USCGC Vigilant (WMEC 617) led a two-day engagement and joint training exercise with the Ecuadorian Coast Guard, May 23, 2023, in the Galapagos Islands, Ecuador. The purpose of the exercise was to ...

On 23 November 1970, however, a Lithuanian seaman, Simas Ionovich Kudirka, attempted to defect to the United States via the Coast Guard cutter "Vigilant," and his request for asylum was denied. He was ...

More than 300 migrants nabbed on the high seas last week while trying to reach American soil have been shipped back to Haiti ...

in support of Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry. U.S. Coast Guard photo U.S. Coast Guard photo During its safety and security missions, Legare’s crew ...

The Coast Guard intercepted hundreds of migrants in ... busted for unlawful maritime migration attempts during Operation Vigilant Sentry and rescued from unsafe vessels and returned to their ...

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton returned to its homeport ... of Homeland Security Task Force-Southeast’s Operation Vigilant Sentry and Joint Interagency Task Force-South’s counterdrug ...