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Auxiliary Chaplain Support chaplain Rev. Benjamin Shambaugh readies for a Sunday service for cutter personnel returning from an Operation Valiant Shield assignment. (U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo, courtesy of Rev. Benjamin Shambaugh)

Sept. 4, 2023

Auxiliary Chaplain Support proves vital for Operation Vigilant Sentry operational crews during mission and journey home

These Auxiliary chaplains aided personnel during the mission and on their return from Homeland Security Taskforce-Southeast’s Operation Vigilant Sentry response.

Lt. Clara Dahill-Baue attends the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Portugal Conference in August 2022. (MIT photo)

Dec. 27, 2022

Coast Guard officer represents alma mater at MIT Conference in Portugal

MIT grad attended conference that highlighted research projects that focused on space and ocean engineering applications.

Chief Petty Officer George Soto, offload coordinator for the Coast Guard’s Seventh District, is shown with his 2022 Excellence in Service Award for the Coast Guard, along with nominating officers Master Chief Petty Officer Mike Hvozda, Sector San Juan command master chief, Capt. Robert Pirone, Sector San Juan deputy commander, and event guest Lt. Cmdr. Chuck Wilson, commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Joseph Doyle at the 93rd League of United Latin American Citizens National Convention and Exposition in San Juan, Puerto Rico, July 28, 2022. Soto, a native from Bayamon, Puerto Rico, was honored at the event during the Defenders of Freedom Breakfast in the Puerto Rico Convention Center. (Courtesy photo by Jeanette Perez)

Aug. 1, 2022

Coast Guard chief petty officer recognized for contributions to under-represented communities

LULAC awarded Chief Petty Officer George Soto 2022 Excellence in Service Award 

Coast Guard Fort Lauderdale 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crewmembers stand in front of a capsized boat at St. Andrews Bay, Florida, Oct. 22, 2018. The boatcrew spotted the capsized boat during a law enforcement patrol through a Hurricane Michael high-impact area. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Brindley.

June 17, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Cleaning up after Florida's most destructive hurricanes

Hurricane season is here, we take a moment to remember clean up efforts from Hurricane Michael in 2018.

The Coast Guard Cutter Decisive is moored at the Coast Guard Yard March 14, 2022. The Decisive spent seven days in dry dock at the Coast Guard Yard prior to getting underway and back to work. Coast Guard photo by Kristen Soper, Coast Guard Yard communications director.

May 19, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter Decisive completes dry dock, back to work, and more

Coast Guard Cutter Decisive completes dry dock, back to work; Coast Guard assists 2 aboard vessels taking on water; Coast Guard rescues 18-year-old from flooded vessel; Coast Guard repatriates 207 people to Haiti; and Coast Guard repatriates 75 people to Cuba. 

Capt. Brian M Kostecki, resource management division chief of Coast Guard District 7, Capt. Mark R. Vlaun, commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Chief Warrant Officer 3 John P. Chandler, commanding officer of Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral break ground at the groundbreaking ceremony in Cape Canaveral, Fla., May 2, 2022. The 21,000 square-foot search and rescue building is projected to be completed by 2024. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Cameron Snell)

May 12, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs crew member from fishing vessel, and more. 

Coast Guard medevacs crew member from fishing vessel  Coast Guard Station South Padre Island crew rescued a dolphin caught in an illegal fishing net; Coast Guard repatriates 78 people to Haiti; and Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral holds groundbreaking ceremony.

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.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star passes Alcatraz as the cutter transits the San Francisco Bay, April 4, 2022. Following their 147-day Antarctic deployment, the cutter will undergo annual maintenance in a Vallejo, California, dry dock. Courtesy photo by Sachiko Itagaki.

April 14, 2022

Frontline Focus: Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker returns following 147-day deployment

Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker returns following 147-day deployment; U.S., Philippine Coast Guards host maritime law enforcement forum in Guam; Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane returns home to Portsmouth, Virginia following 50-day patrol; and Coast Guard offloads $20 million in cocaine, following at-sea drug bust near Puerto Rico. 

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless' (WMEC-624) crewmembers offload bales of illegal narcotics on to pallet at Base Miami Beach, Florida, April 1, 2022. The Dauntless is homeported in Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez)

April 7, 2022

Frontline Focus: Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics, and more.  

Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics; Kimball crew offloads more than 11,300 pounds of cocaine, more than 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth $223 million; Coast Guard rescues 3 mariners; and Cutter Tampa returns home. 

A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducts a medevac for a 66-year-old Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, March 25, 2022. The mariner was suffering from abdominal pains and was transported to awaiting emergency medical services on Oahu. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West/Released)

March 31, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, and more

Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll; Coast Guard medevacs 70-year-old hiker after 200-foot fall; Coast Guard repatriates 188 people to Haiti; Coast Guard repatriates 44 people to Cuba; and Unified Command established in for tug aground in Neva Strait, Alaska.