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Oct. 10, 2024

Coast Guard rescues man off Longboat Key following Hurricane Milton

MIAMI - A Coast Guard Air Station Miami helicopter crew rescued a man, Thursday, approximately 30 miles off Longboat Key following Hurricane Milton.

Oct. 9, 2024

Coast Guard rescues four people near Oregon Inlet

The Coast Guard rescued four people Monday, near Oregon Inlet. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a report of four people aboard a disabled 27-foot vessel at anchor and taking on water due to the rough sea state.

Oct. 9, 2024

Coast Guard prepares personnel, resources for Hurricane Milton response

MIAMI — The Coast Guard District Seven Area Command pre-staged and prepositioned personnel, aircraft, and boats in advance of Hurricane Milton expected to make landfall late Wednesday evening.

Oct. 8, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley crew returns from 75-day Arctic Ocean patrol

KODIAK, Alaska — The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC 39) returned to their home port in Kodiak, Oct. 4, following a 75-day patrol in the Bering Sea and Arctic Ocean. The crew intercepted a Russian Federation naval vessel transiting the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone, conducted domestic fisheries along the Aleutian Islands, and provided search and rescue coverage to the Bering Sea.

Oct. 7, 2024

Coast Guard sets port conditions for Georgia, South Carolina

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — Coast Guard captains of the ports (COTP) set port conditions, Tuesday, for the Ports of Brunswick, Savannah, coastal South Carolina and all other terminals and facilities due to forecasted sustained tropical storm force winds generated by Hurricane Milton that may arrive within 24 to 48 hours.

Oct. 7, 2024

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard establishes Area Command Post in advance of Hurricane Milton

MIAMI — The Seventh Coast Guard District established an Area Command Post ahead of Hurricane Milton, Monday, at Coast Guard Air Station Miami in Opa Locka.

Oct. 7, 2024

Coast Guard Station Rio Vista to have temporary delay in response to search and rescue

Coast Guard Station Rio Vista will be delayed in response times for search and rescue from Suisun Bay to Sacramento River north towards Sacramento. Coast Guard Station Rio Vista’s facilities have been temporarily closed due to necessary emergency repairs. Out of concern for the health and safety concerns of Coast Guard members at the unit, the station has temporarily assumed a degraded readiness posture. Other Coast Guard assets, including aircraft from Air Station San Francisco, and partner agencies, maintain their capabilities. Coast Guard Sector San Francisco will leverage every available asset to respond to mission demands, including search and rescue cases.

Oct. 7, 2024

MULTIMEDIA RELEASE: Coast Guard medevacs woman from cruise ship approximately 98 miles off Cape Lookout

The Coast Guard medevaced an 85-year-old woman aboard a cruise ship Sunday, approximately 98 miles off Cape Lookout. Sector North Carolina Command Center watchstanders received a medevac request from the cruise ship Carnival Venezia after a woman aboard the ship began experiencing stroke-like symptoms.

The Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle interdicts an unlawful maritime migration voyage in Mona Passage waters east of Mona Island, Puerto Rico, Oct. 2, 2024. The migrants were all repatriated at-sea to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel just off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Oct. 7, 2024

Coast Guard returns 58 migrants to Dominican Republic following at-sea interdiction near Puerto Rico

The crew of Coast Guard Cutters Joseph Doyle and Joseph Napier returned 58 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Saturday and Monday, following the interdictions of an irregular, unlawful maritime migration voyage in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico. The cutter Joseph Doyle crew returned 56 migrants to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel, Saturday, while the cutter Joseph Napier crew repatriated two remaining migrants from the group to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel, Monday, just off Punta Cana, Dominican Republic. “Human smuggling in the Mona Passage is a dangerous and inadvisable venture,” said Lt. Cmdr. David S. Radin, Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle commanding officer. “Smugglers will be identified and prosecuted and trafficked migrants will be repatriated to their country or returned to the country from which the voyage originated. To those considering undertaking one of these voyages, don’t! Instead, seek safe and lawful migration pathways.”