US Coast Guard

Issak Olson went as far as giving up his parental rights to his child but was still expelled from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which prohibits its cadets from being parents.

“Smash” star Megan Hilty is mourning the loss of her sister, brother-in-law and their child, who all died in a plane crash near Whidbey Island in Washington.

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued seven people after their boat was struck by lightning off the Florida coast.

At least 38 people have been rescued and 11 bodies found as the U.S. Coast Guard scoured the open waters northwest of Puerto Rico on Friday via boat, plane and helicopter in a bid to find more survivors after a boat carrying suspected migrants capsized. The group was first spotted Thursday morning by a U.S. Customs and Border Protection helicopter,…

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for a man who jumped overboard from a cruise ship as it approached Florida

The U.S. Coast Guard cutter Bollard was on the Connecticut River Thursday breaking ice to keep the waterway open.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bollard is breaking ice on the Connecticut River once again. The 65-foot vessel has been breaking ice in the state since the 1950s. “It’s just an awesome sight to see. The parting of the water- it is nature at its finest out here,” said Kathleen Jenkins of Deep River, as she watched the Bollard...

The death toll from a suspected human smuggling boat that capsized in a storm off Florida with 40 people aboard reached five Thursday, as the active search for survivors was set to be suspended, U.S. Coast Guard officials said. Capt. Jo-Ann F. Burdian announced at a news conference Thursday that four more bodies were found in the previous 24 hours…

The U.S. Coast Guard is searching for 39 people after the boat they were on reportedly capsized about 45 miles off Florida’s coast over the weekend.

The wreck of a storied military ship that served in two World Wars, performed patrols in waters off Alaska for decades, and at one point was captained by the first Black man to command a U.S. government vessel has been found, the Coast Guard said Thursday.

An oil slick off the coast of Newport Beach was caused by a spill from an offshore rig, and has dumped 126,000 gallons of oil into the ocean. City officials cancelled the last day of the Pacific Airshow for cleanup efforts.

Leftover debris from Tropical Storm Elsa and this weekend’s storm could cause some issues for boaters and swimmers come this weekend. Long tree logs, stomps and branches can be found along the Connecticut river according to the Department of Energy and Environmental Protection and the U.S. Coast Guard. “These things can move up on you quickly and can be...

Rescue teams have recovered a woman’s body from the Boston Harbor following an early morning boat crash, authorities confirmed.

A good Samaritan and the U.S. Coast Guard rescued 13 Cuban migrants after their vessel capsized near Key West, but officials said another nine people are missing.

Drugs worth roughly $220 million that were seized in international waters this year will be offloaded Wednesday in San Diego.

The United States Coast Guard Band is beginning live performances again after more than one year. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the band has spent the last 13 months livestreaming performances and posting videos to Facebook. They even performed virtually at the presidential inauguration in January. While they were thankful to still be able to perform during the pandemic, the band…

The Coast Guard Academy Band has performed at every inauguration since 1929.

A diver who said he spent 10 hours in the water after drifting away from his boat in the Florida Keys was rescued by the Coast Guard early Friday. U.S. Coast Guard officials said the man’s wife called authorities around 10 p.m. Thursday when he didn’t come home after leaving from Cudjoe Key to American Shoal Light to dive....

More than $411 million worth of cocaine and marijuana seized by the U.S. Coast Guard was offloaded at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale Wednesday morning. The massive amount of drugs, which includes 23,000 pounds of cocaine and about 8,000 pounds of marijuana, was offloaded by the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James. Officials said the drugs were confiscated during…

The pandemic moved back Taylor Tennyson’s first day as aide to the Superintendent of the US Coast Guard Academy by several months.