U.S. icebreakers serve to clear passages through icy waterways. Their reinforced hulls are designed to break apart the ice, ...

A dramatic viral video from the Coast Guard shows service members completing a swift and precise drug interdiction against smugglers in the eastern Pacific Ocean. Members of the small-boat crew US ...

The captain of a 68-foot capsized fishing vessel has been located. Recovery crews continue work to recover his body from underwater amid unfavorable environmental conditions. Three other people on ...

NORFOLK —A 44-year-old lieutenant in the Coast Guard is facing military charges for assault, maltreatment and drunk and disorderly conduct while in port in Panama. The Coast Guard says Lt.

A U.S. Coast Guard crew seized roughly 10,000 pounds of cocaine from a fishing boat in the Atlantic Ocean, the agency said on Monday. The haul was worth an estimated $74 million. The drug seizure ...

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for five missing people from what the agency called "a suspected failed suggling venture," according to a press release Monday, pending any new information.

While crews searched through the icy waters for debris and the aircrafts’ black boxes, the Coast Guard also helped with local vessel traffic since the water north of the bridge connecting ...

The US Coast Guard faces a $7 billion backlog in infrastructure improvements. Deferred maintenance and insufficient budgets have worsened the Coast Guard's infrastructure issues. Piers ...

Carry a registered personal locator beacon in addition to a marine radio to alert the Coast Guard and local safety agencies of potential distress. What happens when a person falls into icy water?