MIAMI — The Coast Guard signed for the newest Coast Guard Fast-Response Cutter, Terrell Horne, Thursday during a signing ceremony in Key West, Florida, the Coast Guard 7th District said in an Oct. 26 release. Lt. John Beal, commanding officer…
Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless Returns Home After Seizing Approximately $27 Million of Cocaine
PENSACOLA, Fla. ― Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless is scheduled to return home to Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, Oct. 27 following a 54-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard 8th District said in an Oct. 27 release….
Coast Guard Icebreaker Healy Crew Completes Second Arctic Mission
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy completed their second mission of their Arctic West Summer 2018 deployment Oct. 18. Mission 1802 was a scientific mission to study stratified ocean dynamics in the Arctic (SODA)…
Polar Star Returns Home After Six Months in Dry Dock
SEATTLE — The Coast Guard cutter Polar Star arrived home Oct. 17 following a six-month maintenance period at Mare Island Dry Dock in Vallejo, California, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in a release. The 42-year-old icebreaker received extensive repairs…
Coast Guard Offloads Cocaine, Marijuana Seized in the Caribbean Basin
MIAMI — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber offloaded approximately 3,516 pounds of cocaine and 50 pounds of marijuana worth an estimated wholesale value of over $47 million seized in international waters off the Caribbean Basin…
Coast Guard, Caribbean Border Interagency Group Seize $30 Million in Cocaine off Puerto Rico
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Coast Guard and Caribbean Border Interagency Group (CBIG) law enforcement authorities seized 2,324 pounds of cocaine, worth an estimated $30 million, following the interdiction of a go-fast vessel off Luquillo, Puerto Rico, Oct. 13 the…
Legare Returns to Virginia After Rescue Missions Off the East Coast
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Legare returned home to Coast Guard Base Portsmouth Oct. 15 following a 12-week patrol in the North Atlantic, providing search-and-rescue capability and living marine resource protection, the 5th Coast Guard District…
Alert Returns Home Following Counterdrug Patrol
ASTORIA, Ore. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned home Oct. 13 following a 50-day counterdrug patrol to the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast Guard Pacific Area said in an Oct. 15 release. The 75-member crew aboard Alert conducted multiple…
Cutter Heriberto Hernandez Repatriates 12 Dominican Migrants
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Heriberto Hernandez repatriated 12 Dominicans and returned two Haitians to Dominican authorities Oct. 14, following the interdiction of a migrant vessel Oct. 11 in waters just off Mona…
Coast Guard Cutter Active Returns Home After Seizing $87 Million Worth of Cocaine
PORT ANGELES, Wash. — The Coast Guard Cutter Active returned home Oct. 12 following a 50-day counterdrug deployment to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The 75-member crew aboard Active conducted multiple law enforcement boardings in international waters off the coasts of…
