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Coast Guard Seaman Ethan W. Tucker, right, is accused of killing Seaman Ethan Kelch, left, in Alaska. Facebook

Charged with Killing His 'Best Bud,' Coast Guardsman Appears in Camp Pendleton Courtroom

Seaman Ethan W. Tucker was arrested Aug. 28 after a seven-month Coast Guard investigation into the January death.

Coast Guard members prepare bails of cocaine to be offloaded from the Coast Guard Cutter Alert in San Diego on Oct. 16, 2019. Alex Gray/Coast Guard

Coast Guard Offloads $92 Million Worth of Smuggled Cocaine in San Diego

The Coast Guard offloaded more than 6,800 pounds of cocaine -- worth an estimated $92 million -- on Wednesday.

Work is underway at Eastern Shipbuilding Group in Panama City, Florida, on the Offshore Patrol Cutter. (Eastern Shipbuilding Group)

Despite Hurricane Damage, Coast Guard Pressing On with Next-Gen Cutter Construction

Coast Guard's New Plan for Next-Gen Cutter Contracts Will Prevent Delays, Commandant Says

Artist rendering of Offshore Patrol Cutter (OPC). Courtesy of Eastern Shipbuilding Group

Coast Guard Reopens Bidding on New Class of Cutters

The company that originally won the bid suffered serious infrastructure damage in Hurricane Michael in 2018.

President Donald Trump tours a section of the southern border wall on Sept. 18, 2019, in Otay Mesa, California, with the commanding general of the Army Corps of Engineers Lt. Gen. Todd Semonite, left; acting commissioner of Customs and Border Protection Mark Morgan, far right; and acting Homeland Secretary Kevin McAleenan. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

McAleenan, Acting Homeland Security Secretary, Stepping Down

Trump tweeted that McAleenan was leaving to spend more time with his family and go to the private sector.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter deployed to Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen, Puerto Rico sits on the deck of the hanger Thursday, Aug. 29, 2019 standing by to assist in any search and rescue or post-storm missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Carlos Gonzalez)

Hoax Maydays Cost Coast Guard, Endanger Lives

Chief Warrant Officer John Roberts said fabricated distress calls waste valuable search-and-rescue resources.

A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew conducts inland search and rescue and mountain landing training in Kodiak, Alaska, Nov. 21, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Jeff Mistrick)

US Attorney: Man Convicted in Alaska Coast Guard Killings

A jury has convicted a former U.S. Coast Guard civilian technician of murder and weapons charges.

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy Corps of Cadets holds a sunset regimental review, May 20, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Nicole Foguth)

Coast Guard Academy's Class of 1976 Celebrate One of Their Own

Paul Langlois doesn't know how he's still alive.

FILE - This image provided by the U.S. District Court in Maryland shows a photo of firearms and ammunition that was in the motion for detention pending trial in the case against Christopher Paul Hasson. (U.S. District Court via AP)

Coast Guard Lieutenant Pleads Guilty to Gun and Drug Crimes

Hasson’s public defender issued a statement saying his case had been “mischaracterized and sensationalized.”

(U.S. Coast Guard/Chief Petty Officer John Masson)

Coast Guard Changes Policy to Permit Hand, Finger Tattoos

For the second time in two years, the Coast Guard is relaxing its policy on tattoos.

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