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U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown marks the 39th anniversary of the Coast Guard Cutter Cuyahoga tragedy with a memorial service Friday, October 20, 2017. (U. S. Coast Guard photo/Trey Clifton)

Coast Guard to Mark 40th Anniversary of Loss of Cutter Cuyahoga

The Cuyahoga was a training vessel for the Coast Guard Officer Candidate School.

A Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber crewmember carries a bale of cocaine during a drug offload at Coast Guard Base Miami Beach, Oct. 16, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Brandon Murray)

Coast Guard Offloads $47 Million Worth of Cocaine and Marijuana

Over 10 days, the U.S. Coast Guard stopped three different boats -- all of which were carrying drugs.

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew takes off at Air Station Barbers Point, Hawaii, Aug. 25, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Matthew West)

Coast Guard, Navy Rescue Cruise Ship Passenger off Kaneohe Bay

The U.S. Coast Guard and Navy medevaced an 83-year-old male Canadian passenger from a cruise ship.

Walter Daniel, a Coast Guard veteran, filed a wrongful death lawsuit after his wife died following childbirth at a military hospital in 2015 -- but it was dismissed, based on a 68-year-old federal ruling. After two failed appeals, he petitioned the U.S. Supreme Court to allow active-duty service members to seek legal damages for medical malpractice harm, the same way civilians can. (Kaiser Health News photo/Heidi de Marco)

Widower Takes Ban on Military Injury Claims to Supreme Court

The 68-year-old Feres doctrine prohibits active-duty service members from suing the federal government for injuries.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Active, shown above, seized $87 million worth of cocaine before returning to Port Angeles, Washington on Friday, reports said. (US Coast Guard photo)

$87M Worth of Cocaine Seized by 52-year-old Coast Guard Cutter: Reports

The Coast Guard cutter Active was commissioned in 1966 -- three years before Neil Armstrong stepped foot on the Moon.

Melissa Hancock appeared in Lifetime's "Little Women: Atlanta." (Virginia State Police)

Former Reality TV Star Gets 16 Years After Crash that Killed Coast Guardsman

A former reality TV star will serve 16 years in prison for killing a U.S. Coast Guard technician in a drunken collision.

Coast Guard Academy Class of 2022 participates in Day One, the start of Swab Summer and the beginning of their 200-week journey to becoming an officer at the Academy, July 2, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Diana Sherbs)

New Coast Guard Academy Lab to Train Cybersecurity Officers

A 2,000-square-foot cyber lab at the Coast Guard Academy will be used by cadets studying to become cybersecurity officers.

Seaman Tristan Beatty comforts a dog after the boat he was in capsized near Cedar Beach, New York, Oct. 6, 2018. The dog, along with a 47-year-old man and a boy were rescued by a boatcrew from Station Fire Island. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Station Fire Island)

Coast Guard Rescues Man, Boy, Dog from Capsized Boat

U.S. Coast Guard crew members rescued a man, his 9-year-old son and their dog after the family's fishing boat capsized.

In this Wednesday, Oct. 3, 2018 photo provided by the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter Stratton prepare to offload cocaine in San Diego. (Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley via AP)

Coast Guard Brings 11 Tons of Seized Cocaine to San Diego

The Coast Guard has brought more than 11 tons of cocaine seized in the eastern Pacific Ocean to San Diego.

Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak's first HC-130J Super Hercules arrives in Kodiak, Alaska, Aug. 21, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Jonathan Harper)

Coast Guard Investigates Kodiak Members in Illicit Drug Case

The Coast Guard says it has taken members in Kodiak off duty status as it investigates allegations of illicit drug activity.

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