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Crew members from Coast Guard Cutter Vise, a construction tender based in St. Petersburg, Fla., repair a navigation aid near Tampa Bay, Sept. 12, 2017. Coast Guard Crews from the Tampa area evaluated the condition of the port and rebuilt damaged navigation markers in order to reopen the port to traffic. (Coast Guard photo/Steve Strohmaier)

Coast Guard Receives International Recognition for Hurricane Response

The international maritime community recognized the Coast Guard for its efforts to restore safe marine navigation in waterway...

Coast Guard Considers New LED Light for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse

The Coast Guard is considering changing the bulb to the latest technology available -- an LED light.

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Campbell, a medium-endurance cutter homeported in Kittery, Maine, rescue a sea turtle entangled in abandoned fishing gear May 14, 2018, in the eastern Pacific Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Maine-Based Coast Guard Rescues Sea Turtles, Seizes 6 Tons Cocaine

A crew aboard a Maine-based Coast Guard ship seized cocaine valued at over $200 million during an 80-day voyage.

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis offloads approximately 2,116 pounds of marijuana after returning to homeport in Key West, Florida, Friday, June 8, 2018. In March, Thetis crewmembers alongside an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico, and a Jamaican Defence Force crew interdicted a suspected drug smuggling vessel in the Caribbean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Ashley J. Johnson)

Coast Guard Unloads More Than 2,000 Pounds of Marijuana in Key West

A Key West-based U.S. Coast Guard cutter took in a large haul of marijuana during a maritime bust in March.

New ensigns in the Coast Guard take the Oath of Office during the 136th Coast Guard Academy commencement exercise in New London, Conn., May 17, 2017. (Coast Guard photo/Patrick Kelley)

Lawmakers Ask Coast Guard Academy for Update on Addressing Inequities

Connecticut lawmakers are asking the head of the Coast Guard how the service plans to address "racial disparities."

Chief Petty Officer Bob Trainor reenlists on “PA” Lighted Buoy in the Straits of Juan de Fuca, while stationed aboard Coast Guard Cutter Fir (WLM-212) in February 1986. (Photo courtesy of Bob Trainor)

Coast Guard Veteran Dedicates 43 Years to Keeping Mariners Safe

One fateful evening in 1974, Bob Trainor heard a U.S. Coast Guard radio ad that would change his life.

Robert Birrane, left, at a Change of Watch meeting at Baltimore restaurant with Barry Cohan and Bruce Johnson, Feb. 17, 2013. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Joe Conn)

Vietnam Vet who Rose to Senior Officer in Coast Guard Auxiliary Dies

Robert J. Birrane Jr., a decorated Vietnam veteran who rose to become a senior Coast Guard Auxiliary officer, died May 30.

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In this Aug. 28, 2017, file photo, rescue boats fill a flooded street as flood victims are evacuated as floodwaters from Tropical Storm Harvey rise in Houston. President Donald Trump is mischaracterizing the thousands of water rescues in Texas last year during Hurricane Harvey by saying “people went out in their boats to watch” the deadly Category 4 storm. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Was Trump Right About Coast Guard Rescuing Hurricane Watchers?

President Donald Trump is mischaracterizing the thousands of water rescues in Texas last year during Hurricane Harvey.

Coast Guard Offering Webinars to Explain Thrift Savings Plan

Seven scheduled webinars will explain the Thrift Savings Plan in detail

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In this May 2016 photo provided by Spenser Rapone, Rapone raises his left fist while displaying a sign inside his hat that reads "Communism will win," after graduating from the United States Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. (Courtesy of Spenser Rapone via AP)

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