HEADQUARTERS

March 27, 2026

Coast Guard to patrol alongside federal, local partners during spring break, Holy Week in Puerto Rico

Coast Guard air and surface crews and shoreside personnel will be patrolling and working alongside federal and local law enforcement and emergency response partners during local spring break and Holy Week in Puerto Rico, March 28 through April 5, 2026. During this period, the Coast Guard urges people to actively consider and plan for safety when being out on the water or visiting beaches around the island.  Coast Guard and partner agency crews remain vigilant and ready to respond to maritime search and rescue and to intervene with illegal passenger vessel operators and boaters operating their vessels under the influence.

March 27, 2026

Coast Guard, partners, good Samaritans respond to helicopter crash on Kauai

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard, agency partners and good Samaritans responded to a helicopter crash off Kalalau Beach on Kauai Thursday.    

March 26, 2026

Coast Guard medevacs woman passenger from dive yacht Turks and Caicos II 200 nautical miles from Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard helicopter aircrew medevacked a passenger experiencing a medical emergency aboard the dive yacht Turks and Caicos Explorer II, approximately 200 nautical miles northwest of Puerto Rico, Wednesday afternoon. Medevacked is a 66-year-old woman, who was safely transported to the Centro Medico Hospital in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

March 26, 2026

U.S. Coast Guard, CNMI partners strengthen maritime security presence in Saipan’s waters

SAIPAN, CNMI — Federal and local maritime law enforcement agencies patrolled Saipan's waters and port together in mid-March, boarding six small vessels and launching new coordination channels that expand the CNMI's ability to monitor and respond to threats in its surrounding waters. From March 18-22, the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Boarding Team conducted joint underway and shoreside operations alongside the CNMI Department of Public Safety Saipan Marine Unit and CNMI Customs and Biosecurity. Teams engaged 12 vessel contacts and completed six small vessel security boardings, while a joint patrol of the Port of Saipan marked the first combined shoreside operation between the U.S. Coast Guard and Customs and Biosecurity. The operation also brought together key agency leaders for the first time. SBT members met with an ICE Homeland Security Investigations representative, the assistant director of the CNMI Department of Fish and Wildlife, and the newly appointed chief of the DPS’s Saipan Marine Unit — reinforcing direct lines of communication and cooperation that strengthen maritime domain awareness across the CNMI's waters and surrounding exclusive economic zone.

March 25, 2026

Unified Command Launches Public Information Website for LOOP Oil Spill Response

Editors note, link the website can be found here.NEW ORLEANS — The Unified Command, consisting of

March 25, 2026

Coast Guard Responding to Vessel Grounding and Collision on Mississippi River

The Coast Guard is responding after two vessels, the PAC DUBHE and the AFRICAN BUZZARD, collided and subsequently grounded near mile marker 124.5 on the Mississippi River on Monday.

March 25, 2026

Coast Guard interdicts 12 aliens off San Diego

SAN DIEGO — A Coast Guard boarding team interdicted 12 suspected aliens Monday offshore San

March 23, 2026

Coast Guard temporarily relieves commanding officer of Ketchikan-based cutter

JUNEAU, Alaska — The U.S. Coast Guard temporarily relieved the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Denman, homeported in Ketchikan, Monday.

March 23, 2026

Coast Guard rescues 2 people stranded at the bottom of a shoreside cliff in Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew, watch standers and local emergency responders rescued two people stranded at the bottom of a shoreside cliff off Seven Seas Beach in Fajardo, Puerto Rico, Saturday. Rescued are an 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man, who became trapped at the bottom of the cliff because of the increasing sea state.

March 21, 2026

Coast Guard, partners rescue 7 people, 1 dog during flash floods on Oahu

HONOLULU – Coast Guard and Navy aircrews rescued seven people and one dog during flash floods on Oahu Friday.