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July 15, 2026

Coast Guard raises awareness of hoaxes amid false distress calls transmitted in Great Lakes

CLEVELAND — The Coast Guard is raising awareness of the dangers and penalties associated with hoax distress calls, including those transmitted via radio, phone, and on social media.

July 15, 2026

Coast Guard transitions Expeditionary Cutter Squadron to enhance operational capabilities

WASHINGTON — The United States Coast Guard transitioned its Expeditionary Cutter Squadron (ECS), historically called Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA), to operate in the Western Pacific conducting maritime security operations and cooperative maritime activities with allies and partner nations in the region, in response to national security requirements.

July 15, 2026

Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to capsized vessel near Alcatraz Island

SAN FRANCISCO – The U.S. Coast Guard, along with federal, state and local partner agencies, is responding to a vessel that capsized near Alcatraz Island in San Francisco Bay, Tuesday afternoon.

The crew of the Reliance-class medium-endurance cutter USCGC Resolute (WMEC 620) arrives at its new homeport at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, July 13, 2026. The Resolute is one of two 210-foot medium endurance cutters relocating from St. Petersburg, Florida, to Base Portsmouth as part of a strategic homeport shift bringing approximately 154 personnel and their families to the Hampton Roads area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kate Kilroy)

July 14, 2026

Coast Guard welcomes two cutters to new Virginia home port

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The Coast Guard welcomed the crews of the Coast Guard cutters Venturous (WMEC 625) and Resolute (WMEC 620) to their new home port at Coast Guard Base Portsmouth this week. Both 210-foot Reliance-class medium endurance cutters relocated to Virginia after previously being homeported in St. Petersburg, Florida. The transition brings approximately 154 Coast Guard personnel and their families to the Hampton Roads area.

July 14, 2026

Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City holds change of command ceremony

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. — U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City bid farewell to Capt. Catherine Carabine and welcomed Capt. Brian Conley as the air station’s new commanding officer during a change of command ceremony held Friday.

July 14, 2026

Coast Guard Sector Virginia holds change of command ceremony

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — U.S. Coast Guard Sector Virginia bid farewell to Capt. Peggy Britton and welcomed Capt. Brett Workman as the new sector commander during a change of command ceremony held Thursday at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown in Yorktown, Virginia.

July 13, 2026

Coast Guard hoists man from sinking catamaran offshore Kauai

HONOLULU — The Coast Guard hoisted a man from his sinking catamaran 23 miles offshore Kauai Sunday.

July 13, 2026

Coast Guard apprehends 10 aliens, 3 smugglers near Point Loma

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard apprehended 10 suspected aliens and three suspected smugglers during two boarding operations near Point Loma, Sunday.

U.S. Coast Guard crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter James, stand at parade rest during a change of command ceremony in Key West, Florida July 9, 2026. The James is one of four 418-foot Legend-class national security cutters homeported in Charleston, South Carolina, under U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area Command. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

July 13, 2026

Coast Guard Cutter James holds change of command ceremony

KEY WEST, Fla. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL 754) held a change of command ceremony July 9 in Key West. Capt. Charles Banks relieved Capt. Thomas Rodzewicz as the eighth commanding officer of the James during the ceremony, which was presided over by Vice Adm. Jo-Ann Burdian, commander, Coast Guard Atlantic Area. Rodzewicz served as the cutter’s commanding officer from July 2024 to July 2026, leading patrols in the Eastern Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, and finishing his tour in the Caribbean Sea. Rodzewicz oversaw the successful execution of counter-drug operations, seizing over 41,348 kilograms of cocaine and 4,440 pounds of marijuana, totaling a value of $900 million dollars, and defense readiness missions, including a Composite Training Unit Exercise with the USS Gerald R. Ford Carrier Strike Group.

July 12, 2026

Coast Guard apprehends 25 suspected aliens in Mission Bay and Point Loma

SAN DIEGO — The Coast Guard apprehended 25 suspected aliens during two boarding operations near San Diego, Saturday afternoon.