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 | 08.24.2024
Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team Pacific Law Enforcement Detachment 111 crew members, embarked aboard Royal Navy offshore patrol vessel HMS Trent (P 224), coordinate a transfer with Coast Guard Cutter Bear (WMEC-901) crew members, Aug. 24, 2024, while aboard the cutter in the Windward Passage. Bear’s crew conducted a 58-day homeland security and counter-drug patrol while operating......
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)...
Courtesy Photo | 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 1st Class Jeremy Wilbanks)...
Courtesy Photo | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 06.03.2023
A law enforcement detachment from the U.S. Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team-Pacific, temporarily assigned to USCGC Bear (WMEC 901), handles contraband during an at-sea interdiction June 3, 2023, in the Atlantic Ocean. While underway in the Seventh Coast Guard District’s area of responsibility and in support of Joint Interagency Task Force–South, Bear conducted six counterdrug......
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 02.15.2023
Petty Officer 2nd Class Matteo Ventrella, an electronics technician assigned to USCGC Bear (WMEC 901), hugs a family member at the pier in Portsmouth, Va., Feb. 15, 2023. Bear returned home following a 60-day deployment conducting maritime safety and security missions in the Florida Straits. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)...
Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 02.15.2023
Petty Officer 1st Class Cory Demery, a maritime enforcement specialist assigned to the USCGC Bear (WMEC 9012), gives an interview to media at the pier in Portsmouth, Va., Feb. 15, 2023. Bear returned home following a 60-day deployment conducting maritime safety and security missions in the Florida Straits. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Hillard)...
