MIAMI — Two Coast Guard Atlantic Area-based cutters offloaded more than $330 million worth of illegal narcotics, Feb. 4 and Feb. 8, at Port Everglades, in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, the Coast Guard 7th District said in a Feb. 8 release. …
CGC Steadfast Returns Home after 45-Day Counter-Narcotics Patrol
ASTORIA, Ore. — The Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast returned to its homeport of Astoria, Oregon, Jan. 30 following a 45-day counter-narcotics patrol, where the crew transited more than 10,000 miles conducting law enforcement operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, the Coast…
U.S., Russia Sign Joint Contingency Plan for Pollution Response in the Bering and Chukchi Seas
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Coast Guard and the Russian Federation’s Marine Rescue Service recently signed the 2020 Joint Contingency Plan of the United States of America & the Russian Federation in Combating Pollution on the Bering & Chukchi Seas, the Coast…
Polar Star Takes Cuttermen to School in the Arctic
America’s only heavy icebreaker is conducting training in a realistic environment — the Arctic. When the National Science Foundation scaled back the research activities at McMurdo Station in Antarctica because of COVID 19, USCGC Polar Star’s annual deployment in support…
Coast Guard, Navy offload more than $211M worth of cocaine, marijuana in San Diego
SAN DIEGO – Coast Guard and Navy personnel offloaded approximately 11,400 pounds of cocaine and 9,000 pounds of marijuana Feb. 1, amounting to more than $211 million from seizures in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The offload is…
Coast Guard Cutter Spencer Returns After $10M Cocaine, Marijuana Bust
BOSTON — The Coast Guard Cutter Spencer (WMEC 905) crew returned home to Boston, Massachusetts, Jan. 28, after a 59-day patrol, the Coast Guard 1st District said in a release. The crew’s seizure of 440 pounds of cocaine and 1,500 pounds…
Coast Guard Transfers 2 Suspected Smugglers, $8.5M in Seized Cocaine
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — The Coast Guard Cutters Mohawk and Charles David Jr. transferred custody of two suspected smugglers and $8.5 million in seized cocaine to federal agents at Coast Guard Base San Juan Jan. 28, following the interdiction…
U.S. Coast Guard, Russian Border Guard Patrolled Maritime Boundary Line
JUNEAU, Alaska – The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew and a Russian aircraft crew patrolled the Bering Sea maritime boundary line between Russia and the United States in mid-January, the Coast Guard 17th District said in a Jan. 27…
Coast Guard, Border Patrol Seize $1.9 million in Cocaine; Apprehend 2 Smugglers
AGUADILLA, Puerto Rico – A Coast Guard aircrew combined efforts with U.S. Border Patrol agents during a drug smuggling event Jan. 23 that resulted in the seizure of 157 pounds (71 Kilos) of cocaine and the arrest of two suspected…
Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma returns home after 58-day patrol in Northern Atlantic
BOSTON — The crew of USCGC Tahoma (WMEC 908) returned to Kittery, Maine, Jan. 26 after a 58-day fisheries patrol in the Northern Atlantic, the Coast Guard 1st District said in a release. The crew’s efforts support the Coast Guard…
