The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its newest Fast Response Cutter, USCGC Vincent Danz (WPC 1162), for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in New York City on Friday. The Vice ...

Six cutters formerly homeported in Bahrain will now patrol Western Pacific waters as an expeditionary squadron.

Officials say the move is part of a boarder effort to deter China from taking military action in the South China Sea.

The squadron, previously operating as Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, is now based out of Singapore and Subic Bay.

The U.S. Coast Guard is transitioning its Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) to the Western Pacific, ending a more than 20-year forward-deployed mission in the Middle East. The Coast Guard’s ...

Several ships have been pulled from the Middle East to help challenge Beijing’s assertion of power in the Pacific.

A US decision to redeploy half a dozen small coastguard ships from the Middle East to the South China Sea is unlikely to ...

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its newest Fast Response Cutter, USCGC Vincent Danz (WPC 1162), for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in New York City on Friday. The Vice ...

Two U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopters fly over the Coast Guard Cutter Vincent Danz (WPC 1162) following the cutter’s commissioning ceremony in New York City, May 22, 2026. (U.S. Coast Guard ...