APRIL 21, 2026 — The crew aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) returned home to Seattle on April 13, following a 146-day Antarctic deployment in support of Operation Deep Freeze (ODF) 2026. Polar Star departed Seattle Nov. 20, traveling more than 20,000 nautical miles through ocean and ice to complete ODF 2026. ODF is the logistical support provided by the … [Read more...]

APRIL 21, 2026 - The U.S. Coast Guard and partners continue to search Sunday for the missing crew of the cargo vessel Mariana. At about 7:30 p.m. Saturday, a Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules airplane crew sighted debris, including a partially submerged, partially inflated life raft, approximately 95 nautical miles northeast of the overturned vessel. At … [Read more...]

APRIL 20, 2026 — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port Guam set Port Heavy Weather Condition Whiskey for the Port of Guam effective 8 a.m. Saturday, reopening the port to modified, daytime operations following Typhoon Sinlaku. The Captain of the Port will reopen the ports of the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) after crews conduct post-storm assessments and … [Read more...]

APRIL 16, 2026 — The Coast Guard rescued three adults and one child from an 18-foot vessel trapped on an ice floe approximately 10 miles west of Chefornak, Sunday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District command center received a report at 4:24 p.m. Saturday from the Alaska State Troopers that a group of four people on a subsistence seal hunting expedition required … [Read more...]

APRIL 13, 2026 — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam is coordinating with the National Weather Service, Guam Homeland Security/Office of Civil Defense, Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands Office of Homeland Security and Emergency Management, and local and federal partners as part of a unified One Marianas response. Residents and mariners should monitor … [Read more...]