MAY 6, 2026 – The Coast Guard is standing up the Special Missions Command to oversee its deployable specialized forces. The command will enhance the operational effectiveness of the Coast Guard in responding to a wide range of national emergencies and events as the demand for deployable specialized forces capabilities increase. The Coast Guard selected the existing Coast … [Read more...]

MAY 6, 2026 - Leveraging a contract awarded by the Coast Guard to enhance maritime domain awareness, the Great Lakes District will deploy autonomous drones to support Coast Guard missions on the Great Lakes from May to October. The drones are wind- and solar-powered vessels the Coast Guard will use to monitor the Great Lakes, gather critical weather data for emergency … [Read more...]

MAY 5, 2026 – A Coast Guard law enforcement detachment deployed on the USS Billings stopped a suspected drug smuggling vessel, Thursday, approximately 8 miles off Mole Saint-Nicolas, Haiti. With the permission of the Haitian government, the boarding team’s investigation resulted in approximately 3,200 pounds of marijuana being found, worth approximately $3.8 million, and one … [Read more...]

APRIL 30, 2026 - The wreckage of the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa has been located and confirmed by the British technical-diving team Gasperados. The site lies approximately 50 miles off Newquay, Cornwall, United Kingdom, at a depth exceeding 300 feet deep in the Atlantic Ocean. Tampa was lost in 1918 during World War I after being torpedoed by a German submarine in the Bristol … [Read more...]

APRIL 28, 2026  — The U.S. Coast Guard and partners are searching for a fishing vessel crewman in the water over 1,200 miles offshore Hawaii Monday. Missing is a 59-year-old man, approximately 5 feet, 7 inches tall, wearing light-colored pants and a dark short-sleeved shirt. Joint Rescue Coordination Center Honolulu watchstanders received a report from the Korea Mission … [Read more...]