VALDEZ, Alaska — Coast Guard Cutter Blacktip (WPB 87326) arrived at its new homeport in Valdez Monday after transiting approximately 2,800 miles. Blacktip, an 87-foot Marine Protector-class patrol boat, is replacing the recently decommissioned 110-foot Island-class cutter Liberty and will conduct various missions throughout…
NCIS Deploys Special Agents Aboard DDGs Patrolling Southern Border
Release From U.S. Fleet Forces Command SAN DIEGO –The Navy deployed two Arleigh Burke-class guided missile destroyers in mid-March to conduct border security objectives in support of the U.S. Northern Command southern border mission: the USS Gravely (DDG 107) to the…
Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane Returns Home Following Patrol in Oceania
U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District External Affairs, July 10, 2025 HONOLULU – The crew of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) returned to Honolulu Wednesday following a 73-day patrol in support of Coast Guard Oceania District’s Operation Blue…
Coast Guard Responds with Unified Command to Flooding Near Kerrville, Texas
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Heartland District AUSTIN, Texas – The Coast Guard, along with a unified command, is responding to an area affected by flash flooding near Kerrville, Texas. Sector New Orleans watchstanders received a report July 4th at…
U.S. Coast Guard Receives Historic Investment to Rebuild Under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, July 4, 2025 WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard welcomed the nearly $25 billion investment included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Friday — marking the largest single commitment of funding in Service…
Coast Guard Renames Geographic Operational Districts
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters Public Affairs, July 3, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday the renaming of its operational districts from numerical to geographic designations, a key initiative under Force Design 2028 (FD2028). This strategic change,…
Coast Guard offloads more than $20 million in illicit drugs interdicted in Caribbean Sea
From Coast Guard 7th District, July 2, 2025 MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Northland’s crew offloaded approximately 2,220 pounds of cocaine and 3,320 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated $20.1 million, Wednesday, at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach. The seized contraband…
USCGC Vigorous Returns Home After 51-Day Counter-Migration Patrol in Windward Passage
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, July 1, 2025 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous (WMEC 627) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Tuesday, following a 51-day patrol in the Windward Passage. Vigorous deployed in…
Securing the Backbone: The Defense Industrial Base
By Ryan Caughill, President, Western New York Council, Navy League of the United States. “You can’t fight tomorrow’s war with yesterday’s plans.” In the summer of 2018, I completed my internship at Moog Inc., one of the United States’ premier…
Coast Guard Reports Fewest Boating Fatalities in More Than 50 Years
From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, July 1, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard released its 2024 Recreational Boating Statistics Report Tuesday. The report records the fewest boating fatalities since the Service began collecting statistics more than 50 years ago. …
