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Feb. 26, 2025

Coast Guard encounters over a dozen aliens off the coast of southern California

PHOTO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard encountered over a dozen aliens off the coast of southern California early Tuesday morning.

Coast Guard Sector Miami law enforcement officers, along with federal and state law enforcement partners, board the 52-foot cabin cruiser Second Wind in Miami, Feb. 22, 2025. The owner of the Second Wind was reportedly operating the vessel as an illegal charter, with 13 passengers for hire on the vessel, violating a previously issued Captain of the Port Order from January 2023 for conducting other passenger for hire operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 25, 2025

Coast Guard Sector Miami, partners stop 12 illegal charters, 2 violated federal orders

MIAMI — Coast Guard Sector Miami law enforcement officers, along with federal and state law enforcement partners terminated 12 illegal charter voyages, Friday-Sunday, on Biscayne Bay and Miami River.

Feb. 25, 2025

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard, Port of Virginia Maritime Incident Response Team to host search and rescue forum in Hampton, Va.

Media is invited to attend the 19th annual Steven Todd Dooley Search and Rescue Forum to watch a Coast Guard search and rescue demonstration.

Feb. 24, 2025

Coast Guard suspends search for person missing near the entrance to the Ambrose Channel

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard suspended its search Monday at approximately 6 p.m. for a man who went missing after a boat capsized and five people were recovered near the entrance to the Ambrose Channel Sunday afternoon. Click the link to read the full release.

Feb. 24, 2025

UPDATE: Coast Guard continues search for one person after five recovered from sinking boat near the entrance to the Ambrose Channel

NEW YORK — The Coast Guard continues its search for a missing person after a vessel capsized Sunday afternoon near Breezy Point. To read the full press release, click the link.

The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Bottoms and the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock interdict 13 aliens off of Encinitas, California Feb. 21, 2025.

Feb. 23, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 13 aliens west of Encinitas, Calif.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The crews of the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Bottoms and the Coast Guard Cutter Haddock interdicted 13 aliens aboard a panga-style vessel approximately 22 miles west of Encinitas, Friday.

Feb. 23, 2025

Coast Guard Actively Searching for One Person After Five Recovered from Sinking Boat Southeast of Breezy Point

NEW YORK — The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for one person missing in the water approximately

A small boat crew assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) transits to a commercial fishing vessel to conduct a boarding off the coast of American Samoa Feb. 7, 2025. During a recent law enforcement patrol, the Joseph Gerczak crew boarded two U.S.-flagged fishing vessels to ensure the territorial integrity of the U.S. maritime border and deter any threat of illicit trafficking. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Samuel Carrol)

Feb. 23, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak returns home following 37-day law enforcement patrol in American Samoa

HONOLULU – The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Gerczak (WPC 1126) returned home to Honolulu Saturday following a 37-day territorial integrity patrol along the U.S. maritime border in American Samoa.

Feb. 23, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 3 boaters off Captiva Island

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Coast Guard crews located and rescued three overdue boaters, Sunday, near Captiva, after their vessel capsized.  

U.S. Coast Guard Fireman Lewis Metcalf, a boarding team member assigned to Coast Guard Station Honolulu, disembarks a yacht and steps onto the pier at Coast Guard Base Honolulu Feb. 21, 2025. A 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Honolulu detained a man suspected of stealing the yacht from Kewalo Basin Harbor. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)

Feb. 22, 2025

Coast Guard, partners detain, arrest man for alleged yacht theft in Honolulu

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard detained a man suspected of stealing a yacht, resulting in his arrest by the Honolulu Police Department and State of Hawaii Sheriff Division in Honolulu Friday.

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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Station Port Aransas holds change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/i8I4QCMSyF

Media Availability: USCGC Legare to return home following a 69-day patrol in the Florida Straits https://t.co/qQwF8ArjN0

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/JNZBmu4j9j

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/8gSqJ7ove5

Unified Command stands down from response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/D9aMs0kr97

Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South holds change of command ceremony https://t.co/kgNii5ilKP

Unified Command transitions from shipboard fire response to investigation and salvage operations at Port Newark https://t.co/7gHK5r9Ut4

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/ejzFtniVX6

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/6O7stlpuOi

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified Command to provide update on vessel fire at Port Newark https://t.co/vopXwYvhtC

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel off Ponte Vedra Beach https://t.co/gWJEIBTH9a

Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay (WTGB 105) Change of Command Ceremony https://t.co/I1QWDV99nL

Coast Guard, state, local first responders to conduct boat drills on Ohio River in Kentucky, Indiana. https://t.co/PsZUeCVxqH

Coast Guard medevacs crew member from oil rig 88 miles off Freeport, Texas https://t.co/n5P2u8Bl3z

UPDATE 2: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/kqHY7xjfej

Coast Guard assists 11 beset by weather on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana https://t.co/qQQ9GnzX94

Coast Guard rescues 4 from vessel taking on water 30 miles off Baffin Bay, Texas https://t.co/5LfFLQAd03

UPDATE 1: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/qNZn6Wvpkz

Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/lXS77UQ0f6

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral holds 1st change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/S0GMwft5Lw

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