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U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Chris Cederholm, the departing commander of U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami, addressing the crowd during a change of command ceremony at the Port of Miami, April 24, 2025. Cederholm gave personal remarks about Capt. Frank Florio and his time serving as the commander. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Walker)

April 24, 2025

Coast Guard Sector Miami holds change of command ceremony at the Port of Miami

Miami — The crew of Coast Guard Sector Miami held a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Port of Miami.

April 23, 2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to offload more than $214 million of cocaine in San Diego 

Who:  Rear Adm. Joanna Hiigel, acting deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, U.S. Coast Guard, Capt. Robert Kinsey, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball commanding officer and crew, Mr. Brian Clark, special agent in charge, DEA, San Diego Field Office; Mr. Kevin Murohy, deputy special agent in charge, Homeland Security Investigations, San Diego Field Office.  What: U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) crew to offload approximately 18,898 pounds of cocaine, with an estimated value of more than $214.3 million.   When: 9:00 a.m., Thursday  Where: 10th Ave Marine Terminal - 1800 Crosby Rd, San Diego, CA 92101 

A Coast Guard law enforcement crew surveys a Mexican lancha offshore the southern Texas coast, April 21, 2025. Coast Guard Cutter Alert, Cutter Jacob Poroo, and Coast Guard Station South Padre Island interdicted a total of 12 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing north of the Maritime Boundary Line (MBL) in the Gulf of America. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

April 23, 2025

Coast Guard detains 12 Mexican fishermen, seizes 1,400 pounds of illegally caught fish off Texas coast

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard interdicted and detained 12 Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing and seized approximately 1,400 pounds of fish in federal waters off southern Texas, Monday.

April 22, 2025

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard rescues man from cruise ship off Coos Bay, Oregon

SEATTLE - The Coast Guard medevaced a crewmember from a cruise ship approximately 15 miles offshore of Coos Bay, Oregon, Easter Sunday. Coast Guard Sector Columbia River watchstanders received a report from the M/V National Geographic Venture at 6:38 a.m., Apr. 20, that a 30-year-old male crewmember was suffering from excessive vomiting and shortness of breath.

April 22, 2025

Coast Guard interdicts 19 aliens 23 miles west of Oceanside

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter David Duren (WPC 1156) interdicted 19 aliens aboard a 25-foot cuddy cabin approximately 23 miles west of Oceanside, California, Tuesday. At approximately 2:15 a.m., David Duren’s boarding team intercepted a cuddy cabin matching the description of a suspected human smuggling boat and discovered 18 adult males and one adult female all claiming Mexican nationality.

April 22, 2025

Media Advisory: Coast Guard to hold Change of Command ceremony at the Port of Miami

The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami crew is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony, Thursday, at the Port of Miami.

A law enforcement boat crew from Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) intercepts an overloaded vessel with Haitian aliens approximately 35 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti, Mar. 27, 2025. The aliens were repatriated back to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, April 1, 2025 following the interdiction. (U.S. Coast Guard phot

April 22, 2025

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

PORTSMOUTH, VA — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Seneca (WMEC 906) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, April 11, following a 54-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage. Seneca deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast (HSTF-SE) and Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) while underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District's area of responsibility. Crew members directly contributed to safeguarding America by patrolling U.S. maritime borders and conducting alien interdiction operations.

Retired Capt. James Hubbard is inducted into the Hall of Heroes Wall of Gallantry memorial at the Coast Guard Academy, October 21st, 2022. Hubbard was formally recognized for his efforts during two helicopter rescues that he played an integral role in during his Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Abban)

April 21, 2025

Media Advisory: The U.S. Coast Guard Academy will host a Wall of Gallantry Induction ceremony

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy will host a Wall of Gallantry Induction ceremony on Friday April 25, 2025. For the last 20 years more than 140 Academy graduates have been recognized for heroic acts of service by being inducted into the Hall of Heroes Wall of Gallantry, part of a memorial in Chase Hall. This year the following alums will be honored for actions that will serve as an inspiration for the future leaders of the service:

April 18, 2025

UPDATE 2: Unified Command begins transition of jurisdiction of Brunswick East River Mystery Sheen response

BRUNSWICK, Ga. – The Brunswick East River Mystery Sheen Unified Command addressed emergency response efforts and signed a memo, Thursday, establishing the transition of jurisdiction for remedial oversight to the Georgia Environmental Protection Division.

A 15-foot pleasure craft sits capsized at Koitlah Point

April 18, 2025

Coast Guard suspends search for overdue boaters off Neah Bay, Washington

The Coast Guard suspended the search Thursday night for two people on board a 15-foot pleasure craft, which capsized off Neah Bay, Washington, pending new information. Coast Guard Sector Puget Sound watchstanders received a report from the Makah Tribal Police Department at approximately 11 p.m., Apr. 16, that a vessel failed to return to its slip at 8 p.m. as scheduled. The vessel was later discovered capsized on a beach near Koitlah Point. The Coast Guard responded with multiple aircraft and vessels alongside our tribal, local, state, federal, and Canadian partners. Rescue crews searched over 850 square nautical miles, over a 28 hour period.