U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball (WMSL 756) interdicts a suspected drug smuggling vessel while patrolling the Eastern Pacific Ocean, April 17, 2025. The operation marks Kimball's fifth interdiction of their patrol and incorporated a number Coast Guard assets from aerial surveillance to tactical law enforcement, concluding with a sinking of the vessel as a hazard to navigation. (U.S. Coast Guard Video by Petty Officer 3rd Class Austin Wiley)
U.S. Coast Guard active duty and auxiliary personnel gathered at the Mission Bay Yacht Club on Jan. 19, 2025, to usher in a new chain-of-leadership for Division 1, District 11 South for the Auxiliary component.
Boatswain's Mate Third Class Kameron Moon, center, led fellow Coast Guard reservists Boatswain's Mate Third Class Brandon Gibbons, left, Seaman Gerson Ortega, second from right, and Boatswain's Mate Third Class Vincent Suder, right, through seamanship and boat handling training for Port Security Unit 311 in Los Angeles on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.
Coast Guard Ensign Cody Brown helps dismantle a mobile communications tower used by Port Security Unit 311 on Saturday, Sept. 21, 2024 at Base Los Angeles / Long Beach. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class J.J. Huggins.
LONG BEACH, Calif. — The Coast Guard and California State University Long Beach (CSULB) signed an updated memorandum of agreement (MOA) to continue the College Student Pre-Commissioning Initiative (CSPI) scholarship program at CSLUB campus, Thursday.