HEADQUARTERS

Feb. 11, 2023

USCGC Confidence’s crew returns home following 40-day Florida Straits patrol

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the USCGC Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their home port in Cape Canaveral Friday following a 40-day patrol in the Florida Straits. Confidence deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry to conduct counter drug and maritime safety and security missions in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District area of operations. While underway, Confidence’s crew worked with additional Coast Guard cutters and air assets to detect, deter and intercept unsafe and illegal migrant ventures bound for the United States.

Feb. 10, 2023

Coast Guard interdicts 2 lancha crews, seizes 600 pounds of illegal fish, shark off Texas coast

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard interdicted two lancha crews and seized 600 pounds of illegally caught fish and shark in federal waters off southern Texas, Thursday.

Feb. 10, 2023

Coast Guard member receives Coast Guard Medal for heroic efforts

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard awarded the Coast Guard Medal to Petty Officer 1st Class Wallace Qual Friday in Ilwaco, Washington, for his heroic efforts in 2020. On Sept. 8, 2020, a fisherman was forced to abandon ship approximately a quarter-mile from shore near South Beach State Park, Oregon, after his vessel began taking on water and breaking apart. Qual swam from shore through 6-foot breaking surf to rescue the man. Once he reached the man, Coast Guard members pulled Qual and the survivor back to shore using a tending line.

Feb. 10, 2023

Coast Guard Sector Juneau, contractors respond to partially-submerged tug in Juneau, Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — JUNEAU, Alaska — Removal operations for a tug partially submerged at the National Guard Dock in Gastineau Channel, Alaska, are scheduled, weather pending, to be conducted this week and into the weekend.

Feb. 9, 2023

Extreme caution advised on ice along shores of lakes Erie, Ontario, the Finger Lakes and the St. Lawrence River

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Coast Guard reminds the public to exercise extreme caution on ice along Lake Erie, Lake Ontario, the Finger Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.

Feb. 9, 2023

Coast Guard to host free, public Community Day in Houston, Texas

MEDIA ADVISORY: The Coast Guard is scheduled to host a free, open-to-the-public Community Day in Houston on Saturday.

Feb. 8, 2023

Coast Guard suspends search for missing ice climber

PICTURED ROCKS NATIONAL LAKESHORE, Mich. — The Coast Guard suspended the search today for a missing ice climber who fell from a cliff Tuesday afternoon along the shores of Lake Superior in Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Feb. 8, 2023

Coast Guard to enforce safety zone for largest cranes imported in US history

SAVANNAH, Ga.— The Coast Guard will enforce a temporary safety zone in the Savannah River for the import of the largest gauge ship-to-shore cranes in U.S. history, Thursday, Feb. 9.

Feb. 7, 2023

U.S. Coast Guard warns public of unsafe ice conditions

The Coast Guard is warning winter enthusiasts of unstable ice conditions and encouraging people to take safety precautions following two major rescues on the Great Lakes Feb. 6, 2023.

Feb. 7, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs 2 passengers from cruise ships near the Dominican Republic

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard aircrews conducted a medevac of a Symphony of the Seas cruise ship passenger Monday and a second medevac of a Celebrity Edge cruise ship passenger Sunday in the Atlantic Ocean near the Dominican Republic.