Category: Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star braved a dangerous transit of the Bearing Sea to clear a crucial shipping route and monitor Russian ships.

This dramatic footage of the rescues highlights the incredible skill and bravery on display from the Coast Guard crews.

The Aviation crew attached to the USCG CAMPBELL deployed their rescue swimmer out of the MH-65 Dolphin Helicopter off the coast of Greenland.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Midgett (WMSL 757) conducts helicopter in-flight refueling operations with an Air Station Barbers Point MH-65 Dolphin helicopter off Oahu, Hawaii, March 26, 2020. The crew completed their first operation patrol in the Pacific at the end of April.

Nine people were hurt, with one listed in critical condition, after a 38-foot Coast Guard vessel collided with a U.S. Navy vessel of approximately the same size off the coast of Alaska on Wednesday. The Coast Guard vessel had just completed a helicopter hoist training exercise in conjunction with a nearby Coast Guard Air Base. […]

The U.S. Coast Guard announced this week that they made yet another open-ocean sub bust last month. This time the semi-submersible vessel contained nearly $69 million worth of cocaine. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane reportedly intercepted the drug-smuggling vessel in the Pacific Ocean after it was spotted by maritime patrol aircraft. Once on board, […]

Tosca and her Maritime Security Response Team canine officer sweep the deck of Mississippi Canyon Block 582, Medusa Platform during a joint exercise. The MSRT, Murphy Oil Corporation, and DoD worked together to train to respond to threats aboard the production facility. The Coast Guard’s Special Operations Forces (SOF) are pooled under the Deployable Operations […]

Earlier this month, the Coast Guard Cutter Valiant intercepted a 40-foot long semi-submersible vessel carrying 12,000 pounds of cocaine and four smugglers. Vessels of that sort, commonly referred to as “narco subs,” travel while almost completely submerged in order to limit detection from the sea. As a result, the Coast Guard and American law enforcement […]

Members of Maritime Security and Response Team West (MSRT-West) exercise with sidearms and rifles from the flight deck of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) during a months-long deployment in support of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet. Coast Guard MSRT operators were recently involved in a high-speed interdiction of a mini-submarine carrying drugs.

The U.S. Coast Guard offloaded a massive haul of seized drugs in San Diego on Thursday, including a total of more than 39,000 pounds of cocaine and 933 pounds of marijuana worth a combined estimated $569 million. All of the drugs were seized in international waters during routine operations in the Eastern Pacific. Vice President […]

Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist 2nd Class Tyler Maryott, assigned to U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Security Response Team West, conducts a visit, board, search, and seizure drill with Royal Thai Navy SEALs aboard the Quiandaohu-class auxiliary ship HTMS Similan (AOR 871) as part of Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training (CARAT) Thailand 2019. This year marks the […]

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. (WPC-1107) launched a 33-foot Defender-class response boat and rescue crew to troubleshoot for the Pelican of London, a 149-foot sailing vessel with 42 passengers aboard. Its staff was unable to start engines due to an electrical issue. Coast Guard Seventh District Command Center watchstanders received […]