Officials say the move is part of a boarder effort to deter China from taking military action in the South China Sea.

The squadron, previously operating as Patrol Forces Southwest Asia, is now based out of Singapore and Subic Bay.

Taipei received its latest cutter this week from a $1.3 billion program initiated almost a decade ago to expand Taiwan’s white hull fleet to counter coercive Chinese activities. Taiwan’s Coast Guard ...

The U.S. Coast Guard is transitioning its Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) to the Western Pacific, ending a more than ...

The United States and its ally Japan recently boosted their maritime law enforcement fleets as China continued expanding its naval and coast guard presence in the Pacific. Newsweek has reached out to ...

Six cutters formerly homeported in Bahrain will now patrol Western Pacific waters as an expeditionary squadron.

Several ships have been pulled from the Middle East to help challenge Beijing’s assertion of power in the Pacific.

Two U.S. Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopters fly over the Coast Guard Cutter Vincent Danz (WPC 1162) following the cutter’s commissioning ceremony in New York City, May 22, 2026. (U.S. Coast Guard ...

The U.S. Coast Guard said Wednesday it has moved to accelerate the acquisition of 10 more Fast Response Cutters using money from the record $25 billion one-time funding it received in the 2025 ...

From the left, U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutters USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144), USCGC John Scheuerman (WPC 1146), USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) and USCGC Clarence Sutphin Jr. (WPC 1147) transit ...

Lockport, Louisiana-based Bollinger Shipyards has secured a U.S. Coast Guard contract option worth approximately $507 million for 10 additional fast response cutters, or FRCs, and associated contract ...

The U.S. Coast Guard commissioned its newest Fast Response Cutter, USCGC Vincent Danz (WPC 1162), for official entry into its service fleet during a ceremony held in New York City on Friday. The Vice ...