ARLINGTON, Va. – The U.S. Coast Guard has a unique role in the growing global rivalry with Russia and China, the service’s second-ranking leader says. In addition to Department of Homeland Security, law enforcement and maritime rescue missions, Coast Guard…
Coast Guard Expedites ScanEagle ISR Services for National Security Cutters
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Coast Guard is so bullish on the Insitu-built ScanEagle unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) that it is moving up the schedule of installing it on its Legend-class national security cutters (NSCs). The Coast Guard awarded Insitu…
Coast Guard to Commission Fast-Response Cutter Daniel Tarr
ARLINGTON, Va. — The Coast Guard will commission the fast-response cutter Daniel Tarr in Galveston, Texas, on Jan. 10, according to the Coast Guard’s 8th District. The Daniel Tarr is the 36th FRC delivered to the Coast Guard by Bollinger Shipyards. Vice Adm. Scott Buschman, Coast…
Coast Guard Interdicts 9 Cuban Migrants
MIAMI — The Coast Guard interdicted nine Cuban migrants 25 miles southeast of Tavernier Creek on Jan. 2, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders received a notification via radio of a migrant…
Coast Guard Cutter Crew Offloads 18,000 Pounds of Cocaine in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf offloaded about 18,000 pounds of cocaine on Dec. 18 seized from known drug-transit zones of the eastern Pacific Ocean worth approximately $312 million. The interdictions were made between mid-October and early December by…
Schultz: FRCs Expanding Coast Guard Reach in Pacific; Six Set for Persian Gulf
ARLINGTON, Va. — As the U.S. Coast Guard commissions more Sentinel-class fast-response cutters (FRCs) it can expand its presence in the Pacific and will increase its capabilities in the Persian Gulf. “We commissioned the 35th [FRC] in October,” Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl L….
Coast Guard Repatriates 26 Migrants to the Dominican Republic
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez repatriated 26 migrants to the Dominican Republic on Dec. 9 following the interdiction of an illegal migrant voyage on Dec. 7 in the Mona Passage, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The interdiction…
Coast Guard Cutter Thetis Returns to Key West from Drug-Interdiction Patrol
KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Thetis returned home Dec. 5 to Key West, Florida, after completing a 79-day patrol throughout the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of U.S. Southern Command Joint Interagency Task Force South…
Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast Returns to Port after 60-Day Patrol
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returned to homeport Thursday following a 60-day counter drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard 13th District said in a Dec. 5 release. The Steadfast crewmembers steamed over 10,500…
Coast Guard, Port Partners Increase Joint Inspection Operations During Busy Shipping Season
PHILADELPHIA — Members of Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay, Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team New York, Customs and Border Protection, and multiple state and local police agencies increased maritime operations to deter illegal activity within the ports of Philadelphia…
