Coast Guard

On June 4, 2026, U.S. Coast Guard investigators seized an 8-foot dinghy that Brian and Lynette Hooker said they were using on the night Lynette disappeared in the Ba...

On June 21, 2026, U.S. Southern Command announced a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel in the Caribbean that it said was operated by "Designated Terrorist Organizatio...

U.S. Southern Command said Saturday it struck and destroyed two small boats in the eastern Pacific Ocean that it described as engaged in drug smuggling. The military...

On Easter Sunday, the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Escanaba, operating in the Eastern Pacific off the coast of Manta, Ecuador, recovered more than 4,510 pounds of cocaine...

U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations, and the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force intercepted an overcrowded migran...

A private plane crashed near Gulf Shores, Alabama, on Saturday night, resulting in at least two deaths. The incident occurred around 6:50 p.m. local time, prompting ...

During the 2026 State of the Union address, President Donald Trump recounted the harrowing rescue of 11-year-old Milly Cate McClymond during the devastating Texas Hi...

On Jan. 30, 2026, the 72-foot commercial fishing vessel Lily Jean sank about 25 miles off the Massachusetts coast. An EPIRB alert was received around 6:50 a.m.; Coas...

A U.S. military strike on an alleged drug-trafficking boat in the eastern Pacific killed two men and left one survivor, the Pentagon said. U.S. Southern Command post...

On June 12, 2026, U.S. Coast Guard personnel and a Homeland Security task force boarded the barge Crimson Clover in San Juan Harbor, Puerto Rico, and discovered a st...

Gray whales are appearing in San Francisco Bay during their migration between Mexico and Alaska, likely stopping to feed because reduced Arctic prey availability (li...

The U.S. Coast Guard published a temporary interim rule establishing three safety zones on portions of the Delaware River near Marcus Hook Range, Anchorage 7 (off Ma...