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Nov. 3, 2024

Coast Guard, partner agencies search for overdue boaters near Bodega Bay, Calif.

The Coast Guard and partner agencies continue to search for four missing boaters near Bodega Bay, Sunday.

Nov. 3, 2024

VIDEO AVAILABLE: Coast Guard medevacs 66-year-old woman 92 miles southeast of Southwest Pass, Louisiana

Editor's Note: Click here to download video.NEW ORLEANS – The Coast Guard medevaced a 66-year-old

Nov. 3, 2024

FEATURE: Coast Guard Fifth District Commander conducts coin toss at Elizabeth City State University football game

ELIZABETH CITY, N.C. – Rear Adm. John “Jay” Vann, commander of the Fifth Coast Guard District, attended the Elizabeth City State University Vikings final home game against the Bowie State University Bulldogs Saturday, where he kicked off the game by conducting the official coin toss. As part of the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Coast Guard Pathways Program, Vann serves as the Executive Champion for ECSU’s College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI). As the Executive Champion, Vann has the authority to select one student each year for the CSPI program.

Nov. 3, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs 2 people following zip-line collision in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

The crew of a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter medevaced two injured people from the Carambola zip-line platform in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands, Friday. Medevaced were Jason Bomar, 58, and Jeanne Glidewell, 32, both U.S. citizens, after they sustained multiple injuries associated with a high-speed collision on the zip-line. "This case highlights the importance of teamwork,” said Lt. David Tirado Tolosa, Coast Guard MH-60T Jayhawk aircraft commander for the medevac. “It was a complex location to hoist two injured persons, but our crew and the local rescue personnel did an amazing job stabilizing them which allowed us to conduct the hoists safely. We are very glad to have transported these patients to receive the medical care they required.”

Nov. 1, 2024

Unified Command concludes Marina del Rey Vessel Fire 2024

The Unified Command concluded its diesel fuel recovery efforts Thursday after a yacht, The Admiral, caught fire in Marina del Rey Sept. 18, 2024. Coast Guard Incident Management Division responders boarded the vessel on Thursday and confirmed there was no remaining pollution threat from the vessel. Crews worked to recover the diesel, raise the sunken vessel, and remove any pollution threat from the vessel over the last several weeks.

Oct. 31, 2024

Coast Guard rescues two boaters from Napa Sonoma Marshes

A Coast Guard aircrew rescued two boaters stranded in the Napa Sonoma Wildlife Marsh, in Napa, Wednesday evening. The helicopter aircrew hoisted the two boaters after locating them 2-miles south of Napa County Airport in the Napa-Sonoma Wildlife Marsh.

Oct. 29, 2024

Coast Guard medevacs ailing captain from fishing vessel offshore Honolulu

HONOLULU – The Coast Guard medevaced the captain of a commercial fishing vessel 65 miles offshore Honolulu, Monday.

A foreign fishing vessel discarding a finless shark carcass while conducting shark finning operations in the North Pacific, May 12, 2024. Regional Fisheries Management Organizations regulate the process of shark finning through Conservation and Management Measures. These measures require fully utilizing retained catches of sharks and limits on amounts of fins onboard in relation to those sharks. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Oct. 29, 2024

U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian forces, international partners wrap-up Operation North Pacific Guard 2024 

Coast Guard Cutter Paul Clark interdicts an unlawful maritime migration voyage in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico, Oct. 26, 2024. Twenty-two migrants interdicted in this voyage were repatriated to a Dominican Republic Navy vessel, while five others were transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody awaiting federal prosecution in Puerto Rico, Oct. 27, 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Oct. 29, 2024

Coast Guard repatriates 47 migrants to Dominican Republic following 3 at-sea interdictions near Puerto Rico

The Coast Guard returned 47 migrants to the Dominican Republic between Thursday and Sunday, following three separate interdictions of irregular, unlawful maritime migration voyages in Mona Passage waters near Puerto Rico. Ten of the interdicted migrants remain in U.S. custody to face federal prosecution by the U.S. District Court of Puerto Rico on a range of separate charges including attempted reentry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. 1326, unlawful entry into the United States under 8 U.S.C. 1325, and failure to heave under 18 U.S.C. 2237.

USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) underway in the South Florida Straits, Nov. 18, 2022. The cutter’s primary missions are counterdrug operations, migrant interdiction, enforcing federal fishery laws and search and rescue in support of U.S. Coast Guard operations throughout the Western Hemisphere. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Payton Ray)

Oct. 29, 2024

Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous returns home following 51-day deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous (WMEC 627) moored at Naval Station Norfolk, Oct. 15, following a 51-day deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Deployed in support of Joint Interagency Task Force – South and patrolling within the Coast Guard Eleventh District area of responsibility, Vigorous’ crew conducted counter-drug missions to prevent the flow of narcotics and other illicit smuggling into the United States by transnational criminal organizations.