JUNE 30, 2026 - The crew aboard the Coast Guard cutter Bear offloaded approximately 7,720 pounds of cocaine and 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth more than $63 million at Port Everglades, Florida, June 26. The seized contraband was the result of three interdictions in international waters of the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The crew detected a go-fast vessel June 11, and the … [Read more...]

default JUNE 27, 2026 — The U.S. Coast Guard, Canadian Coast Guard, and Japan Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of three people stranded aboard the 40-foot disabled sailing vessel Mizuya, approximately 950 miles southwest of Adak, Alaska, Sunday. The crew of Canadian Coast Guard Ship Sir Wilfrid Laurier picked up all three members in good condition Sunday and … [Read more...]

JUNE 25, 2026 — A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Air Station Port Angeles assisted local search and rescue crews with the evacuation of an injured 33-year-old female hiker from Mount Larrabee in Washington’s Mount Baker Wilderness, Saturday. The hiker sustained serious injuries after she fell 120 feet down a steep gully on the mountain’s south face and was … [Read more...]

JUNE 24, 2026 — Long before the first ship arrives in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor, Coast Guard personnel have spent months coordinating operations, building partnerships and planning for every possible scenario. While families and visitors will see ships, aviation demonstrations and festivities, they won’t see all the planning it took to make Sail250 a success. For Coast … [Read more...]

UPDATE: JUNE 23, 2026 - The four Coast Guard crew members involved in a helicopter crash in Sitka, Alaska, Monday, are reported safe with non-serious injuries. Watch standers at the Arctic District command center received the initial report of the crash through the activation of the aircrew’s personal locator beacon at approximately 10:07 a.m. Sitka Fire and Rescue … [Read more...]