Icebreakers, Pay Raise, New Cutters: House Adds $430M to Coast Guard Budget The extra money would go to purchase the four additional ships, which are meant to boost the Coast Guard's operations in the...
Coast Guard Requests Budget Cut for Fiscal 2024 The service did not provide a reason for the lower request but said the funding would be enough to sustain the fleet while...
Coast Guard Sidelines Cutter Commander After Mishap on Board The commander of the National Security Cutter James has been reassigned as the service investigates an incident on the vessel...
The Cutter Mercury and War of 1812 Operations in North Carolina Before the War of 1812, revenue cutters enforced trade laws and interdicted smuggling.
The Coast Guard's Next Icebreaker Has a Name Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz announced that the new Polar Security Cutter will be named Sentinel.
After Pandemic Hiatus, America's Only Heavy Coast Guard Icebreaker Returning to Antarctica The nation's only heavy icebreaker, the 46-year-old Polar Star, supports the annual resupply mission for McMurdo Station.
Coast Guard: Wreck Found in Atlantic Is Storied Cutter Bear The legend of the Bear is so ingrained in Coast Guard lore that the sports teams at the Coast Guard Academy are named the...
Coast Guard: 13 Cubans Rescued, 7 Missing Off Key West The nine men and four women were taken aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis.
Indonesian Leader Says Country Doesn't Want Famous US Coast Guard Cutter: Report The 110-foot patrol boat, originally based out of Highlands, New Jersey, is scheduled to be decommissioned this summer.
The Coast Guard Is Retiring Its Last Hamilton-Class High Endurance Cutter The Coast Guard will say goodbye Saturday to the last of its workhorse open-ocean cutters of the past 50 years.
Federal Government Shutdown Grinds into a Second Week as Tempers Flare at the Capitol As the federal government shutdown enters a second week, there’s no discernible endgame in sight.
Trump Targets Blumenthal, Calling for Investigation into Senator's Vietnam Service Claims President Donald Trump is targeting U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal again after Connecticut’s senior U.S. senator grilled U.S...
At 50, He Survived Marine Boot Camp — Then Fought at Peleliu and Okinawa When 50-year-old Paul Douglas showed up at Marine Corps boot camp in 1942, the white-haired economics professor looked more...
Ukrainian Drones Attack Russian Cavalry Troops in Rare 21st-Century Encounter A short video circulating online this month appears to show a Russian mounted patrol being struck by a Ukrainian drone near...
When The Government Can Afford Everything Except The Essentials Every shutdown forces the government to decide what counts as “essential.” Air traffic controllers and TSA agents fall into...
