United States Coast Guard Pacific Area

Check out this story featuring the PACAREA commander highlighting some of the ac...

Check out this story featuring the PACAREA commander highlighting some of the accomplishments and challenges of our U.S. Coast Guard.

Yesterday the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew met with members of the media a...

Yesterday the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star crew met with members of the media after the cutter was set in dry dock for annual maintenance in preparation for future Antarctic missions. The crew aboard the 40+ year-old heavy ice breaker recently returned from Antarctica where they supported Operation Deep Freeze 2018, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. The nation&#39;s only heavy ice breaker requires depot-level maintenance during the dry dock period in order to be mission ready by the end of 2018. <a href="http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-kpixtv/3847027-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-polar-star-arrives-in-vallejo-for-repairs/" target="_blank">http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/video/category/spoken-word-kpixtv/3847027-u-s-coast-guard-cutter-polar-star-arrives-in-vallejo-for-repairs/</a>

Semper “Paw-ratus!” We see what you did there...Good one, U.S. Coast Guard! 😅

Semper “Paw-ratus!” We see what you did there...Good one, U.S. Coast Guard! &#128517;

Answering the call...

Answering the call...

Regional cooperation and partnership are critical to continued security and safe...

Regional cooperation and partnership are critical to continued security and safety in the Pacific. Last week, Vice Adm. Fred Midgette, PACAREA commander, visited representatives of the Vietnam Coast Guard as part of an already significant security cooperation relationship we have with the government of Vietnam. Under the Department of Defense Foreign Military Sales program, the United States recently transferred a U.S. Coast Guard cutter from PACAREA to the Vietnam Coast Guard, enhancing Vietnam&#39;s maritime security and domain awareness capabilities. PACAREA will continue to collaborate with the Vietnam Coast Guard to ensure effective maritime governance and stewardship throughout the region. U.S. Embassy in Hanoi U.S. Pacific Fleet U.S. Pacific Command

Welcome home USCGC STRATTON WMSL 752 crew members! The crew sailed more than 15...

Welcome home USCGC STRATTON WMSL 752 crew members! The crew sailed more than 15,000 miles on their recent 2-month #multimission patrol conducting counter-drug operations in the Eastern Pacific before serving as a search and rescue platform in the Bering Sea. The crew and a U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew conducted three separate medevacs, rescuing three people, while the cutter was deployed to the Bering Sea. "Shifting from the counter drug mission off South America to the search and rescue and fisheries law enforcement near Alaska shows the range and diversified capabilities of the National Security Cutter,” said Capt. Craig Wieschhorster, Stratton’s commanding officer. “The crew did an outstanding job stemming the flow of drugs into the United States and then saved three lives during search and rescue cases in the Bering Sea, transitioning seamlessly between U.S. Coast Guard missions." <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1e78adc" target="_blank">https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1e78adc</a>

Thought the Coast Guard only operates locally? Check out these Coast Guard Pacif...

Thought the Coast Guard only operates locally? Check out these Coast Guard Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team members deployed aboard the USS Michael Murphy (DDG 112) conducting interagency fisheries boardings in the Western Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Coast Guard and U.S. Navy joint boarding teams are carrying out an Oceania Maritime Security Initiative mission. OMSI is a secretary of defense program leveraging Department of Defense assets transiting the region to increase the Coast Guard’s maritime domain awareness and ultimately supporting the Coast Guard&#39;s maritime law enforcement operations in the Oceania region. #TeamworkTuesday

We hope you’ll vote as two PACAREA units battle it out in the #championship for ...

We hope you’ll vote as two PACAREA units battle it out in the #championship for the 2018 #Shuttershowdown. Please vote for your favorite by giving it a &#128077; or ❤️.

Thank you to all who were able to tune in for our Facebook Live feed from the Sh...

Thank you to all who were able to tune in for our Facebook Live feed from the Sherman&#39;s decommissioning on Thursday. It was great to see so many former shipmates check in from around the world. In case you missed it, here are some photos from the ceremony.

Pacific Area has dominated the #ShutterShowdown2018, and the #Final4 are all PA...

Pacific Area has dominated the #ShutterShowdown2018, and the #Final4 are all PACAREA units! Who will make it to the Championship Round? Vote for your favorite photo to see it move on to the last round by clicking Like “&#128077;” or Love “❤️” *If you have trouble seeing all competing photos, try going directly to U.S. Coast Guard page to view the album to vote or giving it some time.* Photos competing in the Final 4 are from: #USCG U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Southwest, U.S. Coast Guard Pacific Northwest, and PACAREA.

Thank you for joining us for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman decommissioning...

Thank you for joining us for the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman decommissioning ceremony!

There's still time! California mariners can still participate in an important s...

There&#39;s still time! California mariners can still participate in an important survey regarding aids to navigation in U.S. Pacific waters. The survey is open to commercial, passenger, recreational, sail and power boaters. Those interested can participate in the survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/PacSeacoastWAMS Read more about the survey here: <a href="https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1e598fa" target="_blank">https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USDHSCG/bulletins/1e598fa</a>

Tune in tomorrow for live broadcast of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman's dec...

Tune in tomorrow for live broadcast of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Sherman&#39;s decommissioning ceremony following nearly 50 years of service to our country! Watch as current and former crew members mark the historical event at her final homeport on US Coast Guard Base Honolulu. We&#39;ll begin our broadcast prior to the ceremony&#39;s commencement Thursday at 2 p.m. HST. #720 #Sherman

BZ, Shipmates!

BZ, Shipmates!

We save a life with every metric ton of cocaine we stop.

We save a life with every metric ton of cocaine we stop.

Photos of the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team - 91105 K9 handle...

Photos of the U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team - 91105 K9 handlers and their PAWtners #Feco and #Ricky demonstrate some of their capabilities during a training exercise on Coast Guard Island. During the demonstration the pups and their handlers were hoisted by an U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco aircrew and sniffed out a training explosive hidden in a piece of luggage. U.S. Coast Guard Canine Explosion Detection Teams operate and train with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to detect explosives keeping us safe on the sea and on land. #USCG #FecoFriday #MoreFeco #WorkingDog

U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team - 91105 K9 handlers and their P...

U.S. Coast Guard Maritime Safety & Security Team - 91105 K9 handlers and their PAWtners #Feco and #Ricky demonstrate some of their capabilities during a training exercise on Coast Guard Island. During the demonstration the pups and their handlers were hoisted by an U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco aircrew and sniffed out a training explosive hidden in a piece of luggage. U.S. Coast Guard Canine Explosion Detection Teams operate and train with federal, state and local law enforcement agencies to detect explosives keeping us safe on the sea and on land. #USCG #FecoFriday #MoreFeco #WorkingDog

If you like Polar icebreakers and icy conditions in the summer, then you need to...

If you like Polar icebreakers and icy conditions in the summer, then you need to vote for Coast Guard Cutter Healy in the #ShutterShowdown. You can vote by liking, comment and sharing.

#Incaseyoudidntknow, not only can U.S. Coast Guard divers operate in the cold, h...

#Incaseyoudidntknow, not only can U.S. Coast Guard divers operate in the cold, harsh, Arctic elements - the Coast Guard trains and prepares inter-service divers to operate in subzero elements at the Cold Water Ice Diving school in Seattle. Ice Exercise &#39;18 is an international exercise 200 miles north of Prudoe Bay, Alaska where temps are double digits below 0. It provides Coast Guard and Navy divers opportunities to put these skills to work in a region expected to become more active in the future for our service members.

...every once in a while someone is out there without hope, desperately praying for their life & we get to be the answer #USCG