POMPANO BEACH, Fla. —The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber (WPC-1101) on March 2 interdicted 23 illegal migrants with multiple nationalities 11 miles east of Pompano Beach attempting to illegally enter the United States, the Coast Guard…
Coast Guard Cutter Robert Ward Commissioned in San Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO — The Coast Guard commissioned a new, California-based 154-foot fast response cutter (FRC), named the Robert Ward, in San Francisco on March 2. The Robert Ward is the second of four Sentinel-Class FRCs to be homeported at Coast…
Special Missions Training Center graduates first class from new N.C. location
CAMP LEJEUNE, N.C. — The Coast Guard celebrated the graduation of the first pre-deployment training class at Special Missions Training Center here on March 1. Class 19-01’s 104 students mark the first group to graduate from the Camp Lejeune location…
Coast Guard Interdicts Lancha Crews Illegally Fishing U.S. Waters
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard law enforcement crews detected and interdicted three Mexican lancha boat crews illegally fishing in federal waters off southern Texas on Feb. 27, the Coast Guard 8th District said in a release. Coast Guard crews…
USCGC Sequoia Returns to Guam from Patrol
HONOLULU — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Sequoia (WLB 215) returned on Feb. 25 to Apra Harbor, Guam, following a multicutter patrol in response to Super Typhoon Wutip, the Coast Guard 14th District said in a Feb. 28…
Fire Breaks Out on Icebreaker Polar Star 650 Miles North of Antarctica
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The 150-member crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star fought a fire at about 9 p.m. PST Feb. 10 that broke out in the ship’s incinerator room about 650 miles north of McMurdo Sound, Antarctica,…
Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant Crew Returns Home After Caribbean Patrol
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Vigilant returned home Feb. 26 to Cape Canaveral after a two-month Caribbean patrol. Vigilant’s crew returned to their homeport of Cape Canaveral, concluding a patrol in which the crew…
Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home After Seizing $43 Million in Cocaine
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Dependable returned home to Virginia Beach, Va., on Feb. 25 after a 59-day patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard 5th District said in a Feb. 26 release….
Coast Guard, Partner Agencies Eradicate Illegal Marijuana Plants in the Bahamas
Andros Island, Bahamas — The Coast Guard, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) and Bahamian authorities have eradicated more than 200,000 illegal marijuana plants in the Bahamas, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a Feb. 22 release. On Feb. 6, 2019,…
Coast Guard Receives Upgraded HC-144B Aircraft in Corpus Christi, Texas
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — The Coast Guard received an upgraded HC-144 medium-range surveillance aircraft at Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas, Wednesday, the Coast Guard 8th District said in a Feb. 20 release. The bravo upgrade expands the HC-144’s extensive sensor…