Rabaul, located on the island of New Britain, was the Imperial Japanese army and navy’s main forward operating base in …

The second 378-foot, 2,300-ton former U.S. Coast Guard cutter for the Philippines, BRP Ramon Alcaraz (PF 16) (ex-U.S. CGC Dallas) …

“Oral histories are important because you can obtain information that is often not in documents,” said Robert Browning, Ph.D., chief …

On Aug. 4, 1790, President George Washington signed the Tariff Act establishing the Revenue Cutter Service, the forerunner of what, …

It is a remarkable achievement for any book that is not the scripture of a major religion to reach its …

On May 3, 2012, readers of Coast Guard Compass, the official blog of the U.S. Coast Guard, were greeted with …

When Operation Martillo (Spanish for “hammer”) was launched in mid-January of 2012, it didn’t take long for the initiative – …

Just over a year ago, the U.S. Coast Guard’s Fast Response Cutter Program was still a dream in the works. …

Maritime Security 2013 East, held April 15-17 in St. Petersburg, Fla., took for its theme “technologies and strategies to mitigate …

With the delivery of the planned eight national security cutters (NSCs) to the U.S. Coast Guard almost half complete, the …