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By Apr 14, 2020
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‘We took care of our people’ — How the Coast Guard nipped a COVID-19 outbreak in the bud

As fallout continues from the outbreak of COVID-19 aboard the aircraft carrier USS Theodore Roosevelt — with nearly 600 infected...
By Apr 3, 2020
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Former JBLM soldier charged over faking his own death to leave the Army

Devin Mitchell Schmidt, 20, was charged with making a false distress message to the U.S. Coast Guard, which spent $172,000...
By Mar 30, 2020
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A NJ man called the Coast Guard after gun-toting neighbors attempted to impose a quarantine on him in Maine

Three people living on a remote island in Maine called the Coast Guard after several people with guns cut down...
By Feb 25, 2020
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New Coast Guard cutter named for Coastie who died trying to rescue 3 kids from a fierce storm

A new fast response U.S. Coast Guard cutter has been named after a rescuer from Michigan who lost his life...
By Feb 10, 2020
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Trump appoints Coast Guard admiral as recovery czar for Puerto Rico

As Puerto Rico is struggling to recover from hurricanes and earthquakes, the White House confirmed on Friday that it's appointing...
By Feb 1, 2020
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Coast Guard officer accused of plotting terror attacks gets 13 years in prison

A U.S. Coast Guard lieutenant portrayed by prosecutors as a dangerous terrorist and by defense lawyers as a troubled addict...
By Jan 30, 2020
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Ex-Coast Guard commander ordered to pay $17 million over murder-for-hire plot

A Florida Keys jury Tuesday awarded a real estate developer more than $17 million in his civil case against a...
By Jan 28, 2020
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How a heroic Coastie sacrificed himself to save others during the service’s worst peacetime tragedy

When the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn capsized after it collided with a passing 605-foot oil tanker in the waters of...
By Jan 23, 2020
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Over 100 Coasties died in a U-boat attack in 1918. Now, the Coast Guard wants to give Purple Hearts to their descendants

The sinking was the single largest loss of life for the Coast Guard during WWI.
By Jan 20, 2020
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A group has raised more than $56 million for a national Coast Guard museum

The National Coast Guard Museum Association has raised more than $56 million for a national museum on the downtown New...
By Jan 11, 2020
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Heavily armed man arrested for trying to enter Coast Guard training center

A North Carolina man was arrested as he tried to enter the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May...
By Dec 31, 2019
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Coast Guardsman accused of killing shipmate heading to court martial in 2020

Charges against Tucker include involuntary manslaughter and making a false official statement.
By Dec 30, 2019
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Lawmakers are still working to fight harassment and retaliation in the Coast Guard ranks

Following an 18-month probe into how the Coast Guard responds to complaints of bullying, harassment and retaliation, and a recent...
By Dec 27, 2019
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Heroic Coasties receive Distinguished Flying Crosses for rescuing hundreds from Hurricane Harvey

Four Coast Guard members who faced extraordinary conditions while saving an infant, a pregnant woman and dozens more during a...
By Dec 22, 2019
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Coast Guard pilot awarded Distinguished Flying Cross for saving lives during Hurricane Harvey

Lieutenant John Briggs, known as JJ to his friends and family, received the Distinguished Flying Cross for acts of heroism...
By Dec 19, 2019
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Coast Guard unloads 9 tons of cocaine in San Diego. And that’s just since October

In 2018, Coast Guard cutters seized 208 metric tons of cocaine worth an estimated $6.1 billion.
By Dec 17, 2019
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US slams Moscow after Russian spy ship pulls ‘unsafe maneuvers’ off the coast of South Carolina

The Viktor Leonov is running without lights, not responding to hails by other vessels to coordinate safe passage, and moving...
By Dec 12, 2019
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Dramatic video shows Coast Guard helicopter rescuing fishermen in North Carolina

A helicopter crew came to the rescue of stranded fishermen, and a camera captured the dramatic moments off the North...
By Dec 7, 2019
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Navy and Coast Guard vessels collide in Alaska, injuring nine

The crash sent six Coasties and three sailors to the hospital
By Nov 22, 2019
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Meet the Coastie who moonlights as a drag performer

"It's like Miley Cyrus and Hannah Montana," Rangel joked. "I just go out there and live my best life."
By Nov 21, 2019
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Now’s your chance to score a historic Coast Guard vessel at auction

A 76- year-old former U.S. Coast Guard ship that was one of the first vessels to pass through the indomitable...
By Nov 20, 2019
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The Coast Guard accused a seaman of murdering a shipmate. New evidence tells a different story

A Coast Guard seaman accused of murder was released from a San Diego brig Monday as the admiral overseeing his...
By Nov 19, 2019
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Watch the Coast Guard seize $69 million in cocaine from a narco sub

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane intercepted a suspected semi-submersible smuggling vessel in international waters of the Eastern Pacific...
By Nov 13, 2019
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The Coast Guard is naming 2 new cutters after reservists who died helping others during 9/11

"Helping other people came as naturally as breathing to him."
By Nov 9, 2019
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Coast Guard suspends search for special tactics airman who fell from C-130

The Coast Guard has suspended its search for the Hurlburt Field airman who from from an C-130 Hercules transport aircraft...