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 ...

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 ...

In broad terms, the Coast Guard is the aquatic police of the United States, patrolling coasts and waterways for lawbreakers, ensuring the safety of civilian vessels and swimmers, and when ...

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 ...

Tillamook Air Museum in Oregon will soon be receiving its first Coast Guard aircraft—this HU-25 Guardian—for the collection. [Courtesy: U.S. Coast Guard] It takes an aircraft to deliver an ...

The coast guard stated that the patient from the vessel with a Bahamas flag has been shifted to a hospital. Offering humanitarian aid at midnight, an Indian Coast Guard team evacuated a "heart ...

News from across the U.S. Coast Guard. By Nicholas Slayton Posted on May 31, 2025 By Matt White Posted on May 20, 2025 By Nicholas Slayton Posted on Apr 27, 2025 By Patty Nieberg Posted on Mar 11 ...

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 ...

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 ...

LONG BEACH, Wash. (KATU) — The Coast Guard has suspended its search for a 15-year-old boy who was reported struggling to swim off the coast of Long Beach. The search was halted at 12:30 a.m ...