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A Coast Guard Station Islamorada law enforcement crew notified Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders of this migrant vessel about 5 miles southeast of Upper Matecombe Key, Florida, Feb. 28, 2023. The people were repatriated to Cuba on March 5, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Matthew Abban)

March 5, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 75 people to Cuba

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March 4, 2023

Coast Guard rescues boater 70 miles south of Mobile, Alabama

VIDEO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard rescued a boater Friday after their vessel began to take on water 70 miles south of Mobile, Alabama.

March 4, 2023

Coast Guard interdicts 2 lancha crews, seizes 200 pounds of illegal fish off Texas coast

VIDEO AVAILABLE: CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted two lancha crews and seized 200 pounds of illegally caught fish in federal waters off southern Texas, Thursday.

The Coast Guard and good Samaritans aboard two commercial fishing vessels located and rescued the crew of the 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Sea Smile 545-miles southwest of Hawaii, Friday. C-130 aircrews deployed two life rafts, two self-locating datum marker buoys, a VHF radio, survival gear and supplies, and a red flare to illuminate the area prior to departing the scene.

March 3, 2023

Coast Guard, good Samaritans rescue crew of sinking fishing vessel

HONOLULU --- The Coast Guard and good Samaritans aboard two commercial fishing vessels located and rescued the crew of the 52-foot commercial fishing vessel Sea Smile 545-miles southwest of Hawaii, Friday.

An illegal voyage vessel carrying 39 Haitians and two Dominicans sits empty in the Mona Passage after the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Dixon safely embarked the migrants shortly after interdicting the vessel near Monito Cay, Puerto Rico, March 2, 2023. The interdictions is the result of ongoing local and federal multi-agency efforts in support of the Caribbean Border Interagency Group CBIG. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 3, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 26 Dominicans, returns 61 of 65 Haitians to the Dominican Republic

The Coast Guard repatriated 26 Dominican nationals and returned 61 of 65 Haitians to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Friday, following the interdiction of two illegal voyage vessels Wednesday and Thursday in the Mona Passage. Two Haitian minors, each accompanied by their mothers, who were interdicted in Thursday’s group will be returned separately along with their mothers to the Cabinet for Children and Adolescents (GANA) and the National Council for Children and Adolescents (Conani).

Haitian migrants are transferred from a Coast Guard small boat to Coast Guard Cutter Manowar, off Florida's coast, Feb. 28, 2023. The people were repatriated to Haiti on March 3, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Brodie MacDonald)

March 3, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 49 people to Haiti

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March 3, 2023

Coast Guard, Port of Virginia host 17th annual Search and Rescue Forum

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Cmdr. Aaron W. Delano-Johnson, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Decisive, disembarks Decisive during its decommissioning ceremony at Pensacola, Florida, March 2, 2023. The decommissioning ceremony marked the retirement of Decisive as a unit of the operating forces of the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jose Hernandez)

March 2, 2023

USCGC Decisive decommissioned after 55 years of service

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The Coast Guard decommissioned USCGC Decisive (WMEC 629) during a ceremony at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Thursday.

Coast Guard Cutters James and Venturous' crews stopped this unsafe and overloaded sailing vessel about 35 miles northeast of Corralillo, Cuba, Feb. 28, 2023. The people were repatriated on March 2, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cutter James' crew)

March 2, 2023

Coast Guard repatriates 206 people to Haiti

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March 2, 2023

Coast Guard Commandant to deliver her first State of the Coast Guard Address

WASHINGTON — The 27th commandant of the United States Coast Guard is scheduled to deliver her first State of the Coast Guard Address, Tuesday, in Washington, DC.