Coast Guard Commandant State of the Coast Guard address

Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant of the Coast Guard, speaks to guests during the 2023 State of the Coast Guard Address in Washington, D.C., Mar. 7, 2023. (U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles)
WASHINGTON — The 27th commandant of the United States Coast Guard Adm. Linda L. Fagan delivered her first State of the Coast Guard Address, Tuesday, in Washington, DC.
Adm. Fagan...
Commandant to deliver State of the Coast Guard Address

Adm. Linda L. Fagan
WASHINGTON — The 27th Commandant of the United States Coast Guard is scheduled to deliver her first State of the Coast Guard Address, Tuesday, in Washington, DC.
Adm. Linda L. Fagan will provide her vision for the future of the service and commit to prioritizing support for the Coast Guard workforce, who serve our nation’s interests around the world, to a live audience of government...
Coast Guard Cutter Decisive to be decommissioned Thursday

The Reliance-class medium endurance cutter USCGC Decisive (WMEC 629) conducts at sea engagements with the navy of Guatemala in the territorial seas of Guatemala on Oct. 25 – 26, 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
PENSACOLA, Fla— The Coast Guard is scheduled to decommission the Coast Guard Cutter Decisive (WMEC 629), a 210-foot, Reliance-class medium endurance cutter during a ceremony 10 a.m. Thursday,...
Coast Guard conducts first Arctic Summit

Coast Guard personnel pose for a photo in Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 6, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Seventy representatives from across the Coast Guard convened to develop recommendations that align efforts and increase synchronization within the Coast Guard on Arctic matters in Anchorage, Alaska, Dec. 6-7, 2022.
The Coast Guard Arctic Summit provided a forum to...
Navy launches a drone from Coast Guard ship in the Middle East for the first time

(Dec. 7, 2022) An Aerovel Flexrotor unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) takes off from U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter USCGC Emlen Tunnell (WPC 1145) transiting the Arabian Gulf, Dec. 7. U.S. 5th Fleet’s Task Force 59 launched the UAV during Digital Horizon, a three-week event focused on integrating new unmanned and artificial intelligence platforms, including 10 that are in the region for the first...
Four dead, five missing after homemade boat carrying migrants capsizes off Florida

A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of this migrant vessel about 10 miles south of Lower Matecombe Key, Florida, Nov. 7, 2022. The people were repatriated on Nov. 12, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
Theresa Braine
New York Daily News
The U.S. Coast Guard was searching Sunday for five people missing after a homemade vessel capsized off the Florida Keys.
Four people drowned when...
Coast Guard delivers upgraded helicopters to Air Station Atlantic City

A Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew from Air Station Atlantic City flies past the Washington Monument. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. — Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City received its first upgraded MH-65E Dolphin helicopter Monday to replace the legacy MH-65D helicopters that serve out of the Coast Guard’s largest MH-65 helicopter...