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June 23, 2023

UPDATE: Coast Guard, local agencies suspend search in Chesapeake Bay after tractor-trailer goes off Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard and local agencies suspended their search Friday for the driver of

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Ryan Waters relieves Cmdr. Todd Batten as commander of USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) during a change of command ceremony, June 23, 2023, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth. Vigorous is a 210-foot, Reliance-class medium endurance cutter. The cutter’s primary missions are counter-narcotics operations, migrant interdiction, living marine resources protection, and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Travis Morris)

June 23, 2023

USCGC Vigorous holds change of command ceremony

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Todd Batten relieved Cmdr. Ryan Waters as commanding officer of the USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) during a change of command ceremony, Friday, at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth.

June 23, 2023

Salmangundi Club to host U.S. Coast Guard’s 2023 Art Collection

NEW YORK—The Coast Guard Art Program will display 38 works of art from its 2023 Art Collection at the Salmagundi Club from June 26 through July 28, 2023, in New York, New York. Click the link to view the full release

June 23, 2023

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard 8th District holds change-of-command ceremony

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard 8th District personnel held a change-of-command ceremony Friday at the Port of New Orleans.

June 23, 2023

Coast Guard Force Readiness Command holds change-of-command ceremony in Yorktown

NORFOLK, Va. — Coast Guard Rear Adm. Jeffrey K. Randall relieved Rear Adm. M. W. (Joe) Raymond as

U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Megan Dean, Seventeenth district commander, presents Capt. Nathan Coulter with a certificate of appreciation following Coulter’s retirement ceremony, June 22, 2023. Coulter retired from the Coast Guard after serving 26 years in the service. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.

June 23, 2023

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak holds change of command ceremony

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak and crew held a change of command ceremony, Thursday, in Kodiak.

June 23, 2023

Sector Sault Ste. Marie holds Change-of-Command Ceremony

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. — Coast Guard Capt. James Bendle relieved Capt. Anthony Jones as commander, Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie during a change-of-command ceremony on Friday, June 23, here.

June 23, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs motor vessel crewmember near Grand Isle, La.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard medevaced a motor vessel crewmember Thursday approximately 20 miles southwest of Grand Isle, Louisiana.

June 23, 2023

Change of Command set for Coast Guard Sector Detroit

DETROIT — Coast Guard Sector Detroit will undergo a change of command June 30 as Capt. Brad W. Kelly passes the torch to Capt. Richard P. Armstrong in a formal ceremony at the Grosse Pointe War Memorial.

Coast Guard Operation Vigilant Sentry graphic.

June 23, 2023

Coast Guard transfers 20 people to Bahamas

PHOTO AVAILABLE: MIAMI – Coast Guard crews transferred 20 people to the Bahamas over four days, with these encounters coming from two separate voyages, originating from the Bahamas.