06-03-2025
USCG Cutter Vigorous returns to Portsmouth after 46-day border security mission
PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) – Crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous are back home following a 46-day border security patrol off the coast of Florida.
According to a release, the Vigorous was deployed to the Florida Straits to support the Homeland Security Task Force with alien interdiction — or the detection and monitoring of migrant smuggling vessels — and border security operations.
While deployed, the crew worked alongside U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Air and Marine Operations and Homeland Security Investigations.
Vigorous returned to its homeport of Portsmouth on Wednesday, March 5.
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