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The Coast Guard Office of International Acquisition in summer 2025 reached the $1 billion milestone for delivery of assets and services to partner nations through its Foreign Military Sales and Excess Defense Articles programs. The total represents more than 700 vessels, aircraft and related support delivered to more than 80 countries since the Coast Guard office was reorganized in 1997. 

Former Coast Guard Cutter Mellon arrived in Vietnam on June 18, 2025, as one of the final steps in its Excess Defense Articles (EDA) transfer to the Vietnam Coast Guard. This is the 12th and final 378-foot high endurance cutter to be transferred under the EDA program, and the third for Vietnam.