SEPTEMBER 19, 2023 — The U.S. Coast Guard Academy has been ranked as the nation’s top regional college in the Northeast for the last nine years in leading college rankings. This year the academy again ranked #1 in both the Top Public Schools Regional Colleges North, and the overall Regional Colleges North categories in the 2024 U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Prepares for Arrival of Typhoon Mawar to Guam
MAY 23, 2023 — U.S. Coast Guard Forces Micronesia/Sector Guam, federal, territorial, and port partners continue Monday, May 22, 2023, to prepare for Typhoon Mawar, expected to arrive Tuesday. Typhoon Mawar strengthened and is intensifying as it heads northwest. It is advisable to take advantage of the remaining time to prepare before tropical storm conditions arrive before … [Read more...]
U.S. Seizes $80 Million Heroin Shipment in Gulf of Oman
MAY 10, 2023 – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized $80 million worth of heroin from a fishing vessel transiting the Gulf of Oman, May 10, during the ship’s second drug bust this week. USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) was operating in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150 when a boarding team discovered 1,964 kilograms of heroin on a vessel transiting international … [Read more...]
Marines Deploy Aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stone
MAY 8, 2023 - A team of Marines from the Marine Corps Information Operations Center recently completed an operational deployment in the South Atlantic Ocean aboard USCGC Stone (WMSL 758). While not the first instance of Marines operating aboard U.S. Coast Guard cutters, the attaching of Marines aboard Stone is the latest development in the deepening partnership between both … [Read more...]
U.S. Coast Guard Seizes $30 Million in Drugs
Photo By NAVCENT Public Affairs | 230508-N-NO146-1001 GULF OF OMAN (May 8, 2023) Bags of illegal drugs sit on the deck of a fishing vessel seized by U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) in the Gulf of Oman, May 8, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) MAY 8, 2023 – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized more than $30 million of heroin and … [Read more...]