Seventh District

Miami, Florida

District Commander

vVADM  Larry Shelton, (acting DCO)

CG7001

Chief of Staff:

vacant

District 7's Headquarters is located in Miami, Florida and its area of responsibility includes South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, the Keys and the Caribbean. Its missions include law enforcement, port security, drug interdiction, search and rescue, and marine safety.

District Seven is at the forefront of the counter narcotics effort, directing more than 90 percent of all Coast Guard drug interdiction operations.

The Seventh District’s four air stations are located at Borinquen, P.R., Clearwater, Fla., Miami, Fla., and Savannah, Ga. These units maintain 45 fixed and rotary wing multi-mission aircraft (almost 30% of the entire Coast Guard fleet) and operate aviation support facilities at Air Facility (AIRFAC) Charleston and two sites in the Bahamas for Operation Bahamas, Turks & Caicos (OPBAT). Eight Coast Guard Medium Endurance Cutters are berthed at, and are supported by, shore units within the Seventh District; 25 patrol boats perform a variety of missions within the district's AOR, including SAR and maritime law enforcement. Multi-mission stations maintain 32 utility boats and a fleet of smaller boats that provide an inshore SAR response.