On July 3, the Coast Guard announced that all of its operation districts were being renamed to represent the geographic areas that they cover and service instead of being numbered.

Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 cutters, more than 40 helicopters and six large patrol airplanes, Coast Guard officials said. It could take as long as 15 years to get the first of the large ships commissioned, according to government estimates.

The U.S. Coast Guard's elite surfmen are trusted to drive lifeboats on the most challenging rescue missions. They train in some of the worst weather and on the highest seas in America.

A crew with the United States Coast Guard San Diego sector intercepted a boat carrying three people near Imperial Beach on Sunday morning, officials confirmed.

The United States Coast Guard celebrates its 231st birthday today. The Coast Guard was created on August 4, 1790, when the first Congress authorized Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton to ...

United States Coast Guard. ... Correspondent Bill Whitaker and a 60 Minutes team took every precaution to report aboard a U.S. Coast Guard lifeboat in treacherous waves along the Pacific coastline.

The United States Coast Guard Academy, located in New London, CT, prepares cadets to serve as Ensigns in the Coast Guard. The academy offers nine majors in fields related to science, ...

The United States Coast Guard took part in hoist training aboard the M/V James R. Barker on July 6 as it sailed on Lake Superior. The USCG said this exercise was part of an emergency preparedness initiative aimed at enhancing safety protocols for medical emergencies and necessary evacuations at sea.