Coast Guard crews conduct multi-unit response to rescue a mariner after a wave capsizes the 32-foot disabled motor vessel Sand Piper near Astoria, OR, Friday, Feb. 3. An MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew of the Advanced Rescue Helicopter School and multiple 47-foot motor lifeboats of the National Motor Lifeboat School and Station Cape Disappointment. (U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Clark)
In recent weeks, the U.S. Coast Guard has continued to monitor a Russian vessel, believed to be an intelligence gathering ship, off the coast of the Hawaiian Islands. The Coast Guard continues to coordinate with Department of Defense partners, providing updates to foreign vessel movements and activities and to appropriately meet presence with presence to encourage international maritime norms.