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Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Davis, center, with daughter Emma and his parents at Training Center Petaluma, Calif., in 2022.

Sept. 4, 2023

“What other crazy things can I do out here that I would never get to do anywhere else?” — Why Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Davis serves at sea  

This is the sixth in a series of articles where cuttermen discuss why they go to sea.  

Photograph of the 75-foot patrol boat CG-249 from around the time of the James Alderman incident. (From The Hanging at Bahia Mar by Hal Caudle)

Sept. 1, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The infamous James Alderman and redemption of CG-249 100 years ago

The next morning, they would return to Fort Lauderdale and resume the grind of chasing rum runners. 

Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Pemberton (left), Petty Officer 2nd Class James Peragine, and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Van Ginkel, the Endgame59 aircrew, received the U.S. Interdiction Maritime Interdiction Award Feb. 18, 2022, for their successful interdiction mission in August 2021. (USCG photo)

Sept. 14, 2022

HITRON received recognition at 2021 U.S. Interdiction Coordinator Awards 

A seasoned crew faced a challenging drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea.