New legislation aims to create a Coast Guard secretary position to streamline operations and elevate the service to match ...

A Coast Guard HC-130 Hercules and Gulfstream V aircraft stand together on the flight line at Air Station Kodiak, Alaska, Aug. 14, 2014. (Auxiliarist Tracey Mertens/U.S. Coast Guard photo) ...

The Coast Guard is facing a “readiness crisis” that has been “decades in the making,” Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting commandant of the service, acknowledged Monday. Lunday and Homeland ...

Acting Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday (center) was nominated Wednesday to serve as the permanent leader of the service. (Jessica Hill/AP) Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi ...