HMS Lancaster Takes Over as Persian Gulf Guard Ship
The Royal Navy will continue permanently operating a major warship in the Gulf and Middle East after swapping vessels patrolling the region. After three and a half years in the…
Long Blue Line: LANTAREA’s PATFORSWA Managers
By Capt. Daniel W. Clark, Chief Atlantic Area Contingency Operations Branch, United States Coast Guard Reserve The present-day Contingency Operations Branch (LANT-39) formed out of the need to provide contingency…
USCGC Baranof Decommissioned in Bahrain
USCGC Baranof (WPB 1318) was decommissioned during a ceremony aboard Naval Support Activity Bahrain, Monday. Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, commander of U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area, presided over the ceremony.…
USS Georgia (SSGN 729) Returns to Kings Bay
Ohio-class guided-missile submarine USS Georgia (SSGN 729) returned to its homeport of Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, Georgia, Sep. 22, for the first time in 790 days. During the forward-deployment,…
USCGC Glen Harris Seizes Illegal Narcotics in Gulf of Oman
A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter interdicted a fishing vessel smuggling illegal drugs worth an estimated U.S. street value of $20 million while patrolling the Gulf of Oman, Aug.…