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May 5, 2023

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues 2 downed aircraft survivors near Greenville, NC

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued two adult survivors from a downed aircraft Friday near

Seaman Joaquin Roldan cuts the remainder of the old light tower on Buck Island just off St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands April 18, 2023, in preparation for a new tower that was installed and made operational April 23, 2023.The rebuilt tower is assisting maritime traffic seeking to enter Charlotte Amalie or West Gregory Channel in St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Robert Quinn)

May 5, 2023

Coast Guard rebuilds Buck Island aids to navigation tower in U.S. Virgin Islands

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Puerto Rico completed the rebuild of the Buck Island aids to navigation tower light just off Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands, Sunday. The eight-day evolution resulted in a newly rebuilt tower light that is now fully operational and assisting maritime traffic seeking to enter Charlotte Amalie or West Gregory Channel.

May 5, 2023

MEDIA ADVISORY: Cape May Coast Guard to Hold Annual Community Festival

CAPE MAY, N.J. – U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May and the Cape May County Coast Guard Community Foundation are scheduled to hold the annual Coast Guard Community Festival, Saturday, May 20, between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m., at the base.

A U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton (WMSL 753) small boat crew prepares to interdict a rustic vessel about 30 miles north of Cayo Cruz Del Padre, Cuba, April 30, 2023. Twenty-seven people were repatriated to Cuba May 3, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 4, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates, transfers 259 people to Haiti, Cuba, Bahamas

MIAMI — Coast Guard crews repatriated 166 people to Haiti, repatriated 27 people to Cuba and transferred 66 people to the Bahamas, Wednesday, following five interdictions off the coasts of Florida, Haiti and Cuba. The Coast Guard, along with Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast partners, maintains a continual presence with air, land and sea assets in South Florida, the Florida Straits and the Caribbean Sea, collaborating to protect safety of life at sea. With their combined multi-layered approach, they were able to interdict several illegal maritime migration events over the past week.

Crews from Air Station Sitka, RCAF 442 Squadron, and Air Station Kodiak preflight their aircraft during a search and rescue exercise in Sitka, Alaska, May 9, 2022. The U.S. Coast Guard is southeast Alaska’s leading search and rescue entity. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Lt. Cmdr Wryan Webb.

May 4, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian and Alaska Army National Guard crews to conduct search and rescue exercises near Sitka, Alaska

The crews of Coast Guard Air Station Sitka, Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak, Royal Canadian Air Force 442 Squadron, Sitka Mountain Rescue, Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman and Juneau Army National Guard are scheduled to conduct multiple search-and-rescue (SAR) exercises next week in the areas surrounding Sitka.

May 4, 2023

Coast Guard conducts oil spill exercise in American Samoa

PAGO PAGO, American Samoa – U.S. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Incident Management Division, District Fourteen District Response Advisory Team, and Marine Safety Detachment American Samoa participated in a four-day oil spill response and exercise deployment training last week.

Two Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boats-Medium are photographed moored at Coast Guard Station Ketchikan, Alaska, April 28, 2023. Station Ketchikan is equipped with two 29-foot Response Boats-Small and two 45-foot Response Boats-Medium which are used to carry out missions throughout southeastern Alaska such as law enforcement, living marine resources enforcement and search & rescue. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ian Gray.

May 4, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs man from cruise ship near Ketchikan, Alaska

The Coast Guard medevaced a man from a cruise ship near Ketchikan Wednesday, May 3, 2023.

Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crewmember helps offload 901 pounds of cocaine in San Juan, Puerto Rico, May 3, 2023. The cutter crew also transferred three suspected smugglers apprehended in this case were to federal agents, following the interdiction of a drug smuggling go-fast vessel north of Puerto Rico, April 29, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 4, 2023

Coast Guard offloads $10.2 million in seized cocaine, transfers 3 smugglers to federal agents in San Juan, Puerto Rico

The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Napier crew and Caribbean Corridor Strike Force agents offloaded 901 pounds (411kgs) of cocaine Wednesday in San Juan, Puerto Rico, following the interdiction of a smuggling vessel north of Puerto Rico. The three men apprehended in this case are Dominican Republic nationals who are facing federal prosecution in District Court of Puerto Rico for Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute a Controlled Substance Aboard a Vessel Subject to the Jurisdiction of the United States.

May 4, 2023

Coast Guard, partners rescue 3 overdue mariners in Kiribati

HONOLULU — Coast Guard, Rescue Coordination Center Fiji, and the merchant vessel Natinteraoi crews rescued three overdue mariners 63 nautical miles west of Abaiang Island, Tuesday.