NOVEMBER 21, 2025– The U.S. Coast Guard announced the release of a policy and lawful order that doubles down on its current policies prohibiting the display, distribution or use of hate symbols by Coast Guard personnel. This is not an updated policy but a new lawful order and policy, combatting misinformation. The policy and lawful order provides clear definitions, … [Read more...]

Administration, Coast Guard and joint agency partner leadership held a press conference during a drug offload at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Nov. 19, 2025. Stone’s crew offloaded approximately 49,010 pounds of illicit narcotics worth more than $362 million. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Weldon James ) NOVEMBER 20, 2025 – U.S. Coast … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 18, 2025 — A Coast Guard Station Cortez boat crew rescued eight boaters, Saturday, after their 26-foot vessel became disabled, approximately 35 miles west of Venice. The boaters and vessel were brought back to a Venice Inlet boat ramp with no reported injuries. An Air Station Miami HC-144 Ocean Sentry aircrew located the boaters aboard their disabled vessel in 2 … [Read more...]

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules airplane crew from Air Station Barbers Point monitors a Russian military vessel approximately 15 nautical miles south of Oahu Oct. 29, 2025. Coast Guard personnel are monitoring the vessel’s activities near U.S. territorial waters, which extend to 12 miles offshore. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Cutter William Hart) NOVEMBER 14, 2025 — … [Read more...]

NOVEMBER 13, 2025 — The U.S. Coast Guard announced Thursday it seized nearly 510,000 pounds of cocaine in the Eastern Pacific Ocean and Caribbean during fiscal year 2025 (FY25), the largest amount in the Service’s history. On average, the Coast Guard seizes 167,000 pounds of cocaine annually. The amount seized in FY25 is over three times that amount, and equivalent to 193 … [Read more...]