PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) returned to their homeport May 27 in Port Angeles after a 58-day counter-drug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in…
Navy’s RQ-4A BAMS-D Surveillance UAV Passes 40K Flight Hours
SAN DIEGO — Northrop Grumman’s autonomous high-altitude, long-endurance (HALE) Broad Area Maritime Surveillance-Demonstrator (BAMS-D) system surpassed 40,000 flight hours during a routine mission in the U.S. Central Command (USCENTCOM) area of operations April 13, the company said in a May…
Coast Guard Repatriates 21 Migrants to Cuba
MIAMI — The Coast Guard Cutter William Trump crew repatriated 21 Cubans to Cuba May 24 at approximately 10 a.m. after they were interdicted off Key West’s coast, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a May 25 release. A good…
5th Fleet Bolstered by Arrival of Two Coast Guard Fast Response Cutters
MANAMA, Bahrain — U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutters USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) arrived at their new homeport onboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, May 25, the U.S. 5th Fleet Public Affairs said in a release. The FRCs…
Cutter Steadfast Returns to Homeport After Interdicting $33 Million in Cocaine
ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast (WMEC 623) returned to its Astoria, Oregon, homeport May 21 after completing a 10,000-mile, 49-day counter-narcotics patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a May 26…
Cutter Willow Services Aids to Navigation in Puerto Rico Maritime Ports
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutter Willow has completed a 12-day mission servicing 23 critical aids to navigation (AToN) across eight maritime ports in Puerto Rico, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a release. The crew…
USCGC Hamilton Concludes Operations with U.S. Navy 6th Fleet
MEDITERRANEAN SEA — The Legend-class national security USCGC Hamilton (WMSL 753) transited out of the Mediterranean Sea, concluding the crew’s recent operations in the U.S. Navy 6th Fleet’s area of responsibility, May 24, 2021, the Coast Guard Atlantic Area said in…
U.S. Coast Guard Establishes UxS Cross Functional Working Group
A report from the National Academies of Sciences has recommended the U.S. Coast Guard “take a more strategic and accelerated approach to exploit the capabilities of existing and future unmanned systems,” and the Coast Guard agrees. The report, “Leveraging Unmanned Systems…
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Graduates 240 New Officers
NEW LONDON, Conn. — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy graduated 240 new officers along with seven international students with keynote speaker President Joseph R. Biden Jr. in attendance, May 19, 2021, the academy said. The Class of 2021 consists of…
Cutter Offloads $220 Million in Interdicted Illicit Drugs in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) offloaded approximately 11,500 pounds of seized cocaine in San Diego, May 19, the Coast Guard 11th District said in a release. The drugs, worth an estimated $220 million,…
