Jun 22, 2012 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard conducted a change of command ceremony here welcoming a new sector commander and captain of the port, Friday. Capt. John Little relieved Capt. Mark Ogle as the commander of Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads and the Captain of the Port of Virginia. The commander is responsible for the Coast […]

May 10, 2023 · SAN DIEGO — Coast Guard, U.S. Navy and U.S. Customs and Border Protection assets are searching for three people after a report of a downed aircraft approximately one-mile southwest of San Clemente Island, Wednesday morning. Watchstanders at the Joint Harbor Operations Center in San Diego received the initial report of a downed aircraft at 7:53 […]

Sep 16, 2022 · SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – The Coast Guard set Port Condition YANKEE at 10 a.m. Friday for all maritime ports in Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgins Islands, due to Tropical Storm Fiona’s approach to the Caribbean region. The Coast Guard strongly cautions the maritime community in both jurisdictions to take the necessary precautions and […]

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Coast Guard marine safety crews monitored the removal of the tugboat Tutahaco Friday near Ormond Beach. The Tutahaco was deemed a maritime threat to the environment after finding significant amounts of oil, PCBs, lead and asbestos. “The Tutahaco is in a dilapidated condition,” said Lt. Cmdr. Christopher Svencer, the incident commander for […]

Jun 19, 2009 · JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Capt. Joseph T. Baker assumed command of the Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron Friday at the HITRON facility at Cecil Field in Jacksonville. Baker assumed the command of more than 233 personnel and 10 armed MH-65C dolphin helicopters. HITRON is America’s first and only …

Sep 17, 2022 · NEW ORLEANS — Coast Guard Investigative Service arrested a boater near Venice, Louisiana, Friday who allegedly fired a weapon at a Coast Guard rescue helicopter. Coast Guard Eighth District watchstanders initially received a distress signal early Thursday morning from an activated emergency position indicating radio beacon (EPIRB) belonging to a 40-foot sailing vessel approximately 75 […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – San Francisco-based Coast Guard Cutter Aspen returned home Sunday after seizing approximately 8,500 pounds of marijuana from a vessel Wednesday approximately 160 miles west of Los Angeles. The event marks a 50-ton milestone for waterborne marijuana seizures in Southern California and the Pacific …

Jul 2, 2013 · PORTSMOUTH, Va. — A Coast Guard Petty Officer accused of rape, sexual assault, cruelty and maltreatment, making a false official statement and failure to obey a lawful order will face a court-martial expected to begin in September in Charleston, S.C. The decision by Vice Adm. Robert C. Parker, Atlantic Area Commander, is based on the […]

Jun 9, 2023 · MIAMI — The Coast Guard Seventh District staff held a change of command ceremony, Friday, at Air Station Miami in Opa-Locka, Florida. Rear Adm. Douglas M. Schofield relieved the duties and responsibilities of the Seventh District Commander and Director of Department of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast from Rear Adm. Brendan McPherson.

Jun 17, 2023 · Miami— The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) offloaded more than 14,153 pounds of cocaine worth more than $186 million in Miami, Friday. The offloaded drugs were interdicted during nine separate cases in the international waters of the Caribbean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean as a result of efforts by crews from: Coast […]