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 U.S. Coast Guard plans to cut one-quarter of its 46 flag officer positions this year in a move that acting Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday said is part of a force redesign aimed at improving ...

USNI News data shows the Coast Guard has 46 flag officers — 43 active flags and three reserve. A 25 percent reduction in flag ranks would be about 12 officers.

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.

The Coast Guard is preparing to cut up to 12 flag officer positions over the next seven months, according to a memo issued by the acting commandant of the service. “As part of Force Design 2028 ...

A San Diego-based Coast Guard crew on May 10 stopped a vessel smuggling illegal migrants by firing four shots into the boat’s engine, putting an end to a dramatic chase. Coast Guard ...

The first of three new Coast Guard fast response cutters to be homeported in Kodiak is officially ready for duty, after the John Witherspoon was commissioned Thursday.

Members of the Maritime Security Response Team participate in an assault boat demonstration. AP The Coast Guard has stopped 260 smuggling vessels this fiscal year so far, which started on Oct. 1 ...

U.S. Coast Guard The U.S. Coast Guard on Tuesday returned to Haiti almost 100 people who were stopped offshore of the island country in an overloaded migrant boat last week, the agency said.

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 ...

The U.S. Coast Guard reports a 25-foot boat with 21 people aboard who are believed to be migrants was intercepted in the Pacific Ocean 20 miles off the coast of Point Loma in San Diego on Friday.

KEY BISCAYNE, Fla. (CBS12) — A Coast Guard crew returned 23 undocumented immigrants to the Bahamas Saturday and one suspected smuggler to Homeland Security. On Tuesday, Customs and Border ...