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Ensign Matalynn Clark, a U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew member, relays landing signals to an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from USCG Air Station Kodiak during a helicopter landing evolution while Kimball patrols the Bering Sea, May 11, 2024. During their patrol, Kimball also operated with a forward deployed MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and aircrew in Cold Bay, Alaska, and the District Seventeen command center to execute complex SAR exercises for improving, coordination, response times, and range of rotary Coast Guard assets to assist mariners in distress. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign James Bongard.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Kimball returns home following Bering Sea deployment

HONOLULU — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) returned to their home port at Base Honolulu, Thursday, after completing a 122-day patrol in the Northern Pacific, Bering Sea, and American Arctic. Kimball’s crew patrolled in support of Operation Alaskan Groundfish Enforcer, Alaskan Sentinel and Bering Shield, promoting maritime governance by enforcing domestic fishery regulations while countering illicit maritime activity from foreign fleets along the maritime boundary line.

Aug. 7, 2024

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard to commission Marine Safety Unit Coram

WHO: Capt. Elisa Garrity, Coast Guard Sector Long Island commander, Lt. Pablo Ortiz, Marine Safety Unit Coram’s commanding officer, and MSU Coram crew. WHAT: The Coast Guard is transitioning Marine Safety Detachment Coram to become a Marine Safety Unit. WHEN: Friday at 10:00 a.m. WHERE: Marine Safety Unit Coram at 2045 Route 112, Coram, NY 11727. Click the link above to view full news release.

Coast Guard members from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327), Coast Guard Station Rockland and Coast Guard Academy cadets march in a parade for the Maine Lobster Festival in Rockland, Maine, August 3, 2024. The Academy Cadets were embarked on Eagle for a week of at-sea training.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard celebrates Rockland as a Coast Guard City

ROCKLAND, Maine — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle (WIX 327), Coast Guard’s First District command, Coast Guard Sector Northern New England, and Coast Guard Station Rockland celebrated Rockland recertifying as a Coast Guard City, in Rockland, Maine, on August 2, 2024. Eagle’s command, crew and Coast Guard Academy cadets hosted a reception while the ship was anchored in Rockland Harbor.

The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are responding to flooding in Mendenhall Valley, Alaska, Aug. 6, 2024. Pollution responders are conducting overflights of the impacted area, shoreline assessments along Mendenhall River, and water-side assessments in and around Fritz Cove via a response boat from Station Juneau. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Aug. 7, 2024

Coast Guard, Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation responding to flooding in Mendenhall Valley

JUNEAU, Alaska — The Coast Guard and Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation are responding

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Martino, an Aviation Maintenance Technician at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, stands on the right horizontal stabilizer of a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Super Hercules on the ramp of the Royal New Zealand Air Force Base in Auckland, New Zealand, July 12, 2024. The U.S. Coast Guard completed participation in Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the invaluable marine resources of Pacific Island nations and the Western Central Pacific Ocean (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jean Collado)

Aug. 6, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard completes Operation Nasse in Pacific region

HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard completed participation in Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the invaluable marine resources of Pacific Island nations and the Western Central Pacific Ocean, July 12.

The U.S. Coast Guard joined coast guards and navies from 13 nations, between June 24 and July 9, in an exercise hosted by Ecuador to align international mission priorities seeking to ensure the defense, security, multinational cooperation and governance of the maritime domain of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 6, 2024

Coast Guard participates in multinational exercise near Galapagos Islands

The U.S. Coast Guard joined coast guards and navies from 13 nations, between June 24 and July 9, in an exercise hosted by Ecuador to align international mission priorities seeking to ensure the defense, security, multinational cooperation and governance of the maritime domain of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The Eleventh Coast Guard District employed the Coast Guard Cutter Benjamin Bottoms, a 154-foot Fast Response Cutter, and subject matter experts to engage in professional exchanges with international partners completing a variety of exercises centered around countering illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) fishing operations.

Aug. 6, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs boater 51 miles offshore Freeport, Texas

Editor's Note: Click on here to download video.HOUSTON — The Coast Guard medevaced a 15-year-old who

Aug. 6, 2024

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard assists 82-year-old man aboard sailing vessel during Tropical Storm Debby

CHARLESTON, S.C. — A Coast Guard Station Charleston boat crew assisted an 82-year-old man, Tuesday, aboard a disabled sailing vessel near Shipyard Creek.

Aug. 5, 2024

Coast Guard slated to remove Jacob Pike wreck

PORTLAND, Maine – The Coast Guard, working in coordination with Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP), and other local, state, and federal partners, is slated to begin operations to remove the 83-foot motor vessel Jacob Pike, which sank during a winter storm in Harpswell, Maine, on January 10, 2024. Click here to read more...

Aug. 5, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard establishes Area Command Post in response to Hurricane Debby

MIAMI — The Seventh Coast Guard District established an Area Command Post in response to Hurricane Debby, Monday, at Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Locka.

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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Station Port Aransas holds change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/i8I4QCMSyF

Media Availability: USCGC Legare to return home following a 69-day patrol in the Florida Straits https://t.co/qQwF8ArjN0

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/JNZBmu4j9j

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/8gSqJ7ove5

Unified Command stands down from response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/D9aMs0kr97

Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South holds change of command ceremony https://t.co/kgNii5ilKP

Unified Command transitions from shipboard fire response to investigation and salvage operations at Port Newark https://t.co/7gHK5r9Ut4

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/ejzFtniVX6

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/6O7stlpuOi

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified Command to provide update on vessel fire at Port Newark https://t.co/vopXwYvhtC

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel off Ponte Vedra Beach https://t.co/gWJEIBTH9a

Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay (WTGB 105) Change of Command Ceremony https://t.co/I1QWDV99nL

Coast Guard, state, local first responders to conduct boat drills on Ohio River in Kentucky, Indiana. https://t.co/PsZUeCVxqH

Coast Guard medevacs crew member from oil rig 88 miles off Freeport, Texas https://t.co/n5P2u8Bl3z

UPDATE 2: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/kqHY7xjfej

Coast Guard assists 11 beset by weather on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana https://t.co/qQQ9GnzX94

Coast Guard rescues 4 from vessel taking on water 30 miles off Baffin Bay, Texas https://t.co/5LfFLQAd03

UPDATE 1: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/qNZn6Wvpkz

Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/lXS77UQ0f6

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral holds 1st change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/S0GMwft5Lw

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