Becoming a Coast Guard officer offers a unique blend of military discipline and humanitarian mission -- all while operating on U.S. waters and beyond. Your main options to receive a commission in ...

The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is en route to the West Coast ahead of its August commissioning in Alaska, marking a milestone in the effort to rebuild U.S. defenses in the Arctic ...

It was partially to prevent exactly this eventuality that the Coast Guard adopted its own identifying racing stripes. The United States Coast Guard shares the story of one heroic ocean rescue in ...

This was not a drill. Members of US Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City nixed a Fleet Week search and rescue demonstration in Manhattan on Memorial Day for the real thing — more than 100 miles ...

SHAY. GOOD EVENING TO YOU. TRAVERS. IN THE COAST GUARD, OFFICIALS TELL US THAT RICO WILLIAMS WAS AT WORK LAST NIGHT WHEN HE FELL OFF A BARGE. IT ACTUALLY HAPPENED ACROSS THE LEVEE FROM WHERE I’M ...

MILWAUKEE, Wisc. (WGN) — The U.S. Coast Guard issued a warning Tuesday after an armed phosphorus pyrotechnic washed up on Montrose Beach a day prior. According to the Coast Guard, three ...

The US Coast Guard intercepted a 25-foot sailboat crammed with 16 illegal Mexican immigrants off the coast of California on Saturday and turned them over to the border patrol, the agency said.

The Coast Guard has temporarily relieved the commander of its largest installation, Coast Guard Base Alameda in California. Capt. David Melton, who had led the command since last June, was ...

As Coast Guard Auxiliarists, we’ll pause to pay homage to the rich history of the armed sea services and both the active duty and reserve components of the U.S. Coast Guard's military and law ...

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) came to the rescue of three people after their boat lost propulsion. According to USCG, the rescue happened on Wednesday. Coast Guard says the owner of the ...

CLEARWATER, Fla. (CBS12) — A man suffering from severe abdominal pain was airlifted by the Coast Guard from a vessel far off the Florida coast. The dramatic rescue unfolded Thursday as a Coast ...