Coast Guard

While the Coast Guard operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, during times of war, it can be transferred to the Department of the Navy, as it did in WWI and WWII. Read More

Coast Guard intercepts 101 US-bound migrants in boats on the high seas, then sends them back home

The US Coast Guard shipped 101 ... according to a press release. “The Coast Guard works daily with our local, federal and Dominican Republic Navy partners in our shared and unwavering resolve ... Read More

Coast Guard seizes $24.3 million of cocaine in Caribbean drug bust

The United States Coast Guard seized a boat that was carrying ... scaling mountain in Alaska Train carrying fuel derails at Arizona-New Mexico state line, causes interstate closure “I am ... Read More

US Coast Guard no longer searching for 20-year-old who jumped from Royal Caribbean cruise

The United States Coast Guard is no longer searching for a 20-year-old man who jumped overboard on a Royal Caribbean cruise, the military branch reportedly said. The Coast Guard began scouring the ... Read More

Navy, Coast Guard rescue men who spelled out ‘HELP’ with palm fronds

The crew of a U.S. Navy P-8 Poseidon plane from Kadena Air Force Base in Japan spotted the three on Pikelot and dropped survival packages. The next day, a Coast Guard HC-130J Hercules plane from ... Read More

US Coast Guard removing plane from water after weekend crash

“You have to just keep functioning.” The U.S. Coast Guard returned to the crash site Monday to remove the plane from the water. No pollution has been reported so far, but the Coast Guard is ... Read More

Why US is betting on a 40-year-old Coast Guard cutter to contain China

Amid increasing strategic competition with China, the United States has taken ... China has bolstered its coast guard capabilities, adding more than 20 former navy corvettes and actively asserting ... Read More

US Coast Guard: Six people missing presumed dead

The US Coast Guard announced Tuesday night that it is suspending its search and rescue mission in the Baltimore bridge collapse, and focusing on a recovery mission. Rear Admiral Shannon Gilreath ... Read More

The Unique Role of the US Coast Guard

the president of the United States can transfer any or all assets of the Coast Guard to the Department of the Navy. In fact, this has happened during almost every conflict in which the United ... Read More

Navy, Coast Guard rescue men who spelled out ‘HELP’ with palm fronds

Three men stranded on an uninhabited Pacific island survived for more than a week and used palm fronds to spell out “HELP” on the beach, leading to their rescue by Navy and Coast Guard ... Read More