As the nation’s premier maritime law enforcement agency, the U.S. Coast Guard is responsible for enforcing U.S. law on the nation’s waterways and on the high seas.
This role takes …
As the U.S. Coast Guard prepares to spend more of its time – and to move more of its assets – into the Alaskan Arctic, it’s answering the simple questions …
The U.S. Coast Guard’s responsibilities for navigation safety, easy access to the nation’s ports and harbors, and protection of the marine environment all come together as part of a standard Port …
The U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., is the smallest and second youngest of the nation’s four uniformed service academies. While not part of the Defense Department (DoD) …
If Port Arthur and the Sabine-Neches Waterway, which runs through southeast Texas near the Louisiana border, sound like a stretch of bayou backwater, think again. It encompasses four public ports. …
In addition to being one of the largest oil spills in recent memory, the explosion and collapse of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil drilling rig in the Gulf of Mexico in …
The 1960s TV comedy Hogan’s Heroes featured a group of Allied World War II prisoners of war (POWs) who were housed in a camp run by a bunch of bumbling …
In June 2011, the Human Capital Shared Interest Group of the American Council for Technology and Industry Advisory Council (ACT-IAC), a nonprofit educational organization, released a report entitled, “Becoming More …
After her husband’s 28 years in the Coast Guard (USCG), Laura Vanderwerf is no stranger to permanent change of station (PCS) orders. She’s moved her own family of five countless …
Though threats to their security continue, America’s ports are undoubtedly better protected today than a decade ago. That’s because the U.S. Coast Guard is constantly working in more than 35 …
