HEADQUARTERS

Feb. 14, 2023

Media Advisory: USCGC Bear to return home following 60-day migrant interdiction patrol in Florida Straits

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) is scheduled to return to their homeport in Portsmouth Wednesday following a 60-day patrol conducting migrant interdiction operations in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage, which included the interdiction, care, and repatriation of over 500 migrants at sea. WHO: Cmdr. Brooke Millard, Bear's commanding officer, and Bear's crew WHAT: Bear and crew members return home after completing a 60-day migrant interdiction patrol WHERE: Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, 4000 Coast Guard Blvd., Portsmouth, VA, 23703 WHEN: 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023

Feb. 13, 2023

Coast Guard assesses civil penalty to illegal charter operator near Destin, Florida

PHOTO AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard imposed a civil penalty to a mariner found operating a charter vessel in violation of federal laws near Destin, Florida, Monday.

Feb. 13, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 3 surfers near Agate Beach, OR

ASTORIA, Ore. – The Coast Guard rescued three surfers in distress Sunday near Agate Beach. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Facility Newport transported all three people to shore, where members from Newport Fire Department were waiting to provide assistance.

Feb. 13, 2023

Coast Guard aircrew rescues 3 men from disabled fishing vessel Dolphin II near Culebra Island, Puerto Rico

A Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircrew rescued three men from a disabled fishing vessel off the northern coast of Cayo Norte just northeast of Culebra Island, Puerto Rico Saturday. Rescued are two U.S. citizens and a U.S. resident, who were forced to abandon the 39-foot fishing vessel Dolphin II after the vessel became disabled on two occasions near Culebra Island.

Feb. 13, 2023

Coast Guard rescues 2 people from rowboat in Hood Canal, WA

SEATTLE — The Coast Guard rescued two people Sunday who were unable to maneuver their rowboat due to weather conditions in the Hood Canal. An Air Station Port Angeles MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew rescued the two people and transported them to family members at Bremerton National Airport in stable condition.

Feb. 12, 2023

Coast Guard medevacs 27-year-old man with heart attack symptoms

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Feb. 11, 2023

Coast Guard hosts Community Day in Houston, Texas

MULTIMEDIA AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard hosted a Community Day in Houston on Saturday.

Feb. 11, 2023

USCGC Confidence’s crew returns home following 40-day Florida Straits patrol

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — The crew of the USCGC Confidence (WMEC 619) returned to their home port in Cape Canaveral Friday following a 40-day patrol in the Florida Straits. Confidence deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry to conduct counter drug and maritime safety and security missions in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District area of operations. While underway, Confidence’s crew worked with additional Coast Guard cutters and air assets to detect, deter and intercept unsafe and illegal migrant ventures bound for the United States.

Feb. 10, 2023

Coast Guard interdicts 2 lancha crews, seizes 600 pounds of illegal fish, shark off Texas coast

PHOTOS AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard interdicted two lancha crews and seized 600 pounds of illegally caught fish and shark in federal waters off southern Texas, Thursday.

Feb. 10, 2023

Coast Guard member receives Coast Guard Medal for heroic efforts

ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard awarded the Coast Guard Medal to Petty Officer 1st Class Wallace Qual Friday in Ilwaco, Washington, for his heroic efforts in 2020. On Sept. 8, 2020, a fisherman was forced to abandon ship approximately a quarter-mile from shore near South Beach State Park, Oregon, after his vessel began taking on water and breaking apart. Qual swam from shore through 6-foot breaking surf to rescue the man. Once he reached the man, Coast Guard members pulled Qual and the survivor back to shore using a tending line.