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A Coast Guard Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew flies over Anguilla Cay to deliver food, water, and supplies to stranded aliens, Friday, June 6, 2025. The crew of USCGC Walnut (WLB 205) arrived on scene and rescued 20 aliens of Cuban nationality before processing them for disposition. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

June 10, 2025

Coast Guard transfers 20 aliens to Bahamas authorities

MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Margaret Norvell transferred 20 aliens of Cuban nationality

June 10, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 5 aliens off the coast of Point Loma, Calif.

A crew aboard a Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Los Angeles/Long Beach boat interdicted five aliens aboard a 20-foot pleasure craft, approximately 4 miles southwest, of Point Loma, Monday.

A graphic of search patterns run by several U.S. Coast Guard assets is shown for the search of a missing Cessna 414.

June 10, 2025

UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for 6 missing people in downed plane near Pt. Loma, Calif.

GRAPHIC AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard suspended its search 10 a.m. Tuesday, pending further developments, for a downed Cessna 414 with six persons aboard approximately three miles west of Point Loma.

A Coast Guard C-130J Super Hercules aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak conducts an overflight of a fire aboard the cargo vessel Morning Midas approximately 260 miles southwest of Adak, June 8, 2025. The Coast Guard is in close communication with Zodiac Maritime, the manager of the Morning Midas, as they develop their salvage and safety plans with Resolve Marine. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air Station Kodiak)

June 9, 2025

UPDATE 2: Coast Guard responds to vessel fire offshore Adak, Alaska

Coast Guardsmen talk to Mexican migrants aboard a white boat with fishing poles on the Pacific Ocean.

June 9, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 7 aliens off the coast of Point Loma, Calif.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward (WPC-1130) interdicted seven aliens aboard a 20-foot white center console boat, approximately eight miles south of Point Loma, Sunday.

June 9, 2025

Media Advisory: Coast Guard, state, local first responders to conduct boat drills on Ohio River in Kentucky & Ohio

WHAT: The Coast Guard, state and local first responders will conduct law enforcement drills near on

June 8, 2025

Coast Guard, partner agencies, respond to plane crash near Point Loma, Calif.

The Coast Guard along with federal, state and local agencies, are searching for 6 persons on a downed aircraft near Point Loma, Sunday afternoon.

June 7, 2025

Coast Guard suspends search for woman in water off Hawaii

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard suspended its search at 7 p.m. Friday for a woman in the water who went missing off the coast of Oahu, Hawaii.

USCGC Valiant (WMEC 621) crew stands next to bales of drugs

June 6, 2025

Coast Guard offloads more than $138 million in illicit drug interdictions in Caribbean Sea

MIAMI –U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Valiant’s crew offloaded 17,450 pounds of cocaine and 2,585 pounds of marijuana worth $132 million, Friday, at Port Everglades.

Capt. Anne O’Connell, incoming commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Stone (WMSL 758), Vice Adm. Nathan Moore, commander, Atlantic Area, and Capt. Jonathan Carter, outgoing commanding officer of Stone, pose for a photo while Senior Chief Petty Officer Emerio Labori, Stone's command senior enlisted leader, looks on during the cutter's change-of-command ceremony in North Charleston, South Carolina, June 5, 2025. O'Connell is the fourth commanding officer of the 418-foot, Legend-class national security cutter. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Sarah Pearson)

June 6, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Stone holds change-of-command ceremony

NORTH CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Stone (WMSL 758) held a change-of-command ceremony, Thursday, in North Charleston. Capt. Anne O’Connell relieved Capt. Jonathan Carter as the fourth commanding officer of Stone during the ceremony, which was presided over by Vice Adm. Nathan A. Moore, commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area.