A commissioning ceremony for the fast response cutter USCGC Olivia Hooker was held on Jan. 22 in Pascagoula, Miss., where the Coast Guard vessel is homeported. Rear Adm. Will Watson presided over the ...

The first of three new fast response U.S. Coast Guard cutters set to be based in Kodiak arrived on Wednesday. Earlier this month, Coast Guard Lt. Jake Daubert told the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly ...

Attendees bow their heads during the convocation for the April 3, 2025 commissioning of the U.S. Coast Guard cutter John Witherspoon, held in an Air Station Kodiak hangar. The first of three new U.S.

As Coast Guard Station Pascagoula builds back up to full operational status this year, one of the Coast Guards newest fast response cutters will call the Flagship City home. The USCGC Olivia Hooker ...

The vessel’s first crew members made their way on board, giving tours to family and former service members.

Fast Response Cutters are being homeported in Kodiak, Alaska, pictured here, the US gateway for Arctic patrols and related naval operations. (Janes/Michael Fabey) The US Coast Guard (USCG) ...

Adm. Keven Lunday, commandant of the Coast Guard, testifying Jan. 29, 2026, before the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation, said the reconciliation law passed in 2025 was the ...

Lunday: “One of the first [options] that I want [my team] to present…is for homeporting up to four icebreakers in Alaska.” WASHINGTON— Thursday, U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), chair of the ...

On Feb. 14, the United States Coast Guard Cutter Active (WMEC 618) returned to Port Angeles after completing 65 days patrolling the Southern California coast. During their time, crews patrolled over 5 ...