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March 19, 2025

Media Advisory: Coast Guard to offload more than $517.5 million in illegal drugs

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a press conference, Thursday, highlighting the offload of over 45,600 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $517.5 million at Port Everglades.

March 18, 2025

Coast Guard achieves major milestone in drug interdiction, border control operations

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard achieved a major milestone this week, interdicting over 80,000 pounds of illicit drugs since Jan. 21, being smuggled by drug cartels in an attempt to reach the U.S.

March 17, 2025

Coast Guard stops illegal charter violating federal order

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A Coast Guard Station San Juan law enforcement team terminated a bareboat

March 17, 2025

Coast Guard removes 30 aliens from uninhabited Mona Island, transfers to Border Patrol agents

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle (WPC 1133) removed 30

March 14, 2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard Pacific Northwest Updates Media Contact Information

SEATTLE – The Coast Guard 13th District, which includes the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho and Montana, has updated it’s media contact information.

March 14, 2025

Coast Guard conducts joint operation to disrupt illicit maritime activity in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — A Coast Guard law enforcement team from Sector Delaware Bay led a joint operation with partner agencies to ensure compliance with federal regulations at the Packer Avenue Marine Terminal, Tuesday.

March 14, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns home after 60-day maritime border security patrol

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to their home port in Pensacola, Monday, following a 60-day patrol in the Florida Straits, Windward Passage and Gulf of America. Reliance deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast (HSTF-SE) and Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) while underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District's area of responsibility, where crew members contributed to safeguarding America by patrolling U.S. maritime borders.

March 13, 2025

Multimedia Release: Coast Guard Station Curtis Bay completes pistol qualification course

Coast Guard crew members from Station Curtis Bay and Sector Maryland-National Capital Region recently completed the Coast Guard's Pistol Qualification Course at the range in Fort Meade, Maryland.

March 12, 2025

Coast Guard detains 16 Mexican fishermen, seizes 2,500 pounds of illegally poached fish off Texas coast

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted and detained 16 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing and seized approximately 2,500 pounds of fish in federal waters off southern Texas on Tuesday night.

March 12, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 15 aliens from disabled vessel off San Diego coast

SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard Air Station San Diego MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew rescued 15 aliens aboard an adrift vessel approximately 60 miles southwest of San Diego, Tuesday.

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