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Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescue

The Many Faces of the Coast Guard Locally based, nationally deployed, globally connected

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Americans rarely see the U.S. Coast Guard as a whole. Instead, people come in contact with individual elements of the service, if at all. They may see the aircraft overhead …

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Healy, Renda in ice

USCGC Healy’s Emergency Trip to Nome Raises Questions About the U.S. Icebreaker Fleet Healy's ice breaking for Russian tanker keeps Nome's home fires burning

The temperature was above freezing on Jan. 19, 2012, making it a fairly warm day in Nome, Alaska. It was also an historic day, during which the USCGC Healy (WAGB …

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Coast Guard boat crews Midwest flooding

The U.S. Coast Guard’s Role in National Incident Management Providing interoperability and surge capability within the service and with other agencies

It was September 2008, and Texas’ Gulf ports – Galveston, Port Arthur/Beaumont, Houston, Freeport, Texas City, and Port Lavaca/Point Comfort – were a wreck. In the wake of Hurricanes Gustav and …

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Auxiliarist during towing drill at Cape May

Coast Guard Auxiliary: More Than a Classroom Charged with teaching boating safety to American citizens, the Coast Guard Auxiliary's role is much broader in action.

On paper, the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s mission appears to consist of a lot of public relations. After all, they are recognized as uniformed volunteers who devote their time and energy …

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ice rescue drill at Michigan City

“Always Ready” – The Coast Guard is America’s Maritime First Responder “… People who wear this uniform have resourcefulness and a desire to help others …”

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Petty Officer Andre Altavilla’s job title is flight mechanic – aviation electrical technician, to be exact – but on Dec. 18, 2010, when rescue swimmer Christopher Austin hauled a fisherman’s …

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LNG tanker Berge Boston

U.S. Coast Guard: Countering Maritime Security Risk LNG shipments: an example of the Coast Guard layered security approach

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Homeland security begins far from home. For the U.S. Coast Guard, ensuring secure port operations and vessel movements in the United States begins with a methodical approach that starts at …

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CGC Waesche

Coast Guard Intelligence – as Unique as the Coast Guard Itself

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The Coast Guard is the lead agency for maritime homeland security, a federal regulator, one of the five Armed Services, a law enforcement agency, and a National Intelligence Community member.  …

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PSU 313 homecoming

Staying Ready Semper Paratus is not just a promise from the Coast Guard to Americans – it’s a promise from the service to its members.

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At home, she’s a wife and a youth soccer referee. But in the summer of 2011, as she prepared for her first overseas deployment with the Coast Guard’s Port Security …

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US CBP vessel at Soo Locks

Big Problems Can Come From Small Boats Many eyes watch for maritime threats

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America depends upon the oceans and waterways in so many ways, but there also are many threats and hazards – such as terrorism, criminal activities, natural disasters, and safety matters …

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SPSS Sinking

The Coast Guard and Southwest Border Security

On March 16, 2011, Rear Adm. Paul Zukunft, the Coast Guard’s assistant commandant for marine safety, security, and stewardship, …

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