The Coast Guard is the butt of countless jokes from the more prominent armed service branches—but is itself an armed service.

Regulatory, legislative, and policy developments have provided the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) with new cybersecurity tools and expanded authorities to secure the marine transportation system (MTS) from ...

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) achieved a significant milestone in the fight against international drug trafficking, seizing more than 100,000 pounds of cocaine since launching Operation Pacific ...

The surge in operations will add more boats on a 260-mile stretch of the river. The United States Coast Guard is deploying more resources to the U.S. southern border on the Rio Grande River, according ...

U.S. Coast Guard personnel opened fire Thursday night on a U-Haul truck after its driver ignored commands to stop at the entrance of a California base, the agency said. Dramatic video shows the box ...

The Coast Guard rescued three people off the Bay State on Wednesday after their 30-foot vessel caught fire. The pleasure craft “Third Wave” departed from Eel Pond in Falmouth on Friday with the family ...

The Coast Guard rescued a man from the water off the coast of Falmouth, Massachusetts Monday afternoon. Video from Falmouth police showed the moment he was hoisted from the ocean into a Coast Guard ...

SAN DIEGO (FOX 5/KUSI) — The U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a small boat carrying 10 individuals suspected of entering the country illegally early Tuesday morning off the coast of Point Loma, officials ...

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