Coast Guard makes a big turnaround under Donald Trump

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Trump transformed the culture of the military

After languishing under Biden with 10 cutters sidelined and 25 stations closed, the Coast Guard has rebounded under Trump—smashing recruitment targets and reactivating vital assets.

Kristi Noem and DHS leadership ordered a surge of Coast Guard patrols that netted 148,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana and nearly 900 human-smuggling arrests in FY 2025, crippling maritime cartel operations.

Embracing a restored “warrior culture” focused on merit and accountability, the service has regained trust among recruits and personnel, driving its sharp turnaround in border security.

“Under the Biden administration, the U.S. Coast Guard had its hands tied behind its back,” the memo stated. “Recruitment goals were not met, and our Coast Guardsmen were hamstrung and overwhelmed while cartels smuggled humans and illicit drugs through our maritime borders.”

Officials expect the branch to exceed its recruitment goal for the year.

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Illegals apprehended off Boynton Beach

Man accused of illegally bringing "migrants" into US off Boynton Beach

WFLX: "A man is facing up to 30 years in prison, after federal prosecutors said he was operating a boat carrying eight undocumented migrants, according to court records filed earlier this month.

Federal court records show Jermaine Domingo Williams faces eight charges of bringing aliens to the United States for private financial gain after telling a federal agent he was paid $8,000 to bring eight people into the country.

All nine individuals on the boat were taken into the Coast Guard’s custody on March 13, according to the criminal complaint, after a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Marine Unit stopped a 21-foot cuddy cabin boat.

The court records show financial details around immigration, such as migrants paying $4,000 to $11,000 to enter the United States. According to court records, the boat sank after Williams left the vessel and federal officials rescued the other eight people.

WFLX has been tracking various boatscapsized throughout our area and migrants arrested.

Three of the eight people on the boat were previously deported and are now facing federal charges for illegal re-entry. Two of those individuals were previously deported from the United States in October 2024, about five months before this recent attempt.

According to data obtained from Customs and Border Protection, 27% of individuals were apprehended more than once within the same fiscal year." [WFLX]

Coast Guard stops ship with illegal aliens from Haiti and takes them home

Coast Guard officials intercepted one scary boat that put Donald Trump on red alert

The Coast Guard is the last line of defense for the country’s coasts and business is picking up under the Trump administration.

Coast Guard officials intercepted one scary boat that put Donald Trump on red alert.

The southern border commands the lion’s share of the attention for illegal immigration. But Florida, with its more than 8,000 miles of coastline, is vulnerable to illegal immigration coming from the ocean.

A Coast Guard cutter stopped a 30-foot sailboat that was “overloaded” with potential illegal aliens from Haiti trying to make their way to Florida.

The sailboat carrying 132 Haitians was interdicted roughly 50 miles from the coast off of Marathon, Florida, in the Florida Keys.

Coast Guard officials turned the ship around and escorted it back to Haiti.

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Coast Guard now to enforce security on the waterways around Mar-A-Lago

Coast Guard announces security zones around Mar-a-Lago

Zones will be enforced from August 19 to November 30

The U.S. Coast Guard and other agencies will begin to enforce security zones in the vicinity of Mar-a-Lago starting August 19.

The Coast Guard announced the new procedure on X Friday.

The zones will have varying security levels.

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Of course, the Palm Beach elites are furious about it. You can't drive past Mar-A-Lago now as South Ocean Boulevard is closed and you have to detour to Southern Boulevard.