Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.16.2025
A Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) small boat crew interdicts an illegal and unsafe vessel with six Cuban aliens aboard in the Caribbean Sea, Dec. 16, 2025. Bear’s crew conducted a 31-day maritime border security patrol in the Florida Straits, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.13.2025
A Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) crew member assists a U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter aircrew during flight operations in the Caribbean Sea, Dec. 13, 2025. Bear’s crew conducted a 31-day maritime border security patrol in the Florida Straits, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Wilbanks)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.13.2025
A U.S. Navy MH-60 Seahawk helicopter aircrew conducts vertical replenishment operations with Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) during flight operations in the Caribbean Sea, Dec. 13, 2025. Bear’s crew conducted a 31-day maritime border security patrol in the Florida Straits, Caribbean Sea and Gulf of America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Wilbanks)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.10.2025
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) steams while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Dec. 10, 2025. Bear’s crew conducted vertical replenishment flight operations with the U.S. Navy during a month-long patrol in the Caribbean Sea, Florida Straits and Gulf of America. (U.S. Navy photo)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.18.2024
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) crew members repatriate Haitian migrants while working with the Haitian Coast Guard, Sept. 18, 2024, in Cap-Haïtien, Haiti. Bear’s crew conducted a 58-day homeland security and counter-drug patrol while operating in the Seventh Coast Guard District area of responsibility. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Wilbanks)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.15.2024
A Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC 901) small boat crew interdicts an overloaded vessel unlawfully bound for the United States by sea with over 100 migrants on board, Sept. 15, 2024, while underway north of Haiti. Operation Vigilant Sentry’s mission is to deter unlawful migration while also making sure that dangerously overloaded vessels are stopped to prevent loss of life at sea. (U.S. Coast......
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 09.15.2024
Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore (WPC-1109) interdicts an overloaded vessel unlawfully bound for the United States by sea with over 100 migrants on board, Sept. 15, 2024, while conducting joint migrant interdiction operations with Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) north of Haiti. Operation Vigilant Sentry’s mission is to deter unlawful migration while also making sure that dangerously......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Palmer | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 08.20.2024
Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) conducts joint operations with a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew, Aug. 20, 2024, while at sea north of Haiti. Bear’s crew conducted a 58-day homeland security and counter-drug patrol while operating in the Seventh Coast Guard District area of responsibility. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Joshua Palmer)...
