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Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) arrived in Juneau, Alaska, for a scheduled port visit Feb. 27, 2023. Commissioned in 2017, Munro is one of four Coast Guard legend class national security cutters homeported in Alameda. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt.j.g. Gunner Smith.

Feb. 28, 2023

Coast Guard Cutter Munro arrives in Juneau, Alaska

Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) arrived in Juneau, Alaska, for a scheduled port visit Monday.

Feb. 27, 2023

Coast Guard Cutter Juniper returns to homeport after completing a 43-day Operation Blue Pacific patrol

HONOLULU - The Coast Guard Cutter Juniper (WLB 201) returns to homeport in Honolulu after a mission in the Pacific to deter illegal fishing and support partner nation’s sovereignty as part of Operation Blue Pacific.

The William Hart is one of six highly capable FRCs stationed throughout District 14. Their crews provide year-round search and rescue and maritime law enforcement coverage across a 15 million square mile area of responsibility, demonstrating the Coast Guard’s commitment to our partner nations across the Blue Pacific.

Feb. 27, 2023

Coast Guard cutter completes Operation Aiga '23

HONOLULU — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter William Hart returned to Honolulu after completing a 42-day patrol in Oceania in support of Operation ‘Aiga on Monday.

Feb. 27, 2023

Billet Night at U.S. Coast Guard Academy

New London, CT — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy is proud to announce the upcoming Billet Night event for the Class of 2023. This highly anticipated event will take place on Thursday, March 2, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Leamy Hall Auditorium, at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT.

The Reliance-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Decisive (WMEC 629) conduct at sea engagements with the navy of Guatemala in the territorial seas of Guatemala on Oct. 25 - 26, 2021. The U.S. Coast Guard conducts routine deployments in the Southern Command area of responsibility, works alongside partners, builds maritime domain awareness, and shares best practices with partner nation navies and coast guards. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 27, 2023

Coast Guard to hold decommissioning ceremony for USCGC Decisive Thursday

PENSACOLA, Fla— The Coast Guard is scheduled to decommission USCGC Decisive (WMEC 629), a 210-foot, Reliance-class medium endurance cutter during a ceremony 10 a.m. Thursday, March 2, 2023, at Naval Air Station Pensacola.

Feb. 27, 2023

Search continues after Coast Guard, Good Samaritan vessel rescue 1 of 2 overdue fishermen stranded on Mona Island, Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk helicopter aircrew and a Good Samaritan vessel rescued one of two overdue fishermen Monday, after he was found stranded on Mona Island, Puerto Rico. Still missing is Wilson Negrón, while rescued is Luis Eliel Guerra, 29, after he was found by a Good Samaritan vessel stranded on ‘Pajaros Beach’ on the south coast of Mona Island, Puerto Rico.

Feb. 26, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs boater near St. Andrews Bay, Florida

The Coast Guard medevaced a 60-year-old male Sunday near St. Andrews Bay, Florida.

Feb. 26, 2023

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues hiker on Mussel Rock Beach

The Coast Guard rescued a stranded hiker off Mussel Rock Beach Sunday.

Feb. 26, 2023

Coast Guard searches for 2 overdue fishermen off Rincon, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard air and surface units are searching for two overdue fishermen Sunday in Mona Passage waters off Rincón, Puerto Rico.

U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Apprentice Greyson Collins, a crew member assigned to USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617), searches for migrant vessels or vessels in distress throughout the Florida Straits Feb. 7, 2023. Vigilant is on a patrol in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry in the Caribbean Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Serheni’te Johnson)

Feb. 25, 2023

USCGC Vigilant’s crew returns home following 28-day Florida Straits patrol

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The crew of the USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617) returned to their home port in Cape Canaveral Saturday following a 28-day patrol in the Florida Straits. Patrolling in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility, Vigilant’s crew conducted maritime safety and security missions while working to detect, deter and intercept unsafe and illegal migrant ventures bound for the United States.

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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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