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

By Stephen Ruiz

What happened during the first midair helicopter hoist rescue

By Stephen Ruiz

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

By Stephen Ruiz

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

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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

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

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

By Blake Stilwell

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 the Coast Guard tried using pigeons for sea rescues

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

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

By Mary-Elizabeth Pratt

This Coast Guardsman saved a Navy base during the Vietnam War

By Blake Stilwell

The complete guide to Coast Guard ranks

By Jessica Evans