Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Uranga | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 10.16.2023
PUERTO VALLARTA, Mexico — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) conducted a multi-day visit to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, Oct. 16 and supported the community during their port call by volunteering at a local park damaged by Hurricane Lidia, a Category 4 hurricane that made landfall less than a week before Waesche's arrival. Waesche's leadership team organized the project, and the crew......
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 02.17.2021
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Crews aboard two Alameda-based Coast Guard cutters interdicted three suspected drug smuggling vessels in the Eastern Pacific Ocean between Jan. 26 and Feb. 1 and seized more than 9,000 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated $156 million. Conducting the operations were the crews of the Coast Guard Cutters Munro (WMSL 755) and Bertholf (WMSL 750)....
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart | U.S. Coast Guard Southwest | 04.22.2016
ALAMEDA, Calif. — The crew of a local Coast Guard Cutter returned home to Alameda Friday after seizing $329 million in cocaine during a successful 95-day counter narcotics deployment....
Story by Lt. Donnie Brzuska | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 10.02.2015
A local Coast Guard cutter and crew is scheduled to return to Port Angeles, Friday at 10 a.m., following a successful 50-day counter-narcotics patrol off the Pacific coast of Central America....
Story by Lt. Donnie Brzuska | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 06.30.2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned to Pier 36 in Seattle Tuesday at 10 a.m. following a 71-day counter-drug deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean off the coast of Central America....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 09.02.2014
Crew members of the Coast Guard Cutter Boutwell spent their port call in Panama City volunteering their time at a local church as well as engaging in friendly games of soccer and basketball....
