Coast Guard - Page 5

December 1

Father-to-be Navy officer vanishes with pilot instructor after plane drops off radar

Flight instructor Taylor Dickey and Navy Lt. David Michael Jahn are presumed dead after their Cessna 172 crashed into Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans.

November 30

Secretary of the Navy says drug cartels are launching 'attack on the country' with narcotics

America deploys major naval assets against drug cartels while Navy secretary warns of China's growing fleet in new homeland defense operation launch.

November 21

Swastikas, nooses and Confederate flags designated Coast Guard ‘hate symbols’ after uproar

Acting Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Kevin Lunday said hate symbols including swastikas and nooses remain prohibited as the service clarifies its existing policy.

November 18

YouTube fishing creator Mikey Rijavec found dead days after mayday call off Mexico coast

California fisherman Mikey Rijavec, creator of the SD Fish and Sips YouTube channel, was found dead off Mexico coast days after issuing mayday call during solo fishing trip.

November 18

Noem announces Arctic defense pact with Canada, Finland to counter rival powers

U.S. partners with Canada and Finland to build Arctic icebreakers amid growing China threat. New ICE Pact aims to strengthen collective defense in contested region.

November 13

Russian spy ship detected just miles from Hawaiian coastline prompts US Coast Guard response

The Coast Guard detected a Russian intelligence ship near U.S. waters off Hawaii, prompting a military response and ongoing monitoring of foreign vessel activities.

November 7

Coast Guard swoops in to save stranded sailors from sinking boat hundreds of miles off coast

Coast Guard crews rescued five sailors from a sinking sailboat 260 nautical miles off North Carolina's coast after the vessel took on water near Cape Hatteras Thursday.

November 6

Coast Guard’s record-breaking cocaine haul in 2025 could have poisoned half the US

The Coast Guard breaks all-time record with 510,000 pounds of cocaine seized in fiscal year 2025, three times the annual average and equivalent to 193 million lethal doses.

November 4

Federal charges filed against California man who allegedly drove U-Haul toward Coast Guard officers

A 26-year-old Oakland resident faces federal charges after he allegedly drove a U-Haul truck toward U.S. Coast Guard personnel guarding a California base, prompting gunfire.

November 4

Florida boater rescues two people from vessel engulfed in flames off coast

A good Samaritan and the U.S. Coast Guard rescued two boaters after a 35-foot boat erupted in flames off the coast of Hallandale Beach, Florida, on Monday.