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Journalists from Haitian media outlets visit Florida International University for an engagement coordinated by the U.S. Embassy staff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast staff in Miami, Florida, May 17, 2023. During the week-long engagement, the visiting journalists were briefed on Operation Vigilant Sentry by members of the HSTF-SE joint information center and embarked a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircraft for a patrol over the Florida Straits. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Eric Rodriguez)

June 6, 2023

Departments of State, Homeland Security host Haitian journalists in Florida to report on maritime migration

MIAMI – Five journalists from Haitian media outlets visited south Florida last month for a week of scheduled engagements coordinated by the U.S. Embassy staff in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and the Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast staff.

June 6, 2023

Media Availability: 17th Coast Guard District to conduct change-of-command ceremony

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard’s 17th District is scheduled to conduct a change-of-command ceremony Friday at the Alaska Army National Guard Army Aviation Operating Facility, in Juneau. Members of the media who would like to attend need to RSVP by contacting the Coast Guard public affairs office in Juneau at (907) 463-2065.

June 5, 2023

Coast Guard to participate in public events, establish security zone for Portland Rose Festival

PORTLAND, Ore. – Coast Guard crews are scheduled to participate in multiple events throughout the Portland area for the annual Portland Rose Festival from June 7-11. The crews of the Cutters Elm, Bailey Barco, Bluebell and Orcas will provide public tours of the cutters throughout the weekend while moored on the Willamette River at the end of SW Ash Street. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Astoria is scheduled to conduct a search and rescue demonstration Saturday, June 10, in the Willamette River near the end of SW Ash Street, at approximately 2:15p.m.

June 5, 2023

Coast Guard establishes Marine Safety Detachment Nags Head

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The Coast Guard held a ceremony in Nags Head, North Carolina, Monday, to

June 5, 2023

Coast Guard, partner agencies responding to vessel fire in Glacier Bay, Alaska

The Coast Guard is responding to a reported fire aboard the on the 178-foot passenger vessel Wilderness Discoverer in Glacier Bay, National Park, Alaska. The fire has been extinguished and all 51 passengers along with 16 crewmembers were safely disembarked aboard the cruise ship Sapphire Princess.

June 5, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to hold special status ceremony for Cutter Bayberry

Editor’s note: Media interested in attending should contact the Coast Guard’s 5th District Public

June 5, 2023

Advisory: Coast Guard to hold Base Kodiak change-of-command ceremony

Capt. Edward Hernaez is scheduled to be relieved as Coast Guard Base Kodiak’s commander by Capt. Jeremey Hall in a change-of-command ceremony at Base Kodiak June 6th.

June 5, 2023

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man from vessel taking on water off Little St. Simons Island

CHARLESTON, S.C.— A Coast Guard Air Station Savannah aircrew rescued a man, Sunday, after his 45-foot sailing vessel started taking on water 3 miles offshore of Little St. Simons Island, Georgia.

June 5, 2023

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Training Center Cape May to Celebrate 75 Years of Recruit Training

CAPE MAY, N.J. — Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to celebrate its 75th Anniversary of Recruit Training with a series of events, honored guests, and a media availability, June 8, at 2:00 p.m.

The Coast Guard Cutter Dependable transits toward the pier at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek, Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Virginia, May 18, 2016. Dependable returned home following a successful counter-drug and migrant patrol through the Florida Straights and the Caribbean Sea. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake.

June 4, 2023

USCGC Dependable returns home following 42-day multi-mission patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage

VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Dependable (WMEC 626) returned to their home port in Virginia Beach, Sunday, following a 42-day patrol in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage.