USS Milwaukee Begins Drug Patrol
Freedom-variant littoral combat ship USS Milwaukee (LCS 5), along with the “Dragon Whales” of Helicopter Sea Combat Squadron (HSC) 28 Detachment 9 and embarked U.S. Coast Guard Law Enforcement Detachment…
San Francisco Fleet Week 2022 Highlights
Assistant Secretary of the Navy for Energy, Installations and Environment, Meredith Berger, joined hundreds of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen at the 41st annual San Francisco Fleet Week to showcase…
Coast Guard Awards WCC Detail Design & Construction Contract
On Oct. 5, 2022, the Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program awarded Birdon America of Denver an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity firm fixed price contract with economic price adjustments for the…
Stage 2 of the US Coast Guard OPC Moves Forward
On October 5th, the US Coast Guard today issued a notice to Austal USA, the offshore patrol cutter (OPC) Stage 2 contractor, to proceed on detail design work to support…
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…
USCG Seizes $85 Million of Heroin in Middle East
A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized an estimated $85 million worth of heroin from a fishing vessel while patrolling the Gulf of Oman, Sept. 27, representing the largest…