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 ...

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 ...

U.S. Homeland Security Sec. Kristi Noem delivered the keynote address at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s 2025 commencement. She said the Trump administration plans to “transform” the Coast Guard.

A Coast Guard helicopter from CG Air Station Astoria, Oregon lowers a rescue swimmer in 2024. An Astoria crew rescued four men from inside a collapsed industrial water tank in Washington last week.

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 a multi-mission maritime military service within the Department of Homeland Security. In 2024, it employed more than 39,000 active-duty service members, of which about 30,600 ...

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.

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 US ...

The wife of an active-duty Coast Guardsman was arrested earlier this week by federal immigration authorities inside the family residential section of the U.S. Naval Air Station at Key West, Florida… ...

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.