LONDON — A Royal Navy ship and U.S. Coast Guard boarding team seized more than 400 kilograms of cocaine worth around £24m on Britain’s streets from a boat in the Caribbean, the U.K. Ministry Of Defence said in an Oct….
Coast Guard Establishes New Base in Oregon
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard held an establishment ceremony Oct. 26 in Warrenton, Oregon, to formally establish Coast Guard Base Astoria. During the ceremony, Cmdr. Todd Wimmer assumed command of the new unit. Rear Adm. Jon Hickey, the…
Coast Guard Delivers Upgraded MH-65 Helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter Oct. 25 to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that serve out of the Coast Guard’s largest MH-65 helicopter unit. The avionics upgrade to…
DHS S&T and NOAA Transition Harmonized Waterway Database to Coast Guard
WASHINGTON — The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is delivering a harmonized geospatial dataset of national waterways to all federal agencies that comprise the U.S. Committee on the Marine Transportation System (CMTS), the directorate said…
Port of Guam Receives Port Security Grant, Working with U.S. Coast Guard Toward Increased Resiliency
SANTA RITA, Guam — The Jose D. Leon Guerrero Commercial Port also known as the Port of Guam is among several Western Pacific entities receiving federal grant money through the 2022 Port Security Grant Program (PSGP) to ensure supply chain…
Cutter Alert Returns to Astoria Following 68-DayDrug Interdiction Patrol
ASTORIA, Ore. — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew returned to their homeport Saturday Oct. 8, following a 68-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in an Oct. 19 release. The crew…
Coast Guard Cutter Willow Completes Aids-to-Navigation Mission in Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Willow completed its scheduled aids to navigation service mission around Puerto Rico port and navigable waterways Oct. 17, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. During the eight-day mission,…
U.S. Naval Forces in Middle East Interdict $29 Million in Illegal Drugs
MANAMA, Bahrain — A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized an estimated $29 million worth of illicit narcotics from a fishing vessel while patrolling the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 12, two weeks after another sizable interdiction, U.S. Naval Forces…
USCGC Spencer Returns Home After 57-day Multi-Mission Patrol
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the USCGC Spencer (WMEC 905) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth Sept. 25, following a 57-day patrol in the mid-Atlantic Ocean and Caribbean Sea, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in an Oct. 13…
U.S., Federated States of Micronesia Sign Expanded Shiprider Agreement
SANTA RITA, Guam — To overcome complex challenges to maritime enforcement in the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM), a nation with over six hundred islands, representatives of the United States and the FSM signed a remote shiprider agreement on Oct….
