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A body was recovered offshore of Horn Island during the ongoing search for 18-year-old Nolan Wells, who disappeared July 4 after visiting the barrier island with friends. The body has not yet been identified, though authorities said it matches Wells’ description; a multi-agency search including the Jackson County Sheriff’s Department and the Coast Guard has been underway since his disappearance.
The United States, Britain, France and Germany criticized China’s recent Coast Guard patrols off Taiwan’s east coast as destabilizing and a threat to freedom of navigation, while China defended the actions as lawful and Taiwan said its merchant ships were harassed during the operation.
A Coast Guard helicopter crash in Sitka, Alaska left four crew members with non-serious injuries; the incident was reported via the aircrew’s beacon, Sitka Fire and Rescue transported the crew to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, and Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak is repositioning crews to Sitka to maintain readiness while the cause is investigated.
A U.S. Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crashed near Harbor Mountain in Sitka during a training mission, injuring four crew members who were transported to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center; no deaths were reported and the cause is under investigation.
On June 22, 2026, a Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk aircrew from Air Station Sitka crashed during a training flight near Harbor Mountain in Sitka, Alaska; four crew were rescued and transported to Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center, with no fatalities reported, and the cause is under investigation.
The body of a girl swept into the ocean during high surf in Laguna Beach has been recovered after a 24-hour search; authorities identified the victim and notified her family, with search operations having been paused earlier due to dangerous conditions.
The body of 5-year-old Amada Mia Brown, who was swept into the ocean during a swell in Laguna Beach, was found about 250–300 yards offshore near Christmas Cove during an aerial survey on June 11. A 24-hour search by Orange County lifeguards, Harbor Patrol, the U.S. Coast Guard and drones followed the June 9 incident; two bystanders rescued the mother and a sibling, who were hospitalized and later released. The Treasure Island Beach area is known for strong rip currents.
The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its search for a missing 5-year-old girl swept out to sea near Laguna Beach after more than 30 hours of searching across roughly 90 square miles; a mother and one of the children were rescued by bystanders, while the search for the second child continued amid 9-foot swells and weather warnings.
The Maltese coast guard says a migrant boat capsized off Malta, and 10 bodies have been recovered with search-and-rescue operations ongoing as authorities assess the incident and the broader dangers of Mediterranean crossings.
The U.S. Coast Guard seized an eight-foot dinghy in the Bahamas tied to the disappearance of Michigan woman Lynette Hooker; investigators boarded the vessel with a cadaver dog, and GPS data from a device seized by authorities appears to contradict her husband Brian Hooker’s account that she fell overboard, prompting renewed scrutiny in the ongoing missing-person case. The couple’s sailboat had been seized by the Coast Guard last month.
A Bahamas search for Lynette Hooker, who vanished during a trip with her husband Brian Hooker, intensified as federal investigators resume the probe and a Broward County K-9 team scoured near the Abaco Inn. A friend claimed Brian may have already left the U.S. via the California–Mexico border, prompting remarks from a former federal prosecutor about potential consequences if he’s gone while the Coast Guard Investigative Service looks into the case.
U.S. Coast Guard divers arrived in Hopetown, Bahamas, to resume the search for Lynette Hooker, who disappeared on April 4 after her husband said she fell from a boat near Elbow Cay; her husband, Brian Hooker, was briefly arrested but released without charges and says he is cooperating as investigators pursue leads.
The US Coast Guard has asked Bahamian officials for permission to send divers to new locations in the Bahamas to search for Lynette Hooker, who disappeared in early April after her husband said she fell overboard from their dinghy; investigators say location data from her husband contradicted his initial search directions, prompting a criminal investigation. Hooker’s husband, Brian Hooker, was arrested and questioned repeatedly by Bahamian police in the week after her disappearance and was released without charges. Hooker, 55, and her husband had been sailing on their yacht Soulmate; her body has not yet been found.
CBS News reports that the Hookers’ sailboat Soulmate in the Bahamas was equipped with a FLIR infrared camera with cloud memory, now being reviewed by investigators as part of the Lynette Hooker disappearance after she reportedly fell overboard during a nighttime dinghy ride; the Coast Guard seized the vessel and is processing it in the probe, while Brian Hooker has denied any wrongdoing and was questioned in the Bahamas before being released.
President Donald Trump addressed Coast Guard graduates at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, CT, urging them to help lead a national resurgence by tying the service’s mission to his domestic priorities and Iran policy, while praising border enforcement and narcotics interdiction.