PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Legare (WMEC 912) returned home to Portsmouth, Thursday, after a seven-week patrol in the Coast Guard’s First District area of operations. In support of Operation Atlantic Venture, Legare steamed more than 6,300 nautical…
March 21 Daily Red Sea Update
USCENTCOM March 21, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – On March 21, between 8:50 a.m. and 11:40 a.m. (Sanaa time), a coalition aircraft successfully engaged and destroyed one unmanned surface vessel (USV) launched by Iranian-backed Houthi terrorists from a Houthi-controlled area of Yemen. …
MV Roy P. Benavidez Departs in Support of JLOTS Mission
From Military Sealift Command Public Affairs NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (March 21, 2024)—The Bob Hope-class MV Roy P. Benavidez (T-AKR 306), a large, medium speed roaying heavy equipment and material needed to construct a temporary pier to support the flow of…
Keel Laid for Future USNS Muscogee Creek Nation
By Team Ships Public Affairs, March 21, 2024 HOUMA, La. – A keel laying ceremony for the future USNS Muscogee Creek Nation (T-ATS 10), the fifth ship of the Navy’s Navajo class of Towing, Salvage, and Rescue vessels was held…
Bataan ARG, 26th MEU(Soc) Return From 8-month Deployment
By Chief Mass Communication Specialist Eva-Marie Ramsaran, Amphibious Squadron 8 Public Affairs 21 March 2024 NORFOLK, Virginia — More than 4,000 Sailors and Marines assigned to the Bataan Amphibious Ready Group (ARG) and embarked 26th Marine Expeditionary Unit (Special Operations…
March 20 Red Sea Update
USCENTCOM, March 20, 2024 TAMPA, Fla. – Between 10:10 a.m. and 7:40 p.m. (Sanaa time) on March 20, a coalition aircraft successfully engaged and destroyed one unmanned aerial vehicle, and U.S. Central Command successfully engaged and destroyed one unmanned surface vessel,…
Coast Guard Commandant Delivers Annual State of the Coast Guard Address
Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard, March 21, 2024 WASHINGTON — Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, Admiral Linda L. Fagan, delivered the annual State of the Coast Guard Address at the Cannon House Office Building in Washington, DC Wednesday. Fagan expressed…
Poland Joins Combined Maritime Forces in Middle East as 42nd Member
By Combined Maritime Forces Public Affairs | March 20, 2024 MANAMA, Bahrain — Combined Maritime Forces welcomed the Republic of Poland as the 42nd member of the world’s largest maritime security partnership, March 17. “We’re thrilled to welcome Poland as a…
GA-ASI Tests Sonobuoy Dispensing System with MQ-9B Seaguardian UAV
SAN DIEGO – 20 March 2024 – On Feb. 27, 2024, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), in cooperation with the Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR), conducted a series of tests on GA-ASI’s Sonobuoy Dispensing System (SDS) using the MQ-9B…
USCGC David Duren is the First of Three FRCs to be Homeported in Astoria, Oregon
LOCKPORT, Louisiana — Bollinger Shipyards recently delivered the USCGC David Duren to the U.S. Coast Guard in Key West, Florida. This is the 182nd vessel Bollinger has delivered to the U.S. Coast Guard over a 35-year period and the 56th Fast Response…
