Coast Guard crews train and conduct airboat operations during Operation River Wall near the Texas Southern Border Oct. 19, 2025.
This training allows Coast Guard personnel to operate airboats that are capable of navigating shallow waters that are often encountered along southern border waters. Video by Petty Officer First Class Edward Wargo
Good Samaritans rescue 4 adults, 2 children
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — Coast Guard helicopter crews responded to a capsized boat with four adults and two children aboard and coordinated their rescue at the mouth of Baffin Bay Monday.
Coast Guard rescues 3 from grounded shrimp boat
CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted three men off of a disabled shrimp boat that grounded early Tuesday morning near Pass Cavalo, about 5 miles southeast of Port O’Connor.