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Aug 4, 2022

Happy Birthday USCG: Why some claim the Coast Guard is the oldest and most badass military service branch

August 4, 2022 marks the Coast Guard’s 232nd birthday. Over two centuries of continuous lifesaving, law enforcement and defense while proudly serving the United States looks good on the force….

BYJessica Manfre

Aug 4, 2022

BYJessica Manfre

Sep 16, 2021

How coasties saved an entire village in 1919 during the Spanish Flu

Alaska is still considered the last frontier, even in today’s modern times. The unforgiving and extreme weather coupled with the rough terrain makes it a challenging place to live. One hundred years ago – during the Spanish Flu – it was even more d…

BYJessica Manfre

Sep 16, 2021

BYJessica Evans

Aug 3, 2021

8 facts you didn’t know about the US Coast Guard

Today marks 230 years that the Coast Guard has been serving the United States. The Coast Guard supplies a unique and valuable service to our country and is the only military organization within the Department of Homeland Security. To help celebrate …

BYJessica Evans

Aug 3, 2021

BYLogan Nye

Jul 12, 2021

See how the Coast Guard trains elite rescue swimmers

They’re the swimmers that everyone else counts on.

BYLogan Nye

Jul 12, 2021

BYCoffee Or Die

Dec 18, 2020

US Coast Guard Seized Over $411 Million Worth of Drugs During Recent Deployment

The US Coast Guard and its allies announced the seizure of approximately 23,000 pounds of cocaine and 8,800 pounds of marijuana before offloading the illegal drugs at Port Everglades, Florida,…

BYCoffee Or Die

Dec 18, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Dec 3, 2020

This Junior Coastie accidentally bought dinner for the Premier of Greenland — and earned a medal

No, the man eating alone in a diner in Nuuk wasn’t Fezzik — a friendless, brainless, helpless, hopeless giant, unemployed in Greenland. Nonetheless, U.S. Coast Guard Seaman Katlin Kilroy, dining…

BYMilitary.com

Dec 3, 2020

BYSandboxx

Nov 24, 2020

Watch: 2 Daring Coast Guard Rescues Near Boston in Less Than a Week

The U.S. Coast Guard performed two daring rescues at sea over the past week. The first, on November 13, involved a stroke victim aboard a commercial fishing vessel. Then, just…

BYSandboxx

Nov 24, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Sep 25, 2020

Unicorn made famous by shark incident floats into history at Coast Guard Museum

In the video, it can be seen drifting at sea, a rainbow-bright mythological Equus cast aside as swimmers from the Coast Guard cutter Kimball clambered …

BYMilitary.com

Sep 25, 2020

BYJessica Evans

Sep 18, 2020

He wrote the book ‘Roots’ and authored ‘The Playboy Interviews.’ Did you know he was a veteran?

You might know Alex Haley from his works of historical fiction: Roots and The Autobiography of Malcolm X. Maybe you know him as the person who helmed a series of Playboy interviews and later earned a Pulitzer Prize. Or perhaps, you know him as the r…

BYJessica Evans

Sep 18, 2020

BYJessica Manfre

Sep 3, 2020

Prestigious NORAD Air Force award goes to… a coastie

When the Continental U.S. North American Air Force Aerospace Control Alert Maintainer of the Year for 2020 was announced, there was some shock. The prestigious Air Force award went to … a coastie. The Continental Division of the North Ameri…

BYJessica Manfre

Sep 3, 2020

BYJessica Manfre

Aug 16, 2020

United States Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force battle storms in new NATGEO show

Gathering Storm is an intense new show on National Geographic featuring the United States Navy, Coast Guard and Air Force. Each branch is highlighted as they race against time to complete vital missions during catastrophic storms.

BYJessica Manfre

Aug 16, 2020

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Aug 4, 2020

Coastie receives medal for off-duty rescue

A Coast Guard member became the second woman in its history to receive the Silver Lifesaving Medal. Petty Officer 2nd Class Victoria Vanderhaden, a boatswain’s mate at

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Aug 4, 2020

BYJessica Manfre

Aug 3, 2020

World War II Coast Guard veteran turns 100

Born in 1920, Anderson Washington just celebrated his 100th birthday. A Coast Guard veteran of World War II, he’s experienced a lot during his lifetime. Washington grew up in New Orleans during a time of deep segregation. As a Black man, it…

BYJessica Manfre

Aug 3, 2020

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Jul 6, 2020

New show takes viewers behind the scenes of Coast Guard missions

A new series follows the Coast Guard on patrols of the U.S. coastline for drug runners, smugglers, human traffickers, and those in need of rescue. Coast G…

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Jul 6, 2020

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Jun 2, 2020

Discovery’s ‘Deadliest Catch’ features Coast Guard’s search for survivors

Capt. Wild Bill Wichrowski’s year started tragically. A Navy veteran, Wichrowski is one of the captains on “Deadliest Catch,” a Discovery Channel series …

BYMilitary Families Magazine

Jun 2, 2020

BYMary-Elizabeth Pratt

May 27, 2020

The complete hater’s guide to the US Coast Guard

This is the last in a series about how branches of the military hate on each other. We featured all branches of the U.S. military, written by veterans of that branch being brutally honest with themselves and their serv…

BYMary-Elizabeth Pratt

May 27, 2020

BYMilitary Families Magazine

May 4, 2020

Coast Guard cooks its way to the top

The United States Coast Guard Culinary Team beat 19 competitors to be named 2020 Joint Culinary Training Exercise Installation of the Year. The competition included teams from the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, and international teams f…

BYMilitary Families Magazine

May 4, 2020

BYSandboxx

Apr 29, 2020

Coronavirus Basic Training updates for each military branch

In recent months, the novel Coronavirus, formally known as Covid-19, has begun spreading rapidly throughout communities around the world, and the U.S. military has already begun taking proactive steps aimed at curbing the spread of the infection amo…

BYSandboxx

Apr 29, 2020

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

Coast Guard General Order makes marijuana dispensaries off-limits

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Karl Schultz issued a general order Tuesday banning Coasties from entering any business that grows, distributes, sells o…

BYMilitary.com

Apr 29, 2020

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020

How the Coast Guard intercepts cocaine at sea

The Coast Guard cutter James pulled into Port Everglades on November 15 laden with 38,000 pounds of cocaine …

BYBusiness Insider

Apr 29, 2020