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June 29, 2023

A Coast Guard aircrew responds to a mayday call off the coast of San Diego

San Diego — SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew medically evacuated a 49-year-old man from the sailing vessel Sam, approximately 118 miles west of San Clemente Island, Wednesday.

June 28, 2023

Coast Guard transfers 14 migrants, one deceased person to Bahamas

MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Legare transferred 14 migrants and one deceased person to the Bahamas following the interdiction of a migrant venture in Bahamian waters, Tuesday.

A Coast Guard Station Charleston 45-foot Response Boat-Medium boat crew participates in a mass rescue exercise in the Port of Charleston, South Carolina, June 28, 2023.

June 28, 2023

PHOTO RELEASE: Federal, state, local agencies conduct mass rescue exercise in Port of Charleston

PHOTO RELEASE: Federal, state and local agencies conducted a multi-agency mass rescue operations/mass casualty incident exercise, Wednesday, in the Port of Charleston.

June 28, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard recovers evidence from TITAN submersible

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard received debris and evidence recovered from the seafloor at the site of the TITAN submersible when the M/V HORIZON ARCTIC arrived in St. John’s Newfoundland, June 28, 2023.

A 25-foot vessel interdicted by the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle June 27, 2023, lays empty and adrift in the Mona Passage. Twenty-two people from this makeshift vessel were repatriated along with 22 others from a separate interdiction to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel just off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, June 28, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

June 28, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 44 migrants to the Dominican Republic, following 2 vessel interdictions in the Mona Passage

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle repatriated 44 migrants to the Dominican Republic, Wednesday, following two makeshift vessel interdictions in Mona Passage waters off the west coast of Puerto Rico. The Coast Guard, along with Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast partners, maintains a continual presence with air, land, and sea assets in the Florida Straits, the Windward Passage, the Mona Passage and the Caribbean Sea, collaborating to protect safety of life at sea. With their combined multi-layered approach, they were able to interdict these unlawful, irregular maritime migration events.

June 27, 2023

Coast Guard, partner agencies suspend search for missing diver near Deerfield Beach

MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended the search, Tuesday, for the missing 32-year-old diver near

USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617) led a two-day engagement and joint training exercise with the Ecuadorian Coast Guard, May 23, 2023, in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. The purpose of the exercise was to strengthen ties with international partners and promote regional stability and security. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Second Class Michael Mann)

June 27, 2023

USCGC Vigilant returns from Eastern Pacific patrol, conducts international collaboration

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – The USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617) returned home to Cape Canaveral, Sunday, following a 50-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Florida Straits. Patrolling in support of Joint Interagency Task Force South, Vigilant worked alongside other Coast Guard cutters, Department of Defense and Department of Homeland Security units, and international partners to conduct counter drug operations with the assistance of an aviation detachment from a Coast Guard Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron.

June 27, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger 230 miles off New Orleans, La.

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a 53-year-old man from a cruise ship Sunday approximately 230 miles south of New Orleans, Louisiana.

Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier interdicted a smuggling vessel in Caribbean Sea international waters south of Puerto Rico June 18, 2023. The cutter’s crew seized, approximately 2,024 pounds of cocaine, which are estimated to have a wholesale value of $23 million dollars. Four smugglers apprehended in this case face prosecution by the U.S. Department of Justice at the Federal District Court in Puerto Rico. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

June 27, 2023

Coast Guard offloads more than $23 million in illegal narcotics in San Juan, Puerto Rico

The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier (WPC 1115) offloaded more than 2,024 pounds of cocaine worth more than $23 million in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Monday. The offloaded drugs were interdicted by the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier and U.S. Customs and Border Protection multi-role enforcement aircraft June 18, 2023, in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea south of Puerto Rico. The interdiction is the result of multi-agency efforts involving the Organized Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force (OCDETF), the Caribbean Border Interagency Group and the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force.

June 27, 2023

Federal, state and local agencies to conduct exercise in Port of Charleston

Federal, state and local agencies are scheduled to conduct a multi-agency mass rescue operations/mass casualty incident exercise Wednesday in the Port of Charleston in the vicinity of Patriots Point, Mount Pleasant and Tradd Street.