The U.S. Coast Guard welcomed the nearly $25 billion investment included in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act Friday — marking ...

President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard ...

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.

Melton also has received numerous Coast Guard awards, including the Meritorious Service Medal, three Commendation Medals, five Achievement Medals, the Permanent Cutterman Insignia, and a number of ...

The following is the June 30, 2025, Congressional Research Service Report, Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter (PSC) and Arctic Security Cutter (ASC) Icebreaker Programs: Background and Issues for ...

SoCal Coast Guard member awarded medal for heroic rescues during Lahaina wildfires. Thompson said the award has inspired him to continue working hard and remain dedicated to his service.

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Thompson was recognized at the U.S. Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach for his heroic actions during the devastating Lahaina wildfires in August 2023. "I was the ...

China’s Coast Guard claimed it entered waters of the Arctic Ocean for the first time as part of a joint patrol with Russia – in the latest sign of enhanced coordination between the two in a ...

Five members of the U.S. Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Detachment in the Quad-Cities received medals Wednesday for exemplary service while assisting victims of Hurricane Katrina.

The Coast Guard has two ocean-going icebreakers, the Healy, which operates in the Arctic, and the Polar Star, a 48-year-old ship that is the only one capable of breaking heavy ice in Antarctica.

The Arctic Service Medal was authorized in 2023 as an extension to the Arctic Service Ribbon, a decoration that sailors have long been awarded for clocking 28 days of duty above the Arctic Circle.

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 ...