Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Kate Kilroy | U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area | 12.21.2022
VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — The crew of the USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) returned to their homeport in Virginia Beach Wednesday, following a 48-day patrol in the Northern Caribbean Sea. In support of the Coast Guard’s Seventh District, Vigorous’ crew conducted maritime safety and security missions as they responded to the historically high migration activity and remained prepared to interdict......
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Omar Faba | U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes | 06.27.2022
STURGEON BAY, Wis. ⎯Members of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mobile Bay (WTGB 103) would like to invite the community to a virtual change of command ceremony on the U.S. Coast Guard Great Lakes Facebook page at 10 a.m. on Tuesday....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Janessa-Reyanna Warschkow | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 05.21.2021
In early March, instructors at the Coast Guard North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center (NPRFTC) prepared crew members of Coast Guard Cutter Stratton to safeguard Alaska’s living marine resources....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Arctic | 04.20.2021
The Coast Guard is scheduled to decommission Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724), the Coast Guard’s last 378-foot Hamilton class cutter, following 49 years of service, during a ceremony Saturday at 11 a.m. on Coast Guard Base Kodiak....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Andrew Kendrick | U.S. Coast Guard East | 11.28.2018
PORTSMOUTH, Va. — Coast Guard crews returned four mariners to shore Wednesday, after their sailboat was demasted in a storm more than 100 miles off Cape Lookout, North Carolina. Rescue Coordination Center Norfolk received a satellite emergency distress notification Monday night. Later that evening, an Air Station Elizabeth City HC-130 Hercules airplane crew located the 55-foot Beneteau......
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Wyrick | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 09.18.2018
Typhoon Mangkhut left hundreds homeless, caused widespread outages, flooded areas, knocked down power lines and trees, and canceled dozens of flights. The storm passed almost directly over Rota, but Guam and the surrounding areas still experienced typhoon-force winds....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Wyrick | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 09.13.2018
The Coast Guard is responsible for 11 main missions. Ranging from search and rescue to coastal security, navigation markers, and living marine resource enforcement; Coast Guard crews aboard our assets around the nation often perform more than one of these missions regularly, and most of our assets are designed to be effective in multiple purposes. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sequoia......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania | 03.29.2018
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard decommissioned its ninth High Endurance Cutter after nearly 50 years of service as part of recapitalization efforts during a ceremony at Coast Guard Base Honolulu, Thursday....
