In the pages of Coast Guard history are men and women committed to the achievement of the service’s goals. They exist to serve. One prime example is Lt. John A. Pritchard, Jr., from the U.S. Coast ...

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Effective 8 a.m. Wednesday, the Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) set port condition Zulu for the ports of Tampa, St. Petersburg, Manatee, and Ft. Myers due to the ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Steven M. Elliot, a Jacksonville native, accepted the Coast Guard Commendation Medal Saturday awarded posthumously to his father, a former Coast Guardsman, at the Coast Guard ...

NEW ORLEANS — The crew of the Gulfport, Mississippi-based Coast Guard Cutter Razorbill won the Admiral’s Cup trophy during the 2014 Patrol Boat Round-up, Thursday. “The Patrol Boat Round-up brings ...

PORTSMOUTH, Va. – The 207-foot cruise ship Spirit of Nantucket which went aground in the Intracoastal Waterway (ICW) in Virginia Beach, Va., has been re-floated. The vessel was re-floated this morning ...

The large, green generators in the engine room of a 292-foot ship moored to a pier in San Francisco grind to life, filling the enclosed space with machine-produced roar. Coast Guard inspectors take a ...

BOSTON — The Coast Guard Cutter William Chadwick (WPC-1150) was commissioned Thursday at Coast Guard Base Boston. The Cutter William Clark as the first of six Fast Response Cutters to be stationed in ...

MIAMI — The Coast Guard Captain of the Port (COTP) has set port condition Yankee for the Ports of Fort Pierce, Miami, Everglades and Palm Beach due to the expectation of sustained gale force winds ...

MIAMI — Homeland Security Task Force – Southeast held a three-day exercise, Monday through Wednesday, at U.S. Southern Command in Doral, to discuss, review and validate plans, procedures and ...

CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guardsmen will be participating in numerous Veterans’ Day events to help commemorate the sacrifice of America’s servicemembers Monday. Staff from Coast Guard Training Center ...

SEATTLE — U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy (WAGB 20) returned to its Seattle homeport Friday following a historic 17,000-mile, 124-day deployment in the high Arctic latitudes that included a transit to ...