The Coast Guard awarded a contract Nov. 20 to Offshore Service Vessels LLC, of Cut Off, Louisiana, to acquire the motor vessel (M/V) Aiviq, a 360-foot U.S.-built polar class 3-equivalent icebreaker, U.S. Coast Guard Media Relations said in an Dec. 16 email….
A Week in the Life of Protecting American Fish and Seafood
From U.S. Coast Guard 5th District, Dec. 18,2024 PHILADELPHIA – One hundred miles off the New Jersey coastline, the waters were vast and seemingly endless. To the untrained eye, it was a serene stretch of blue, a world away from…
Coast Guard Cutter Alert Completes First Patrol After Relocating to East Coast
From U.S. Coast Guard 7th District, Dec. 9, 2024 CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) returned home to Cape Canaveral, Thursday, following a 60-day patrol in the Florida Straits. This marked the cutter’s…
Task Force 51/5-Led Operation Leads to Seizure of Narcotics At Sea
By Commander U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Public Affairs | December 06, 2024 U.S. 5TH FLEET AREA OF OPERATIONS — The boarding team discovered and seized 5,316.1 kilograms of hashish, 181.4 kilograms of heroin and 1.3 kilograms of methamphetamine and, after…
Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton Offloads $182.8M In Counternarcotics At Port Everglades
From Coast Guard 7th District, Dec. 3, 2024 MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton’s crew offloaded more than 16,100 pounds of cocaine worth an assessed street value of approximately $182.8 million in Port Everglades, Monday. The crew worked alongside interagency and…
Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Departs Seattle for Deployment Bound for Antarctica
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Nov. 26, 2024 SEATTLE – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed Seattle, Friday, beginning their deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze (ODF)…
USCGC Munro Returns From Counter-Drug Patrol, $440M Worth of Cocaine Interdicted
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Nov. 26, 2024 ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) returned home to Alameda, Monday following a two-month counter-drug patrol in international waters off the coasts of…
Coast Guard Cutter Valiant Returns Home After 46-Day Patrol in the Windward Passage
Nov. 22, 2024 From Coast Guard 7th District, Nov. 22, 2024 NAVAL STATION MAYPORT, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) returned to their home port at Naval Station Mayport, Nov. 7, following a 49-day migrant…
Gulfstream Again Selected for C-20, C-37 Fleet Support
Gulfstream Special Missions Awarded Significant Contract to Service U.S. Military Aircraft From Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. SAVANNAH, Ga., November 22, 2024 — Gulfstream Aerospace Corp., a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE:GD), has been awarded a contractor logistics support services (CLS)…
Coast Guard Establishes First Hawaii-Based JROTC Program
From Coast Guard District 14, Nov. 21, 2024 HONOLULU – The Coast Guard established a new Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps Program at Kalani High School in Honolulu Thursday. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Sean Regan, commander, District Fourteen, served as…
