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Coast Guardsman Charged with Domestic Battery

A member of the U.S. Coast Guard is charged with assaulting his wife, according to a report.

Pictured are bales of cocaine interdicted by the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa (WMEC-902) crew in the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Feb. 20, 2019. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard Academy Professors Help in Battle Against Drugs

Two professors at the Coast Guard Academy played a pivotal role in a federal drug trafficking case out of Florida.

A boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Port Canaveral, Florida, enforces a safety and security zone during a rocket launch off the coast of Cape Canaveral, Fla., June 24, 2016. (Anthony L. Soto/Coast Guard)

US Coast Guard Looking for Missing Boaters off Florida Coast

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for two missing boaters who left from a ramp at Port Canaveral, Florida on Friday.

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star breaks ice in McMurdo Sound near Antarctica on Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Nick Ameen)

Meet the Polar Star, the Coast Guard’s Vital But Neglected Icebreaker. It's Falling Apart

While Russia will soon have more than 50 icebreakers, the fire-engine-red ship lumbers on as a Cold War relic.

Approximately 1,300 pounds of marijuana seized by Coast Guard Station Los Angeles-Long Beach crew members near Catalina Island is shown, Aug. 13, 2019. The bales were transferred to Customs and Border Protection, who confirmed the bales consisted of marijuana weighing approximately 1,300 pounds with an estimated value of $1 million. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard Finds 43 Bales of Pot Floating Off California

The marijuana was delivered to U.S. Customs and Border Protection.

Haitian migrants sit on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter William Trump (WPC-1111) after being interdicted at sea Sunday, Aug. 11, 2019 approximately 69 miles north of Isla De Tortue, Haiti. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Coast Guard Intercepts 146 Haitians at Sea

The Coast Guard said its William Trump cutter intercepted the boat with 120 men, 22 women and four children aboard on Sunday.

Coast Guard Cutter Marcus Hanna, a 175-foot buoy tender homeported in South Portland, Maine and Coast Guard Cutter Shrike, an 87-foot patrol boat based in Sandy Hook, New Jersey transit in Lower New York Bay during a mass casualty drill conducted Sept. 21, 2018. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Hunter Medley)

South Portland Coast Guard Officer Relieved of His Command

Chief Warrant Officer J.L. Horne was permanently relieved as the commanding officer of the cutter Marcus Hanna.

Coast Guard Ramps Up in Hawaii with 2 New Ships

A dual commissioning of the two new 418-foot flagship national security cutters is scheduled for Aug. 24.

Coast Guard recruit company Juliet-190 become the first company to try the training center's new stationary bikes, Sept. 10, 2014. The bikes will replace the aging models and provide a safer and more intense workout for recruits going through basic training. (John Edwards/U.S. Coast Guard)

Coast Guard Ditches Body Weight Standards for Measurement in New Pilot Program

Architectural rendering of the first-ever National Coast Guard Museum, planned to begin construction in New London, Connecticut, in 2020. Courtesy of Payette

Construction of Coast Guard Museum to Start in Early 2020

The final design features an 80,000-square-foot, five-story, interactive museum.

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The Armed Forces Service Medal has a green, blue and yellow ribbon and a bronze medal featuring a torch like that held by the Statue of Liberty. U.S. Air Force graphic by Staff Sgt. Alexx Pons

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