Polar Star, Storis, and Healy. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB-20) arrives at Pier 46 on Coast Guard Base Seattle, Oct. 26, 2025. The crew of the Healy transited over 20,000 miles, supporting Operation Arctic West Summer and Operation Frontier Sentinel, protecting U.S. sovereign rights and territory, and promoting national security in the Arctic. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lieutenant Christopher Butters)

The March edition of US Naval Institute Proceedings, “The Annual Naval Review,” has an article “U. S. Coast Guard Year in Review,” along with other articles reviewing the last year for the Navy, Marine Corps, NOAA, U. S. Naval Aviation and Weapons, and the Global Maritime Industry as well as other articles.

There is no mention the decision to build icebreakers in cooperation with Finland and Canada that resulted in contracts for eleven Arctic Security Cutters (here, here and here) nor of the Coast Guard’s role in the seizure of sanctioned tankers (here, here and here).

There was no mention of the cancellation Eastern’s contract to build the first four Offshore Patrol Cutters that leaves the first launched but unable to complete sea trials, the second partially constructed but not ready to launch and #3 and #4 cancelled even though #3 was laid down 18 July 2022. (here) You could see this coming. (and here)

Cancellation of NSC#11 after construction had begun May 11, 2021 was also not mentioned.

It was probably worth mentioning that the 61st FRC had been delivered. (here)

The decommissioning of the last Island class cutter was a milestone that might have been mentioned.