The Coast Guard’s new commercial icebreaker is enroute 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 Region.

The racing stripes of Coast Guard ships serve as important branding and help ensure that the vessels can be identified. The design, so familiar to millions of Americans and others around the world ...

If the Coast Guard is primarily concerned with the local and defensive aspects of the oceanic sphere, then the international and offensive aspects are the territory of the U.S. Navy.

Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announces Adm. Kevin E. Lunday, center, as commandant of the Coast Guard at the commencement for the Coast Guard Academy on Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in New ...

A graduate of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy walks past a protest outside of the graduation ceremony on May 21, 2025, where police estimated that approximately150 people protested Kristi Noem’s ...

Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., raised questions about U.S. Coast Guard staffing after a Mexican naval ship crashed into New York City’s Brooklyn Bridge on May 17, killing two and injuring dozens.

A dramatic viral video from the Coast Guard shows service members completing a swift and precise drug interdiction against smugglers in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Members of the small-boat crew U ...

The U.S. Coast Guard on Thursday announced the offloading of 8,500 kilograms of cocaine, nearly 19,000 pounds, worth over $200 million, seized in a joint effort by the Kimball and Coast Guard ...

The service unveiled its new Coast Guard Force Design 2028 this month to revamp the service’s organizational structure, personnel, acquisition and contracting, and technology.

PALM BEACH COUNTY, Fla. — The United States Coast Guard says it is pausing its search for a 32-year-old man who fell overboard on Wednesday. The agency stated that they had been searching an ...

The US Coast Guard faces a $7 billion backlog in infrastructure improvements. Deferred maintenance and insufficient budgets have worsened the Coast Guard's infrastructure issues. Piers, airfields ...