coast Guard and is the only military ship dedicated to conducting research in the Arctic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Annika Hirschler)

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.

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Raymond D. Jackson, left, relieves Capt. Frank J. Florio, right, as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South during a change of command ceremony, July 11, 2023, at Coast Guard Air Station Miami. The change of command ceremony marks a transfer of total responsibility and authority from one individual to another. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melody Benitez)

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.

Unified Command provides update on vessel fire at Port Newark

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.

Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon’s Over the Horizon cutter boat crew interdicts a migrant vessel July 8, 2023 in Mona Passage waters northwest of Aguadilla, Puerto Rico. Cutter Richard Dixon’s crew repatriated the 27 migrants, 24 Dominicans and three Haitians, and transferred them to Dominican Republic Navy authorities in Punta Juanillo, Dominican Republic, June 10, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

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.

July 11, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified Command to provide update on vessel fire at Port Newark

PORT NEWARK, New Jersey – The Unified Command in charge of the ongoing salvage and response efforts at Port Newark will provide an update on the motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio, which caught fire July 5 around 9:30 p.m. For more details, click the link above.

French Air and Space Force A400M pilots conduct a search and rescue mission over the Pacific Ocean, July 10, 2023

July 11, 2023

French, Canadian, U.S. Forces collaborate with local responders in successful rescue operation off Rota, CNMI

SANTA RITA, Guam — French, Canadian, and U.S. Forces, with local responders, successfully conducted a search and rescue operation to save the operator and passengers of a distressed vessel off the coast of Rota, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, on July 10. Thanks to the coordinated efforts of local partnerships and the utilization of aircraft resources, all 11 people from the center console fishing vessel are safely in Rota.