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Nation’s only Heavy Icebreaker returns Home following 105-day Antarctic Trip

By U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area on Mar 20, 2019   At Sea, Featured, National, National/World  

Nation’s only Heavy Icebreaker returns Home following 105-day Antarctic Trip

  SEATTLE — The 150-member crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star returned earlier this month to their homeport of Seattle following a 105-day deployment to Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze. Operation Deep Freeze is an annual joint military service mission in support of the National Science Foundation, the lead agency […]

U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy Offload More Than 5,100 Pounds of Seized Cocaine

By U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area on Feb 5, 2019   At Sea, Featured  

U.S. Coast Guard, Royal Canadian Navy Offload More Than 5,100 Pounds of Seized Cocaine

SAN DIEGO — U.S. Coast Guard and Royal Canadian Navy crews offloaded more than 5,100 pounds of seized cocaine Friday, worth nearly $70 million wholesale, in San Diego following a 49-day counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific aboard Her Majesty’s Canadian Ship (HMCS) Edmonton with an embedded U.S. Coast Guard law enforcement detachment. The cocaine […]

Coast Guard Icebreaker Returns Home Following 129-day Arctic deployment

By U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area on Dec 1, 2018   At Sea, Featured  

Coast Guard Icebreaker Returns Home Following 129-day Arctic deployment

[dropcap]S[/dropcap]EATTLE – The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy returned home Friday to their homeport in Seattle following a four-month deployment in the Arctic. In addition to providing presence and access in the Arctic during the 129-day summer deployment, the Healy crew completed three research missions in partnership with the National Science Foundation, […]

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Returns to Seattle after Six Months in Dry Dock

By U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area on Oct 19, 2018   At Sea, Featured  

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star Returns to Seattle after Six Months in Dry Dock

SEATTLE — Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star arrived home Wednesday to Seattle following a six-month maintenance period at Mare Island Dry Dock in Vallejo, California. The 42-year-old icebreaker received extensive repairs and upgrades to engineering and electronic systems while completing the dry dock availability at Mare Island for the second time in as many years. […]

Astoria-based Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home Following Counterdrug Patrol, $17 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized

By U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area on Oct 16, 2018   At Sea, Featured, National, National/World  

Astoria-based Coast Guard Cutter Returns Home Following Counterdrug Patrol, $17 Million Worth of Cocaine Seized

ASTORIA, Ore. — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alert returned home Saturday following a 50-day counterdrug patrol to the Eastern Pacific Ocean. The 75-member crew aboard Alert conducted multiple law enforcement boardings in international waters off the coasts of Central and South America. The cutter interdicted a suspected smuggling vessel and seized approximately 1,300 pounds of […]

Coast Guard Petty Officer in Kodiak Found Not Guilty of Child Endangerment

By U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Area on Dec 19, 2017   Southcentral, State  

Coast Guard Petty Officer in Kodiak Found Not Guilty of Child Endangerment

ALAMEDA, Calif. — A Coast Guard petty officer accused of child endangerment was found not guilty Thursday at a general court-martial at Coast Guard Island in Alameda. Petty Officer 2nd Class Jimmy Barlow, currently stationed in Kodiak, Alaska, was accused of violating the Uniform Code of Military Justice, Article 134 – child endangerment resulting in […]



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