From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Aug. 29, 2024 PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) returned home to Portsmouth, Wednesday, following a 46-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. While deployed, crew…
Coast Guard Cutter Campbell Returns Home Following 73-day Patrol in Windward Passage
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, Aug. 29, 2024 NEWPORT, R.I. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell (WMEC 909) returned to their home port in Newport, Wednesday, following a 73-day migrant interdiction patrol in the Windward Passage. Campbell…
Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Returns to Seattle Following Antarctic Deployment
From U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, Aug. 28, 2024 SEATTLE — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew returned to Seattle, Sunday, after 285 days away from the cutter’s home port. Following a 138-day deployment to Antarctica supporting…
USCGC Frederick Hatch Wraps up a Successful Patrol in the Blue Pacific
From U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Aug. 26, 2024 SANTA RITA, Guam — The crew of the USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) successfully concluded a productive patrol period from July 22 to Aug. 12, 2024, under the ongoing Operation…
Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane Returns Home Following 68-day Operation Blue Pacific Patrol in Oceania
From Coast Guard District 14 External Affairs, Aug. 26, 2024 HONOLULU – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane (WMEC 903) returned to Honolulu Friday following a 68-day patrol in support of Coast Guard District Fourteen’s Operation Blue Pacific…
Coast Guard Offloads Nearly $50 Million in Illegal Narcotics Interdicted in Eastern Pacific Ocean
From the U.S. Coast Guard 7th District, Aug. 23, 2024 MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba (WMEC 907) offloaded more than 3,400 pounds of cocaine and 4,410 pounds of marijuana with a combined assessed street value of…
U.S. Coast Guard Completes Operation Island Chief in Pacific Region
From U.S. Coast Guard District 14 External Affairs, Aug. 19, 2024 HONOLULU – The U.S. Coast Guard completed Island Chief, a 13-day operation to safeguard the invaluable marine resources of Pacific Island nations and the Western Central Pacific Ocean. From…
Japan Buys Two SeaGuardians From GA-ASI
SAN DIEGO, August 15, 2024 (Newswire.com) – The Japan Coast Guard (JCG) has signed a contract for the purchase of two SeaGuardian® Remotely Piloted Aircraft (RPA) from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI), scheduled for delivery in 2025. This follows JCG’s ongoing…
Senate Committee Report Calls for Coast Guard Action on Sexual Harassment Claims
In a new report entitled “A Pervasive Problem,” the majority staff of the Homeland Security Committee’s Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations concluded the U.S. Coast Guard must do more to eliminate sexual harassment in its ranks and at the service’s academy…
Coast Guard Offloads More Than $18M in Illegal Narcotics Interdicted in Caribbean
From U.S. Coast Guard 7th District, Aug. 15, 2024 MIAMI – The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Robert Yered offloaded more than 1,380 pounds of cocaine with an assessed street value of approximately $18.1 million in Miami Beach, Wednesday. A…
