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

Two Recent Coast Guard Academy Graduates Talk Life in the Fleet

A month on the job, and Ensign Dana Rohde was at the helm of a 225-foot-long, 2,000-ton seagoing buoy tender.

Members of the Coast Guard Academy Class of 2022 participate 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)

Coast Guard Academy Class of 2022 Nearing the End of Swab Summer

The day started at 3:30 a.m. with the sounding of an alarm -- the kind that goes off when there's been a collision.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett is the twelfth and last of the Coast Guard's fleet of 378 foot High Endurance Cutters. Her namesake, the late Chief Boatswain John Allen Midgett Jr. was born in 1876 in Rodanthe, N.C., and served for nearly 40 years with the U.S. Lifesaving Service and the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

1 of Greatest Coast Guard Rescues to Be Celebrated

As strong winds blew in the afternoon of Aug. 16, 1918, an explosion offshore rattled windows in Rodanthe.

Flight crew members from the 171st Air Refueling Squadron and the 107th Fighter Squadron participated in training operation Patriot Sands located at Naval Air Station Pensacola, Florida, May 14, 2016. (U.S. Air National Guard photo/Ryan Zeski)

Coast Guard Member Rescues Struggling Swimmer on Wedding Day

A bridegroom has been credited with saving a struggling swimmer just moments after his beach wedding on the Gulf Coast.

U.S. Marine Corps recruits with Platoon 4038, Papa Company, 4th Recruit Training Battalion, near the finish line of the run portion of their Initial Strength Test on Parris Island July 20, 2018. (U.S. Marine Corps photo/Dana Beesley)

Military Leaders Respond as Rising Seas Threaten Installations

Former military leaders gather Tuesday at a conference on sea level rise and security at The Citadel.

The author’s Grandfather , who served on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Saipan, Tinian and Okinawa with the 2nd Marine Division in World War II, with a snippet (in the right photograph) from a Virginia newspaper about his service. (Photo Courtesy of Sarah Holzhalb)

Running Home After a Marathon of Funerals

Sarah Holzhalb endured a marathon of funerals shortly after separating from the Coast Guard.

Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf crewmembers conduct a counterdrug patrol throughout international waters in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, March 11, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Michael Trees)

Coast Guard Could Send Ship to Pacific to 'Temper Chinese Influence'

More members of the Coast Guard could be headed to the Asia-Pacific region and Africa next year.

Bales of cocaine lie on a pallet onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton in Port Everglades, Aug. 1, 2018. The drugs were seized during the interdiction of five suspected smuggling vessels and the recovery of two floating bale fields found off the coasts of Mexico, Central and South America by Coast Guard Cutters Hamilton (WMSL-753), Alert (WMEC-630), and Venturous (WMEC-625). (Coast Guard photo/Brandon Murray)

Coast Guard Cutter Offloads Cocaine, Marijuana in Port Everglades

More than 5 tons of cocaine seized in international waters was offloaded by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton.

In this July 20, 2018, file photo, a duck boat sits idle in the parking lot of Ride the Ducks, an amphibious tour operator in Branson, Mo. A lawsuit seeking $100 million in damages was filed Sunday, July 29, against the owners and operators of a duck boat that sank July 19. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)

Coast Guard Document: Tourist Boat Violated Inspection Terms

A tourist boat was on the lake despite wind speeds far exceeding allowable limits when it sank last month in Missouri.

A curious Adelie penguin stands near the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star on McMurdo Sound, Antarctica, Jan. 7, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard/Petty Officer 2nd Class Grant DeVuyst)

Trump's Border Wall Could Derail Funding for New Coast Guard Icebreaker

The Coast Guard's top officer said Wednesday that the U.S. can't afford to delay its presence in the Arctic.

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President Donald Trump signs the John McCain National Defense Authorization Act for the Fiscal Year 2019, during a signing ceremony Monday, Aug. 13, 2018, in Fort Drum, N.Y. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Trump Signs $717 Billion Defense Bill Including 2.6 Percent Troop Pay Raise

The president called it "the most significant investment in our military and in our warfighters in modern history."

A U.S. Special Operations soldier returns fire while conducting multi-day Afghan-led offensive operations against the Taliban in Mohammad Agha district, Logar Province, Afghanistan, July 28, 2018. (U.S. Air Force/Staff Sgt. Nicholas Byers)

Air Force Fighters, Army Apaches Kill 220 Taliban in Ghazni Fight

Afghan forces are conducting clearing operations, but hundreds of civilians have fled, trying to escape the fierce fighting.

Chief Master Sgt. Gerard Crump, 85th Engineering Installation Squadron, inspects the uniform of Staff Sgt. Bryant Horton, 85th EIS, during a squadron open ranks inspection Nov. 25, 2013. (U.S. Air Force/Adam Bond)

Air Force May Go Old School With Dress Blue Uniform Update

The service's top enlisted leader says he would like the uniform to evoke the Air Force's heritage.

Marine Special Operations School Individual Training Course students fire an M249 squad automatic weapon during night-fire training April 13, 2017, at Camp Lejeune. (U.S. Air Force/Senior Airman Ryan Conroy)

2 Marines Received Valor Awards for Secret Gunfight Against al-Qaida

Two members of Marine Special Operations Command received awards for a gun battle with al-Qaida militants in Northern Africa.

This undated image posted to Richard Russell's YouTube channel shows Russell, an airline ground agent. Investigators are piecing together how he stole an empty commercial airplane, took off from Sea-Tac International Airport in Seattle, and crashed into a small island in the Puget Sound in Washington. (Richard Russell/YouTube via AP)

Why Didn't F-15s Shoot Down the Stolen Sea-Tac Airliner?

"Through it all, there was a call not to take the shot," a NORAD spokesman said.

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