It was a traffic stop, rather than a nationwide manhunt, that tripped up Timothy McVeigh. Ahmed Ressam’s plot to bomb …

It was September 2008, and Texas’ Gulf ports – Galveston, Port Arthur/Beaumont, Houston, Freeport, Texas City, and Port Lavaca/Point Comfort …

On paper, the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s mission appears to consist of a lot of public relations. After all, they are …

Petty Officer Andre Altavilla’s job title is flight mechanic – aviation electrical technician, to be exact – but on Dec. …

For better or worse, social media is the billboard of our lives in today’s digital world. If you have a …

The past two years have been unusually busy for Coast Guard District 8, headquartered in New Orleans, La., which is …

2012 is one of those years in which politics will supersede all other things. The presidential and various congressional primaries, …

Homeland security begins far from home. For the U.S. Coast Guard, ensuring secure port operations and vessel movements in the …

The history of the U.S. Coast Guard is a two-century chronicle of people figuring out how to protect the nation’s …

Understanding the maritime obstacles facing Alaska is a challenge. Its population is widely dispersed along more than 44,000 miles of …