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Nov. 7, 2025

Coast Guard exceeds fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals, achieves highest numbers since 1991

WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard announced Friday it exceeded its fiscal year 2025 (FY25) recruiting goals, achieving the highest accession numbers since 1991.

A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew from Air Station Elizabeth City rescued five individuals from a life raft after their sailboat, Magic Bus, began taking on water 260 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras, N.C., Thursday, Oct. 26, 2023. The Coast Guard coordinated with the aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush for refueling support during the long-distance rescue. All five individuals were recovered in good health and transported safely to Air Station Elizabeth City. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Fireman Madilynn Herrell)

Nov. 6, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 5 people from sinking sailboat off Cape Hatteras

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard rescued five people after their vessel began taking on water 260 nautical miles offshore Cape Hatteras, Thursday.

Nov. 6, 2025

Coast Guard sets historic record with amount of cocaine seized in FY25

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday it seized nearly 510,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean during fiscal year 2025 (FY25), the largest amount in the Service’s history.

A overloaded Haitian sailing vessel underway approximately 40 miles east of Great Inagua, The Bahamas, September 21, 2025. A forward deployed U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Training Center HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew spotted the vessel during a routine surveillance flight along the Florida Straits. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Oct. 31, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returns home after 54-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage

NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their homeport at U.S. Naval Station Newport, Monday, following a 54-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage. Campbell’s crew deployed to the Coast Guard District Southeast area of responsibility in support of Operation Vigilant Sentry, where crews advanced the primary missions of protecting the safety of life at sea while preventing unlawful maritime entry into the United States and its territories.

Crewmembers, researchers, and partner nation representatives sailing aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) pose for a photo on the ice in the Arctic Ocean, Oct. 1, 2025. Coast Guard operations in the Arctic are critical to expanding our understanding of the Arctic operating environment for advancing national security objectives. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Chris Sappey)

Oct. 31, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy returns to Seattle after 129-day Arctic deployment

SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned to its Seattle home port Sunday, following a 129-day patrol that concluded its annual Arctic deployment. Healy, one of three Coast Guard polar icebreakers, steamed over 20,000 miles this deployment, supporting Operation Arctic West Summer and Operation Frontier Sentinel, protecting U.S. sovereign rights and territory, and promoting national security in the Arctic.

Oct. 30, 2025

Coast Guard cutter arrives at new homeport in Honolulu after restorative maintenance

HONOLULU — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Hollyhock (WLB 214) arrived at their new homeport in Honolulu Oct. 14 after 806 days of restorative maintenance.

Oct. 30, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 11 aliens 13 miles northwest of San Diego

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard interdicted 11 suspected aliens approximately 13 miles northwest off the coast of Mission Bay, San Diego, Tuesday.

Oct. 30, 2025

Final: Coast Guard refers a case involving vessel collision near Hibiscus Island to Department of Justice for potential criminal charges

MIAMI — The Coast Guard announced Thursday, its Southeast District referred a case to the Department of Justice for possible criminal prosecution following the July 28 collision between a barge being pushed by the vessel Wood Chuck and a sailing vessel, which killed three minors and injured two others.

Oct. 29, 2025

Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to oil discharge near Galveston, Texas

HOUSTON — The Coast Guard along with the Texas General Land Office is responding to an oil discharge which occurred near Galveston, Texas, Tuesday.

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.