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A Coast Guard rescue swimmer is already being hailed as an “American hero” after his very first mission — helping to save the lives of 165 Texas flash-flood victims. “This is what it’s all about, ...
The U.S. Coast Guard's elite surfmen are trusted to drive lifeboats on the most challenging rescue missions. They train in ...
The U.S. Coast Guard welcomed the nearly $25 billion investment included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Friday — marking ...
In Los Angeles, President Donald Trump's significant tax and spending legislation includes over $8.6 billion to bolster the U ...
President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard ...
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.
Noem, the keynote speaker at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy's commencement, outlined the Trump administration's plans to increase the service's military workforce by at least 15,000 by the end of ...
The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022. (PO3 Aidan Cooney/Coast Guard) Full production of a new polar ...
President Droupadi Murmu has approved the President's Tatrakshak Medal (PTM) and Tatrakshak Medal (TM) for eight Indian Coast Guard personnel for their gallantry, exceptional duty devotion, and ...
The U.S. Coast Guard has officially increased its fleet of icebreakers by 50%. The service announced this week that it had purchased the 360-foot icebreaker Aiviq. The ship, following some minor ...
The US Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Healy (WAGB 20), the service's medium polar icebreaker, returned to Seattle, Washington, on 12 December following a 73-day Arctic deployment supporting training ...
The Coast Guard has said it needs as many as nine icebreakers to protect the nation's interests in the Arctic. According to Fagan, they can’t come soon enough. “We are behind as a nation.