May 27, 2025 May 27, 2025 Updated May 27, 2025 The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton's recent deployment through Guam waters underscores the island's strategic role as America’s westernmost ...

May 23, 2025: Since the end of the Cold War in 1991, the U.S. Coast Guard has ceased arming its larger cutter type ships with missiles. In the 21 st Century the growing threat of the Chinese navy and ...

PORTSMOUTH, VA — The crew of Coast Guard Cutter Forward (WMEC 911) returned to their home port in Portsmouth, Monday, following a 79-day patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Forward’s crew deployed in ...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Calhoun offloaded approximately 19,055 pounds of cocaine and marijuana at Port Everglades in Florida on Friday, according to a service news release. The contraband is worth ...

The term "cutter" has roots in maritime history, long before the modern Coast Guard even existed. In the 18th century, a cutter was a specific type of small, fast sailing ship, usually with a ...

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter James offloaded more than 44,550 pounds of marijuana and cocaine at Port Everglades, Fla., on Wednesday. The narcotics were approximately valued at $509.9 ...

Attendees bow their heads during the convocation for the April 3, 2025 commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter John Witherspoon, held in an Air Station Kodiak hangar. The first of three new U ...

KODIAK, Alaska — The Coast Guard commissioned its newest cutter, Coast Guard Cutter John Witherspoon (WPC 1158) for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in Kodiak, Thursday.

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCBD) – A Charleston-based Coast Guard cutter offloaded about 45,600 of illegal narcotics worth more than $517.5 million in Florida on Thursday. Cutter Stone’s offload was ...

The Coast Guard Cutter Campbell returned to its home port in Newport after the successful drug bust. The apprehended suspects will face federal prosecution by the Department of Justice.

The Coast Guard intercepted a boat with 16 illegal aliens on board about 15 miles off the coast of Mission Bay in California on Sunday morning. The Coast Guard said in a press release that at ...