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Petty Officer 2nd Class John Tchorz and Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin Krohne, stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, deploy a Surface Velocity Program Drifting Buoy over the North Atlantic Ocean on April 22, 2022. The buoy will enable the International Ice Patrol members to monitor currents and determine the extent of iceberg distribution for vessels transiting the area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)

May 17, 2022

International Ice Patrol: 11 decades of monitoring the Northern Atlantic waters

As a response to the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, the International Ice Patrol continues to track icebergs

U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vice Adm. Linda Fagan

May 12, 2022

Adm. Fagan confirmed as next Coast Guard Commandant

Senate confirmations complete the new senior leadership team

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May 10, 2022

Enlisted members: Here’s what you need to know for the upcoming assignment year 

Getting ready for transfer season

A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel at approximately 9:00 a.m., about 17 miles south of Marathon, April 18, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba April 27, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 5, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard seizes 168 pounds of marijuana near South Padre Island, Texas, and more

Coast Guard seizes 168 pounds of marijuana near South Padre Island, Texas; Coast Guard Sector Miami holds change of command ceremony, Miami; Sector St. Petersburg will receive first 154-foot fast response cutter; Coast Guard, partners rescue missing mariners near Chuuk State, Santa Rita, Guam; and Coast Guard repatriates 84 people to Cuba.

A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

April 28, 2022

FSMS: Weekly progress report from the Incident Command

The Coast Guard’s FSMS Transition Incident Command (IC) is looking for volunteers to assist in its mission critical operation. 

The commissioning crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Clarence Sutphin Jr., Patrol Forces Southwest Asia's sixth 154-foot Sentinel-class cutter, stand at attention as the ship is placed into service at a ceremony held at the Intrepid Sea, Air and Space Museum in New York City, April 21, 2022. The cutter's namesake is Boatswain's Mate 1st Class Clarence Sutphin Jr., a New York native who served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1941 to 1945. During this time, Sutphin served as landing craft coxswain on board the attack transport USS Leonard Wood (APA 12), a landing craft supporting our troops in North Africa and Sicily. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Schultz)

April 28, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard commissions 47th Sentinel-class cutter, and more.

Coast Guard commissions 47th Sentinel-class cutter; Coast Guard offloads $11.7 million in cocaine, transfers 6 suspected smugglers in San Juan, Puerto Rico; Coast Guard Cutter Legare crew stops drugs, rescues Colombian fishers on 3-month patrol in Eastern Pacific, Caribbean; and Coast Guard hosts Army Corps of Engineers for site survey and future projects in San Francisco Bay.

Lt. Buddy Ebsen on stage hosting the 7th War Loan bond drive in Seattle. (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 22, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Buddy Ebsen—Hollywood actor and World War II patrol frigate officer

Hollywood actor, Coast Guard WWII hero

Retirement Ceremony Portrait

April 21, 2022

Frontline Focus: Container ship grounded in Chesapeake Bay refloated after 35 days, and more

Container ship grounded in Chesapeake Bay refloated following 35-day salvage operation, Maryland; Coast Guard to host groundbreaking ceremony at Base Boston for Fast Response Cutter pier construction, Massachusetts; Coast Guard medevacs swimmer near Dauphin Island, Alabama; Coast Guard Sector New Orleans holds change-of-command ceremony, New Orleans, Louisiana; and Coast Guard terminates three illegal charter vessels in San Diego Bay, California.

two people walking under a suspended boat hull, facing away from the camera

April 19, 2022

2021 Naval Engineering Awards Recipients Announced 

SFLC, Cutters Hamilton and Hollyhock, and buoy tenders recognized for tremendous impact in the fleet

Three Coast Guard employees working in cubicle space

April 18, 2022

GS-13 civilians: Grow your leadership skills with SLTC

Dedicated time to focus on growth as a civilian leader in the Coast Guard