Tag: US coast guard

  • Navy, CG Improve Maritime Security

    US Navy vessel finishes OMSI patrol. Navy, Coast Guard Improve Maritime Security by Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Derek A. Harkins AGANA, Guam – The Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate USS […]

  • $78 Million in Drugs

    USS Rentz and its embarked Coast Guard law enforcement detachment have transferred $78 Million in confiscated cocaine to the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Forward in the Western Caribbean 4th Fleet […]

  • Port Recovery and Salvage Response

    The United States Government Accountability Office (GAO) report titled ‘Maritime Security: Coast Guard Efforts to Address Port Recovery and Salvage Response’, provides a description of the mechanisms that the US […]

  • US Unions Speak

    Responding to a request for comments on the U.S. Coast Guard’s policy regarding rules for the use of force for self-defense of U.S.-flagged vessels, six U.S. seagoing unions – including […]

  • Cutting Edge Cutters

    A $480 million contract for a new National Security Cutter (NSC) for the US Coast Guard was awarded Nov. 29 to Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. The new ship, which will become […]