Story by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 07.20.2023
HONOLULU — The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) held a change of command ceremony, Thursday, on Coast Guard Base Honolulu. Rear Adm. Brendan McPherson, deputy commander of U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area, presided over the ceremony in which Capt. Matthew Rooney relieved Capt. Willie Carmichael as Midgett’s commanding officer. ...
Story by Chief Petty Officer Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area | 08.31.2022
MANILA, Philippines – The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) arrived in Manila Tuesday for its first international port call during the crew’s months-long Western Pacific deployment to the region....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jessica Blackwell | Carrier Strike Group ONE - CSG 1 | 10.28.2020
PEARL HARBOR (Oct. 28, 2020) – USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) was awarded the Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation during a pierside ceremony, Oct. 13, for the ship’s assistance in a 2019 maritime interdiction operation in the U.S. 4th Fleet area of operations....
Story by Chief Petty Officer Sara Muir | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 05.01.2020
HONOLULU -- The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) concluded a successful 37-day patrol in support of counter-Illegal, Unregulated and Unreported (IUU) fishing and regional security operations in Oceania, Thursday....
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Masaschi | U.S. Coast Guard Oceania District | 08.24.2019
HONOLULU — The U.S Coast Guard’s two newest national security cutters were commissioned Saturday during a ceremony presided over by Adm. Karl Schultz, the Coast Guard’s commandant. ...
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Katelyn Shearer | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 02.12.2015
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returned to Seattle Thursday upon concluding a monthlong deployment to San Diego for annual Tailored Ship’s Training Assessment exercises. The Midgett crew earned Battle “E” excellence awards in all five combat warfare areas during the training exercises....
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener | U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District | 03.21.2013
The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, a 378-foot cutter home-ported in Seattle, is returned to Coast Guard Base Seattle after a 75-day counter-narcotics patrol in the eastern Pacific Ocean, Thursday at 10 a.m....
