SEPTEMBER 12, 2025 — U.S. Coast Guard Station Milwaukee rescued three survivors from a downed Cessna aircraft on Lake Michigan, approximately 12 nautical miles off the coast of Milwaukee at 1:30 p.m. CDT, on September 11, 2025. Sector Lake Michigan received initial notification via the Chicago Air Route Traffic Control Center at 12:45 p.m. CDT, and immediately deployed the … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 11, 2025 — The U.S. Coast Guard has exercised a contract option with Bollinger Shipyards of Lockport, Louisiana, to fund initial construction on 10 additional Fast Response Cutters (FRCs), Tuesday. The $507 million option supports ongoing efforts to modernize the fleet and expand the Coast Guard’s global maritime mission. The action made possible by the passage of … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 - On 10 September 2025, the world celebrates the first Cospas-Sarsat Global Search and Rescue Day. This date marks the anniversary of the first rescue using the Cospas-Sarsat satellite-aided tracking System in 1982. Since then, the System has helped save at least 70,000 lives in over 20,000 operations. For 43 years, no formal occasion has existed to honour … [Read more...]

SEPTEMBER 8, 2025 — The Coast Guard urges residents and mariners to take precautions, heed weather warnings and stay safe as Hurricane Kiko is forecasted to impact the Hawaiian Islands Monday through Wednesday. Coast Guard Sector Honolulu is preparing for the impact of Hurricane Kiko, which is currently located approximately 1,245 miles east-southeast of Hilo, Hawaii, and … [Read more...]

The crew of USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) keeps watch over a burning vessel that was interdicted in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Aug. 16, 2025. Through Operation Pacific Viper, the Coast Guard is accelerating counter-drug operations in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, where significant transport of illicit narcotics continues from South America. (U.S. Coast Guard photo) SEPTEMBER 5, … [Read more...]