Coast Guard

Words of encouragement are coming in the middle of the COVID-19 pandemic from a South Florida man who is lucky to be alive. Rolland Silva survived a cargo plane crash in the Atlantic last year and has been on a 15 month journey to fly again. He believes his experience can inspire others trying to make it through this global…

Nearly $408 million worth of marijuana and cocaine was offloaded Tuesday morning at a South Florida port. Coast Guard officials say the nearly 30,000 pounds of drugs – 23,000 pounds of cocaine and just under 7,000 pounds of marijuana – were seized from drug smuggling vessels off the coasts of Mexico and both Central and South America. “Working along side…

The U.S. Coast Guard says one person was injured when two boats collided near Star Island off Miami Beach

The U.S. Coast Guard is tapping into cellphone location data to quickly locate distressed boaters.

The U.S. Coast Guard has directed cruise ships to prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board while being sequestered “indefinitely” offshore during the coronavirus pandemic

The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board while being sequestered “indefinitely” offshore during the coronavirus pandemic. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.

Passengers from an ill-fated South American cruise are eager to disembark once they reach South Florida, but Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state’s health care resources are already stretched too thin to take on another ship’s coronavirus caseload. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports.

They are coming by land, sea and air: authorities are preparing an extensive security effort ahead of the Super Bowl.

NBC 6’s Willard Shepard takes a look at the security efforts for Super Bowl Sunday.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf unloaded 18,000 pounds of cocaine in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego Wednesday morning.

A congressional investigation released Wednesday has found that the U.S. Coast Guard’s leadership has failed to conduct prompt, thorough and impartial investigations of harassment and bullying allegations. It concludes that the service needs to make “significant improvements” in its policies and procedures to address harassment and bullying. Congress launched the 18-month investigation after questions were raised about how complaints were...

A U.S. Coast Guard crew offloaded 9,300 pounds of seized cocaine in Key West that was found after stopping go-fast boats.

Coast Guard officials rescued over a dozen migrants from a disabled vessel off the coast of South Florida this weekend. NBC affiliate WPTV-TV reports that the incident took place Saturday about 17 miles off the coast of Juno Beach, after the boat was reported overdue from the Bahamas heading to Boynton Beach. In all, 14 migrants from Haiti and three from...

The group, including migrants from both Haiti and the Bahamas, were given food and water after being rescued by Coast Guard officials.

The White House was locked down and fighter jets were mobilized after an airspace violation in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning, according to law enforcement officials.

A large fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Chinese-flagged Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West said. He said a Coast...

President Trump lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the ongoing government shutdown and more troubling revelations about the 2016 election. NBC’s Tracie Potts reports.

According to the Coast Guard, the 23-foot vessel departed from Key Largo on Thursday with three passengers on board. It was reported overdue by Florida Fish and Wildlife Sunday afternoon.

U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Cole Condiff, 29, was a special tactics combat controller with 24th Special Operations Wing, part of the Air Force Special Operations Command.