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Oct. 26, 2025
Report of missing fisherman prompts multi-agency search in Pago Bay, Guam
SANTA RITA, Guam — Responders are searching Pago Bay on Monday for a missing 34-year-old fisherman after authorities received a report from family early the same morning. The missing man, Kevin Nauta, reportedly was last seen wearing black shorts and a blue shirt.
Oct. 24, 2025
Coast Guard conducts post-storm assessments, cleanup operations in western Alaska
ANCHORAGE, Alaska – The Coast Guard is conducting post-storm assessments and cleanup operations in Western Alaska where communities have been impacted by severe flooding from Ex-Typhoon Halong. “The Coast Guard continues to support local, state and federal disaster recovery efforts by conducting pollution response operations in impacted communities,” said Capt. Christopher Culpepper, commander, U.S. Coast Guard Sector Western Alaska and U.S. Arctic. “We understand how essential the local ecology is for communities that depend on critical subsistence hunting and fishing activity. We are working to mitigate environmental impacts to preserve the communities' food source and future viability.”
Oct. 23, 2025
Coast Guard urges mariners and coastal residents to prepare for upcoming storm
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard is urging mariners and coastal communities of the Pacific Northwest to take precautions and stay alert as a strong coastal storm is expected to impact Washington and Oregon beginning Thursday afternoon.
Oct. 22, 2025
Coast Guard rescues 3 people off of Naushon Island after vessel fire
WOODS HOLE, Mass. — The Coast Guard rescued three people off Naushon Island, Massachusetts, Oct. 22,
U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche returns to California following multi-mission Arctic patrol, demonstrates U.S. commitment to strong and free Arctic
ALAMEDA, Calif. – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) returned to its Base Alameda home port Oct. 10, concluding a 105-day Arctic deployment spanning over 21,000 nautical miles. Waesche's deployment underscored the Coast Guard’s commitment to safeguarding U.S. sovereignty, enforcing border control, and ensuring national security in the strategically vital Bering Sea, Arctic Ocean, and along the U.S. - Russia Maritime Boundary Line.
MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to hold Press Conference on Operation River Wall
HOUSTON – Coast Guard Capt. Christopher Cumberland, Commander of Coast Guard Forces Rio Grande, will be available for interviews Thursday regarding Operation River Wall. Following the interviews, media will have the opportunity to ride along with a Coast Guard crew on the Rio Grande.
Oct. 21, 2025
U.S. Coast Guard suspends Coastal Buoy Modernization in the Northeast
BOSTON — Coast Guard District Northeast is closing the period for providing comments to the Coastal
Coast Guard interdicts 10 aliens off Point Loma, Calif.
The Coast Guard interdicted 10 suspected aliens approximately 9 miles southwest of Point Loma, Monday.
Oct. 20, 2025
Coast Guard launches Operation River Wall to control the border along the Rio Grande
WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard announced today the deployment of additional forces to the Rio Grande River in eastern Texas, starting on October 9, 2025, to ensure operational control of the border where the President has declared a national emergency.
Oct. 18, 2025
Coast Guard recapitalizes command and control aircraft
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard executed a planned and critical recapitalization of its long-range
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