JANUARY 15, 2026 — The U.S. Coast Guard has awarded a $200 million design-build contract to The Haskell Company for the comprehensive recapitalization and expansion of Coast Guard Station South Padre Island in South Padre Island, Texas. This award marks the largest single task order in the history of the Coast Guard’s military construction program. The contract, funded … [Read more...]

JANUARY 9, 2026 — Under President Trump and Secretary Noem’s leadership, the U.S. Coast Guard concluded 2025 with significant operational achievements across its missions, including record-setting drug interdictions, major contingency responses, and continued progress in Force Design 2028 – a bold blueprint to transform the Coast Guard to meet evolving and complex maritime … [Read more...]

JANUARY 7, 2026 — The Coast Guard rescued nine people from a grounded fishing vessel near St. George Island, Monday. No injuries were reported. At approximately 4:11 a.m., watchstanders at the Coast Guard Arctic District Command Center in Juneau received a report that the fishing vessel Arctic Sea was taking on water and aground along the northern shoreline of St. George … [Read more...]

JANUARY 5, 2026 — Coast Guard Sector Detroit commenced Operation Coal Shovel to prevent newly formed ice from hindering commercial vessel traffic on Friday, Jan. 2, 2026. Operation Coal Shovel is a domestic ice-breaking operation with an area of responsibility spanning from southern Lake Huron to the St. Clair-Detroit River system and into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario, … [Read more...]

JANUARY 2, 2026 — A Coast Guard Air Station Miami MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew and a Naval Air Station Key West MH-60S Marlin helicopter aircrew rescued four boaters after their 28-foot vessel capsized approximately 30 miles north of Key West, Wednesday. The four boaters were in stable condition and safely transported to awaiting emergency medical service personnel at … [Read more...]