From U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Dec. 9, 2025 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Tuesday it has seized more than 150,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean since launching Operation Pacific Viper in early August. With a dose…
AUSTAL USA Lays Keel of Its First Offshore Patrol Cutter
From Austal USA, Dec. 8, 2025 MOBILE, Ala. – Austal USA hosted a keel laying ceremony today for the first U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Heritage-class Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC) to be built at the company’s Mobile, Ala. ship manufacturing facility. …
USCG, CBP, HSI seize vessel with $28M in illicit narcotics off Miami Beach
From Coast Guard Southeast District, Dec. 5, 2025 MIAMI – A U.S. Coast Guard Station Miami Beach law enforcement boat crew along with CBP Air and Marine Operations (AMO) and HSI seized approximately 3,715 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated…
USCG Heavy Icebreaker Departs Seattle for Months-Long Deployment to Antarctica
Release From U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District SEATTLE — The USCGC Polar Star (WAGB 10) departed Seattle on Thursday commencing its 29th deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint military mission to resupply the United States…
Coast Guard Cutter Tampa Returns Home After 67-Day Counterdrug Patrol
From U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Tampa (WMEC 902) returned to their homeport in Portsmouth, Friday, following a 67-day deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the counterdrug mission…
Coast Guard Continues to Break Records, Offloading Over $362M in Illicit Drugs
From Coast Guard Southeast District – Nov. 19, 2025 MIAMI – U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone’s crew offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $362 million at Port Everglades, Wednesday. This offload marks the most amount of cocaine seized by a single cutter in…
USS St. Louis Returns from Deployment in Support of Southern Border Operations
From Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet, Nov. 11, 2025 The Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS St. Louis (LCS 19), operating under U.S. Northern Command (USNORTHCOM) in the Gulf of America, returned to Naval Station Mayport ), along with the “Valkyries” of…
U.S. Coast Guard Responds to Russian Military Vessel off Honolulu
Coast Guard Oceania District External Affairs, Nov. 13, 2025 HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard detected and monitored a Russian military vessel operating near U.S. territorial waters approximately 15 nautical miles south of Oahu on Oct. 29. A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules from Air Station Barbers…
USCGC Frederick Hatch Returns to Guam Following Drydock in Honolulu
From U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, Nov. 11, 2025 SANTA RITA, Guam — The USCGC Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) crew returned to homeport Nov. 5, after a deployment of more than eight months that included scheduled drydock maintenance in…
Coast Guard Exceeds Fiscal Year 2025 Recruiting Goals, Achieves Highest Numbers Since 1991
From Headquarters, U.S. Coast Guard WASHINGTON – The Coast Guard announced Friday it exceeded its fiscal year 2025 (FY25) recruiting goals, achieving the highest accession numbers since 1991. The Coast Guard accessed 5,204 active-duty enlisted service members in FY25, which…
