OCTOBER 11, 2023 – The U.S. Coast Guard Sentinel-class fast response cutter USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146) seized about $25 million worth of illegal drugs from a stateless vessel while operating in the international waters of the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 3. The cutter, working under the command of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, seized 360 kilograms of methamphetamines, 107 … [Read more...]
MDSU-1 Dives the Arctic with U.S. Coast Guard
SEPTEMBER 20, 2023 – Navy Divers assigned to Mobile Dive and Salvage Unit (MDSU) 1 trained in one of the most remote parts of the world this summer – under the polar ice cap of the Arctic Circle. Chief Navy Diver Zachary Hanson, MDSU-1 master diver and his team got underway aboard the icebreaker USCGC Healy (WAGB 20) in Seattle to conduct ice diving operations alongside U.S. … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Academy Ranks #1 for Ninth Year In A Row
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...]