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July 27, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District holds Change of Command ceremony

U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District held a change of command ceremony at Base Seattle, Friday. Rear Adm. Arex Avanni assumed the duties and responsibilities of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Northwest District Commander from Rear Adm. Charles Fosse. Avanni now assumes responsibility for all Coast Guard operations throughout the Northwest region which encompasses the states of Washington, Oregon, Idaho, and Montana. This area includes more than 4,400 miles of coastline, 600 miles of inland waterways, and a 125 nautical mile international border with Canada.

July 27, 2025

Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to plane crash near Point Pinos, Calif.

The Coast Guard, along with state and local agencies, is searching for three people on a downed aircraft near Point Pinos, California, Saturday evening.

July 26, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard responds to Chinese Research Vessel off Alaska

JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard detected and responded to the China-flagged research ship Xue Long 2 on the U.S. Extended Continental Shelf (ECS) in the U.S. Arctic, approximately 290 NM north of Utqiagvik, Alaska, Friday.

An aerial shot of a beached fishing vessel with one person on the vessel and another 5 standing on the beach behind it.

July 25, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 5 people from grounded vessel near Eureka, Calif.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard rescued five people aboard the 37-foot commercial fishing vessel “Miss Jessie” after it ran aground south of Humboldt Bay near Eureka, California, Friday morning.

Capt. Dorothy Hernaez (left), Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak (middle), and Capt. Brian Krautler (right) stand alongside each other on the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) having completed the change of command ceremony while moored at Base Honolulu, July 22, 2025. Commissioned in 2012, Stratton is one of ten legend-class National Security Cutters and one of four homeported in Alameda, California. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Sarah Choe)

July 25, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton holds change-of-command ceremony

HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) held a change-of-command ceremony Tuesday at Base Honolulu. Rear Adm. Jeffrey Novak, deputy commander of Coast Guard Pacific Area and commander of the Coast Guard Southwest District, presided over the ceremony in which Capt. Dorothy Hernaez relieved Capt. Brian Krautler as Stratton’s commanding officer.

July 25, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Air Force medevac man 180 miles west of Astoria

A U.S. Coast Guard aircrew medevaced a man from a fishing vessel approximately 180 miles offshore of Astoria, Oregon, Thursday. A Royal Canadian Air Force CC-295 Kingfisher crew from 19 Wing Comox in British Columbia, provided assistance overhead with weather reporting and communications. The man was safely flown to Astoria where he was transferred to EMS.

Two Coast Guardsmen and an Auxiliarist are seen posing for a picture with a child and their father aboard a 26-foot Trailerable-Aids-to-Navigation Boat.

July 24, 2025

Coast Guard rescues 11-year-old child near San Diego

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard rescued an 11-year-old child from their capsized sailing vessel inside the San Diego Bay, Wednesday afternoon.

Officers with the French Armed Forces in New Caledonia prepare to board a commercial fishing vessel on the high seas in the Pacific Ocean June 20, 2025. FANC officers conducted fisheries inspections as part of Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the marine resources of Pacific Island nations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy French Armed Forces in New Caledonia)

July 24, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard, international partners conclude Operation Nasse in Pacific region

HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard completed participation July 11 in Operation Nasse, a three-month operation conducted by Australia, France, New Zealand, and the U.S. to safeguard the marine resources of Pacific Island nations.

July 24, 2025

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard, California State Parks Lifeguards rescue child near Big Lagoon County Park, Calif.

EUREKA, Calif. — A Coast Guard Air Station Humboldt Bay aircrew rescued one child from the water near Big Lagoon County Park, California, Thursday.