From U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District, Sept. 3, 2025 JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard responded to two Chinese research ships operating offshore Alaska between Sunday and Tuesday. On Tuesday, the Coast Guard responded to the Chinese-flagged research vessel…
U.S. Coast Guard Upgrades Base Charleston to Support Major Cutters
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Sept. 2, 2025 WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center completed a contract modification with The Whiting-Turner Contracting Company Aug. 25 to remove up to 100 submerged concrete piles under the old…
Coast Guard seizes 40,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, averages over 1,600 pounds interdicted per day
From U.S Coast Guard Southeast District, Sept. 4, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday it has seized more than 40,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August, averaging…
Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Returns Home After Seizing 3,100 Pounds in Drugs
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant (WMEC 617) returned home to Cape Canaveral, Aug. 19, following a 59-day patrol in the Caribbean Sea and Windward Passage. During the…
Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk returns home to Key West, Florida after 75-day maritime border security patrol
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Aug. 29, 2025 KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk (WMEC 913) returned to their home port in Key West, Friday, following a 75-day maritime border security patrol in the Windward Passage,…
Coast Guard Awards Contract for Waterfront Homeport Improvements in Sitka, Alaska
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Arctic District JUNEAU, Alaska –The U.S. Coast Guard’s Facilities Design and Construction Center awarded a contract Aug. 14, 2025, to the Whiting-Turner Contracting Company to design and construct new homeport facilities in Sitka, Alaska. The…
Coast Guard Achieves Historic Milestone with Offload Over 76,140 lbs.
Release From Coast Guard Southeast MIAMI – The U.S. Coast Guard achieved a historic milestone with the offload of 76,140 pounds of illicit narcotics, valued at $473 million, marking the largest quantity of drugs offloaded in Coast Guard history, in Port…
Coast Guard, partners conclude Operation Ika Moana in Samoa
From Coast Guard Oceania District External Affairs, Aug. 22, 2025 HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard concluded participation in Operation Ika Moana, a maritime surveillance initiative hosted by the Samoan Police Maritime Wing in conjunction with the Pacific Maritime Security Program in Apia, Samoa,…
Coast Guard Establishes New PEO Dedicated to Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday the Initial Operating Capability of the Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Program Executive Office (PEO). This PEO is a key component of the Service’s Force Design 2028…
U.S. Coast Guard, Navy Seize Nearly 1,300 Pounds of Cocaine in Eastern Pacific
From MC1 Brandon Roberson, Aug. 18, 2025 U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment (LEDET) 105 embarked aboard the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Sampson (DDG 102), prepare to offload interdicted contraband from a rigid-hull inflatable boat while conducting maritime interdiction…
