After the fatal mid-air collision over Washington D.C. in January, the Coast Guard sent nearly 300 personnel, five full-size cutters and small boats from 11 stations to aid in recovery efforts.

On July 6, 2011, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy parked in an ice floe for the 2011 ICESCAPE mission's third ice station in the Chukchi Sea. (Kathryn Hansen/NASA) Editor’s Note: This article ...

As the Commanding Officer of U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw, Jeannette Greene is breaking through barriers and clearing the way for those who come after her. The North Stars: In the March issue ...

The US Coast Guard faces a $7 billion backlog in infrastructure improvements. Deferred maintenance and insufficient budgets have worsened the Coast Guard's infrastructure issues. Piers ...

Coast Guard plans call for procuring a combination of National Security Cutters (NSCs), Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) and Fast Response Cutters (FRCs) as replacements for 90 earlier-generation ...

The sundew may look delicate, but it’s a deadly predator in the plant world. Covered in glistening, sticky tentacles, this carnivorous plant lures unsuspecting insects with its sweet nectar ...

The missions of the U.S. Coast Guard propel its members across changing and sometimes perilous waters, into neighborhoods damaged by ever-more-intense hurricanes and around the melting ice of the ...

SOUTHERN OCEAN — Accomplishing its missions, the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) and crew departed the Antarctic region Tuesday, after 65 days south of the Antarctic Circle in support of ...

USCGC MIDGETT has arrived in Oceania as a key component of Operation Blue Pacific, having recently strengthened vital partnerships in Southeast Asia through engagements with the Singapore Defense ...

today, marking a key part of its deployment in the Indo-Pacific region. Named after Coast Guard hero Chief Warrant Officer John Allen Midgett, and carrying a rich family legacy of service, the MIDGETT ...