U.S. Coast Guard Aviation Survival Technician Second Class Omar Alba, assigned to Air Station Houston, executes his final helicopter jump in Seabrook, Texas, March 13, 2026. The jump from the hovering aircraft marks the end of his service as a rescue swimmer. (U.S. Coast Guard video by PA3 Shirzad)
The Coast Guard, New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation, the City of Buffalo, and the Buffalo and Erie County Naval and Miliary Park have
established a Unified Command at 8:00 a.m. Thursday, March 12, 2026, to coordinate response
operations addressing environmental concerns at Naval Park.
Coast Guard Sector Northern Great Lakes is set to begin ice-breaking operations in Duluth, Minnesota, and on the St. Marys River on Monday, March 9, in preparation for the upcoming Great Lakes commercial shipping season.
Coast Guard Cutter Biscayne Bay (WTGB 104) conducted ice
breaking operations between the Sugar Island Ferry landings on the St. Marys River for
approximately nine hours on Thursday, March 5, 2026.
