Macon had just moved back to Hawaii and was about to retire when she got the opportunity to become Commander of Sector Lake Michigan.

Russia formally asked the United States to halt pursuit of Venezuelan oil tanker Marinera after the vessel escaped U.S. Coast Guard interception in the Caribbean.

The following are the top stories for 2025 from the U.S. Coast Guard. Leadership Changes In the first hours of the Trump administration, the Coast Guard removed former commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and placed vice commandant Adm.

The US Coast Guard announced Friday night it has suspended its search for people in the water after US strikes on alleged drug boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean earlier this week.

The U.S. Coast Guard said late Friday it has called off a dayslong search for several people who jumped overboard when their alleged drug-trafficking boats were targeted by the U.S. military.

The Coast Guard said it's still searching for people who had jumped off alleged drug-smuggling boats when the U.S. military attacked them days earlier.

Port Everglades, Florida, became the stage for a record-breaking narcotics seizure on November 19, 2025, when Coast Guard Cutter Stone offloaded nearly 25 tons of cocaine worth an estimated $362 million.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued three divers in the Atlantic Ocean about a mile off the coast of Palm Beach on Jan. 4, officials said. The trio lost sight of their vessel while underwater and were brought to shore by a crew from the Coast Guard Station Lake Worth Inlet, Coast Guard officials said in a news release.