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U.S. Coast Guard highlights historic operational successes in 2025

U.S. Maritime Administration, U.S. Coast Guard complete NEPA transition for deepwater port licenses

Coast Guard suspends search for individuals in the Pacific Ocean

Coast Guard awards contracts to build Arctic Security Cutters

U.S. Coast Guard to return Station Pascagoula to full operations

Secretary Noem Announces ‘Devotion to Duty’ Payment for U.S. Coast Guard Members

Coast Guard seizes 150,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, interdicts drug smuggling vessel loaded with over 20,000 pounds of cocaine

U.S. Coast Guard authenticates keel for offshore patrol cutter Pickering

US Coast Guard doubles down on prohibiting divisive or hate symbols and flags, issues lawful order and policy

Coast Guard solicits potential locations for additional training center

Coast Guard exceeds fiscal year 2025 recruiting goals, achieves highest numbers since 1991

Coast Guard sets historic record with amount of cocaine seized in FY25

Coast Guard launches Operation River Wall to control the border along the Rio Grande

Coast Guard recapitalizes command and control aircraft

Coast Guard seizes 100,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper

Coast Guard military members to receive pay during government shutdown

Coast Guard orders additional waterways commerce cutters

Coast Guard awards contract for new heavy weather surf boats

Coast Guard offloads nearly $65M in illicit narcotics interdicted in the Western Caribbean Sea

Coast Guard to invest $350 million in robotics and autonomous systems

Coast Guard prepares for aircraft fleet expansions with awards for engines, radar

Coast Guard seizes 75,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, averages over 1,800 pounds interdicted per day

U.S. Coast Guard awards contract for reconstruction of Pier 1 at Coast Guard Yard

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Coast Guard opening new recruiting office in Las Vegas

Coast Guard Awards $68 Million Contract for New HC-130J Hangars at Air Station Barbers Point

Coast Guard awards contract to support Mariner Credentialing Program modernization

Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron completes 1,000th interdiction

Coast Guard’s Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron completes historic 1,000th interdiction

Coast Guard Exercises Contract Option for 10 Additional Fast Response Cutters

Coast Guard seizes 40,000 pounds of cocaine through Operation Pacific Viper, averages over 1,600 pounds interdicted per day

U.S. Coast Guard marks first expenditure of One Big Beautiful Bill Act funding, upgrading Base Charleston to support major cutters

U.S. Coast Guard awards contract to modernize Base Seattle to enable Arctic and Antarctic operations

Coast Guard establishes new Program Executive Office dedicated to robotics and autonomous systems

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to host Robotics and Autonomous Systems Expo

Coast Guard interdicts 7 aliens off Newport Beach, Calif.

U.S. Coast Guard Commissions USCGC Storis, Bolstering Arctic Presence and Advancing Force Design 2028

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to commission Coast Guard Cutter Storis in Juneau

U.S. Coast Guard Announces "Chief Petty Officer Class" for New Waterways Commerce Cutters, Bolstered by Historic Investment and Force Design 2028

Coast Guard Marine Board of Investigation releases report on Titan submersible

U.S. Coast Guard Northwest District holds Change of Command ceremony

U.S. Coast Guard opens new recruiting office in Omaha, Nebraska

Noem honors Coast Guard heroes in Kerrville ceremony

Winner of Coast Guard art program's best in show award named

U.S. Coast Guard receives historic investment to rebuild under President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill

Coast Guard renames geographic operational districts

Coast Guard reports fewest boating fatalities in more than 50 years

USCGC Storis departs on maiden voyage

Secretary Noem delivers Coast Guard Academy commencement address, announces new Coast Guard leadership and Force Design 2028

Coast Guard to Begin Full Production Activities for Polar Security Cutter Hull 1 and Low-Rate Initial Production for the Waterways Commerce Cutter

Coast Guard terminates ineffective information technology program, saves $32.7 million

Coast Guard interdicts suspected smuggling vessel off San Diego coast

Coast Guard’s heavy icebreaker returns to the U.S. after 128-day deployment in support of Operation Deep Freeze

Coast Guard achieves major milestone in drug interdiction, border control operations

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star’s crew concludes Operation Deep Freeze 2025 mission, departs Antarctica

Coast Guard continues alien expulsion flight operations between California, Texas

