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Coast Guard

U.S. Coast Guard news, missions, history, and stories from America's oldest continuous seagoing service.

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When Hurricane Sandy sank the ship from ‘Mutiny on the Bounty’

By Stephen Ruiz

First helicopter hoist rescue

What happened during the first midair helicopter hoist rescue

By Stephen Ruiz

Coast Guard rescue

A close look at the Coast Guard’s biggest rescue ever besides Hurricane Katrina

By Stephen Ruiz

Coast Guard Alaska Ranger rescue

How the most incredible Coast Guard cold-water rescue ever unfolded

By Stephen Ruiz

How the Navy and Coast Guard frantically searched for Amelia Earhart

By Stephen Ruiz

Why the Coast Guard is part of the Department of Homeland Security

By Stephen Ruiz

Anchored in Memory: Remembering USCG CDR Scott Hyung-Wook Kim

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Anchored in Memory: Remembering USCG CDR Scott Hyung-Wook Kim

By Jessica Manfre

The Navy and Coast Guard are still finding mysterious ghost ships

When the Coast Guard saved New York from a huge blast during WWII

rum runner during prohibition

The only criminal executed by the Coast Guard was a Prohibition-era rum runner

coast guard on the english channel

This Coastie crossed the English Channel 10 times on D-Day

By Blake Stilwell

coast guard healy history

This is the official history of the Coast Guard’s ‘Hell Roarin’ legend

By Mary-Elizabeth Pratt

That time an admiral used his own Navy Cross to decorate a hero

That time an admiral used his own Navy Cross to decorate a hero

That time the Coast Guard tried using pigeons for sea rescues

That time the Coast Guard tried using pigeons for sea rescues

4 awesome missions you didn’t know were done by the Coast Guard

4 awesome missions you didn’t know were done by the Coast Guard

That time the Coast Guard captured 18 ships, and 8 more surprising stories from its history

That time the Coast Guard captured 18 ships, and 8 more surprising stories from its history

Group of Coast Guard personnel in uniform posing with medals and awards on a stage, next to a tall red and white water tower with "COAST GUARD" written on it against a clear blue sky.

The Coast Guard is turning up the heat for culinary arts in the military

15 important and surprising differences between the Navy and Coast Guard

15 important and surprising differences between the Navy and Coast Guard

By Mary-Elizabeth Pratt

This Coast Guardsman saved a Navy base during the Vietnam War

This Coast Guardsman saved a Navy base during the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

Coast Guard graduates

The complete guide to Coast Guard ranks

By Jessica Evans