Drug busts by a multinational Middle East task force responsible for maritime security have slowed in recent years, according to the current commander of the Bahrain-based coalition.

The crew of USCGC Kimball has offloaded nearly 20,000 pounds of cocaine it seized during a deployment in the Eastern Pacific as the U.S. ramps up drug war operations. The drugs, worth an estimated $214.3 million, were delivered to authorities in San Diego on April 24.

The U.S. Coast Guard suspended its weeklong search for a missing boater near Guam, while a separate effort to find a U.S. Navy sailor continue.

A program at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy connects young cadets with local families who provide a brief civilian respite from the rigors of academy life by opening up their homes on weekends.

The two busts resulted in the confiscation of 1,278.9 pounds of cocaine worth $9,463,860, and 2,480 pounds of marijuana worth $2,807,360.

The Coast Guard decommissioned USCGC Mustang on Tuesday in Seward, Alaska, after nearly 40 years of service, the service said in a news release.

The U.S. Coast Guard has shifted from small boats to long-range aircraft in its search for a missing Guam fisherman, as the operation entered its fifth day Wednesday.

The commander of Coast Guard Sector San Diego has been fired more than five months after service leaders temporarily removed the officer from his post amid an investigation into “unfair treatment of individuals” under his command.

The U.S. Coast Guard turned to cellphone data to help focus its search for a fisherman who went missing off Guam.

A formation of 71 future service members from across the Pacific Northwest took the oath of enlistment in front of thousands of baseball fans during the Seattle Mariners’ Salute to Armed Forces Night at T-Mobile Park in Seattle, Wash., on Saturday evening.