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July 18, 2025

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard Cutter Campbell to hold change-of-command ceremony

Editor’s note: News media interested in attending the ceremony are requested to RSVP no later than 10 a.m., Monday, with Lt. j.g. Addison Stead by emailing Addison.M.Stead@uscg.mil or calling (401) 367-1634. Credentialed media are asked to bring a valid driver’s license and proof of insurance to access the base. It is recommended to arrive at the gate no later than 10:15 a.m., Tuesday, to attend the event as gate processing may take 5–10 minutes. NAVAL STATION NEWPORT, R.I. — Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) is scheduled to hold a change-of-command ceremony, Tuesday, at 11 a.m. on Naval Station Newport.

A Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) small boat crew conducts operations in the Gulf of America, July 15, 2025. Reliance’s crew completed a 60-day maritime border security patrol to deter illegal migration, fishing, and smuggling in the region. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ensign Jack Steel)

July 18, 2025

Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returns home to Florida after 60-day patrol

PENSACOLA, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Reliance (WMEC 615) returned to their home port in Pensacola, Friday, following a 60-day maritime border security patrol in the Gulf of America. Reliance’s crew deployed to the Coast Guard Heartland District's area of responsibility in support of maritime safety, security and environmental protection, where crew members conducted extensive operations along the U.S. – Mexico maritime border to protect American sovereignty and territorial integrity. While at sea, the crew worked to deter illegal migration, fishing and smuggling while increasing awareness of all maritime activity in the region.

A boat is seen on fire and billowing smoke on the water.

July 17, 2025

Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to sunken vessel near Santa Cruz, Calif.

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The U.S. Coast Guard is responding to a sunken vessel following a boat fire approximately one mile offshore Santa Cruz, California, Wednesday morning.

Quad partners from the U.S. Coast Guard, Japan Coast Guard, Australian Border Force, Indian Coast Guard and the command and crew of the Legend-class U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) take a photo on the flight deck during the first Quad at-sea mission while Stratton patrols the Pacific Ocean, July 1, 2025. Stratton is deployed and assigned to Destroyer Squadron (DESRON) 15, the Navy’s largest DESRON and the U.S. 7th Fleet’s principal surface force. Stratton is deployed to the Indo-Pacific to advance relationships with ally and partner nations to build a more secure and prosperous region with unrestricted, lawful access to the maritime commons. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kate Kilroy)

July 17, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard completes historic Quad Sail to strengthen Indo-Pacific maritime partnership

SANTA RITA, Guam — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) arrived in Guam, July 3, after a landmark multinational sail with representatives aboard from the maritime forces from Australia, India, and Japan—collectively known as the Quad. As four leading maritime nations in the Indo-Pacific, Quad nations are united in our conviction that peace and stability in the maritime domain underpin the security and prosperity of the region. We are committed to a region where all countries are free from coercion and strongly oppose any unilateral actions that seek to change the status quo by force or coercion.

July 17, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute returns home, offloads approximately $93.2 million worth of drugs in St. Petersburg

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute offloaded nearly 12,600 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $93.2 million, in their homeport of St. Petersburg, Thursday, following a 59-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific.

Acting Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Kevin Lunday (left to right), Rear Adm. Michael Johnston, and U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) Superintendent Rear Adm. Gregory Rothrock are seated onstage during a change of command ceremony inside Leamy Hall at USCGA, New London, Connecticut, July 16, 2025. Johnston was relieved by Rothrock who became the 44th superintendent of USCGA. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Leo Avila.)

July 16, 2025

U.S. Coast Guard Academy holds change of command ceremony

New London, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) hosted a Change of Command ceremony on

July 16, 2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to hold change of command ceremony in Charleston

CHARLESTON, S.C. — The crew of Coast Guard Sector Charleston is scheduled to hold a change of command ceremony, Friday, at Coast Guard Sector Charleston.

Crew members from U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach and Maritime Safety and Security Team provide first aid to a man who suffered a severe leg injury after being struck by a boat propeller, near Elliot Key, July 15, 2025. The man was taken to the Jackson South Medical Center for a higher level of care. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo)

July 16, 2025

Coast Guard Rescues Man Struck by Boat Propeller Near Elliott Key

MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard crew members medevaced a 55-year-old man who suffered a leg injury from a vessel’s propellor near Elliot Key, Florida, Tuesday.

July 15, 2025

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to remove the sunken vessel Chaleur near Stockton, Calif.

The Coast Guard will be overseeing the removal and destruction of the vessel Chaleur, a historic 140-foot former Canadian Navy minesweeper that sank in Little Potato Slough, causing an environmental pollution event in a navigable waterway.

July 15, 2025

Coast Guard relieves commanding officer of Centralized Service Desk

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily relieved Lt. Cmdr. George O. Ziwortin, commanding officer of the Centralized Service Desk (CSD) in St. Louis, Missouri, Tuesday.