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The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) identifies a sailing vessel suspected of illicit activity while underway in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Feb. 19, 2025. During a law enforcement boarding, the crew discovered approximately 637 pounds of cocaine hidden onboard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Cutter Mohawk)

March 24, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk returns home after 70-day, counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) returned to their home port in Key West, March 16, following a 70-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Mohawk deployed in support of Joint Interagency Task Force – South (JIATF-S) and Operation Martillo, where crew members conducted counter-drug missions in the Coast Guard Eleventh District’s area of responsibility. While at sea, Mohawk’s crew successfully contributed to protecting their fellow Americans by countering transnational criminal organizations and preventing dangerous and illegal narcotics from reaching the United States. The crew worked side by side with Coast Guard units, embarked law enforcement personnel from the Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific (PACTACLET) and the Costa Rican Coast Guard.

March 22, 2025

UPDATE: Coast Guard suspends search for 3 people on St. Johns River

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Coast Guard suspended its search for three missing people, Saturday, on the St. Johns River pending the development of new information.

March 22, 2025

Coast Guard, partner agencies searching for 3 people on St. Johns River

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard and partner agency crews are searching for three people, an adult and two minors, Saturday, after the vessel they were on capsized near Goat Island on the St. Johns River.

Emergency medical services personnel wait in an ambulance behind two Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplanes on the ramp at the air station in Kapolei, Hawaii, March 20, 2025. An Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane crew conducted a medical transport for an ailing man on Kwajalein Atoll. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)

March 21, 2025

Coast Guard conducts medical transport for man from U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard conducted a medical transport for an ailing man from U.S. Army Garrison Kwajalein Atoll in the Republic of the Marshall Islands Thursday.

Rear Adm. Megan Dean, commander of Coast Guard District 17, and Coast Guard Cutter Naushon (WPB 1311) crewmembers presenting an award during the Naushon decommissioning ceremony in Homer, Alaska, March 21, 2025. Naushon has been stationed in Homer since 2016 and has since responded to over 50 search-and-rescue cases and completed nearly 900 law enforcement sorties. - U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seam Sydney Sharpe

March 21, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Naushon decommissioned after nearly 40 years of service

Crew members from USCGC Stone (WMSL-758) stand at parade rest in front of interdicted narcotics at Port Everglades, Florida, Mar. 20, 2025. The Stone's crew secured the illegal drugs from 14 interdictions in the international waters of the Eastern Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Taylor Bacon)

March 20, 2025

Coast Guard offloads over $517.5 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Eastern Pacific Ocean

MIAMI – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded approximately 45,600 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $517.5 million at Port Everglades, Thursday.

March 20, 2025

PUBLIC NOTICE: Coast Guard receives proposal for bridge project on proposed replacement of Spur Bridge in Omak, Wash.

The U.S. Coast Guard has issued a public notice regarding the proposed replacement of the Spur Bridge (State Road 155), over the Okanogan River at mile 27.8, near Omak, Wash. The Coast Guard is soliciting for comments exclusively related to navigation under the Spur Bridge.

March 19, 2025

Media Advisory: Coast Guard to offload more than $517.5 million in illegal drugs

MIAMI — The U.S. Coast Guard is scheduled to hold a press conference, Thursday, highlighting the offload of over 45,600 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $517.5 million at Port Everglades.

The Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruiser USS Leyte Gulf (CG 55), embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) and Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron (HSM) 50 work together to intercept a self-propelled semi-submersible drug smuggling vessel (SPSS), in the Atlantic Ocean, March 22, 2024. Leyte Gulf is on a scheduled deployment in the U.S. Naval Forces Southern Command area of operations, employed by U.S. Fourth Fleet to support joint and combined military operations, which includes counter-illicit drug trafficking missions in the Caribbean and the Atlantic.

March 18, 2025

Coast Guard achieves major milestone in drug interdiction, border control operations

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard achieved a major milestone this week, interdicting over 80,000 pounds of illicit drugs since Jan. 21, being smuggled by drug cartels in an attempt to reach the U.S.