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California, Texas

Coast Guard offloads more than $275 million worth of illegal cocaine in San Diego

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to offload more than $275 million of cocaine in San Diego

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California, Texas, and Washington

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas

Update 2: Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to plane crash in Potomac River

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas

Update 1: Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to plane crash in Potomac River

Coast Guard, multiple partner agencies, responding to plane crash in Potomac River

Coast Guard conducts alien expulsion flight operations between California and Texas

Coast Guard announces immediate action in support of Presidential Executive Orders

Coast Guard building nation’s first Polar Security Cutter

Coast Guard accepts ownership of commercially available polar icebreaker

Coast Guard heavy icebreaker departs Seattle for months-long deployment bound for Antarctica

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard to hold media availability following Titan MBI public hearing

MEDIA ADVISORY: U.S. Coast Guard to hold press conference ahead of Titan Marine Board of Investigation hearing

U.S. Coast Guard to hold press conference ahead of Titan Marine Board of Investigation hearing

Coast Guard releases Titan Marine Board of Investigation hearing schedule, witness list

U.S. Coast Guard announces Juneau homeporting for future icebreaker

U.S. Coast Guard to convene public hearing into the loss of Titan submersible

Coast Guard Cutter James honored by White House at United States Interdiction Coordinator Awards Ceremony

Winner of Coast Guard art program's best in show award named

Coast Guard Air Station Sitka holds change of command ceremony

U.S. Coast Guard provides Titan submersible MBI update

Coast Guard releases 2023 recreational boating statistics

U.S. Coast Guard convenes Safety Board of Inquiry to assess port infrastructure risks

Coast Guard permanently relieves Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve

Coast Guard relieves Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Reserve

Coast Guard removes Chaplain of the Coast Guard from primary duty

Coast Guard Commandant delivers annual State of the Coast Guard Address

Coast Guard swears-in NASA astronaut as Reserve commissioned officer

MEDIA ADVISORY: Coast Guard Commandant to deliver State of the Coast Guard Address

Coast Guard publishes Accountability and Transparency Review Report and Commandant’s Directed Actions

Coast Guard, interagency and international partners conduct Titan evidence review

U.S. Coast Guard, USAID co-sign Memorandum of Understanding

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PHOTOS AVAILABLE: Coast Guard Station Port Aransas holds change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/i8I4QCMSyF

Media Availability: USCGC Legare to return home following a 69-day patrol in the Florida Straits https://t.co/qQwF8ArjN0

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/JNZBmu4j9j

Coast Guard icebreaker departs for months-long Arctic deployment https://t.co/8gSqJ7ove5

Unified Command stands down from response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/D9aMs0kr97

Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Team South holds change of command ceremony https://t.co/kgNii5ilKP

Unified Command transitions from shipboard fire response to investigation and salvage operations at Port Newark https://t.co/7gHK5r9Ut4

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/ejzFtniVX6

Coast Guard repatriates 27 migrants to Dominican Republic, following vessel interdiction in Mona Passage https://t.co/6O7stlpuOi

MEDIA AVAILABILITY: Unified Command to provide update on vessel fire at Port Newark https://t.co/vopXwYvhtC

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel off Ponte Vedra Beach https://t.co/gWJEIBTH9a

Coast Guard Cutter Neah Bay (WTGB 105) Change of Command Ceremony https://t.co/I1QWDV99nL

Coast Guard, state, local first responders to conduct boat drills on Ohio River in Kentucky, Indiana. https://t.co/PsZUeCVxqH

Coast Guard medevacs crew member from oil rig 88 miles off Freeport, Texas https://t.co/n5P2u8Bl3z

UPDATE 2: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/kqHY7xjfej

Coast Guard assists 11 beset by weather on Lake Pontchartrain, Louisiana https://t.co/qQQ9GnzX94

Coast Guard rescues 4 from vessel taking on water 30 miles off Baffin Bay, Texas https://t.co/5LfFLQAd03

UPDATE 1: Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/qNZn6Wvpkz

Unified Command continues response to fire aboard motor vessel Grande Costa D’Avorio at Port Newark https://t.co/lXS77UQ0f6

PHOTO RELEASE: Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Port Canaveral holds 1st change-of-command ceremony https://t.co/S0GMwft5Lw

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