Media Advisory: USCGC Bear to return home following 60-day migrant interdiction patrol in Florida Straits

U.S. Coast Guard sent this bulletin at 02/14/2023 04:00 PM EST

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Media Advisory: USCGC Bear to return home following 60-day migrant interdiction patrol in Florida Straits
02/14/2023 03:34 PM EST

PORTSMOUTH, Va. — The crew of USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) is scheduled to return to their homeport in Portsmouth Wednesday following a 60-day patrol conducting migrant interdiction operations in the Florida Straits and Windward Passage, which included the interdiction, care, and repatriation of over 500 migrants at sea. WHO: Cmdr. Brooke Millard, Bear's commanding officer, and Bear's crew WHAT: Bear and crew members return home after completing a 60-day migrant interdiction patrol WHERE: Coast Guard Base Portsmouth, 4000 Coast Guard Blvd., Portsmouth, VA, 23703 WHEN: 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2023

 

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