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The Coast Guard was established on Aug. 4, 1790. The Coast Guard is charged with maritime security, safety, and stewardship. While the Coast Guard operates under the Department of Homeland Security during peacetime, during times of war, it can be transferred to the Department of the Navy, as it did in WWI and WWII.

The Coast Guard is comprised of approximately 40,000 active duty personnel supported by an additional 7,000 reservists.

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Sending Out Ensigns on Humanitarian Missions, Coast Guard Academy Graduates 243

NEW LONDON — The United States Coast Guard Academy graduated 243 students at its 142nd commencement Wednesday, preparing to send many to far-off cutters following their demanding but community-building 200-week educational journey. Two Coast Guard helicopters flew overhead as the newly minted ensigns heard the words, “You may now divest yourselves of all symbols of cadet life” and consequently threw their cadet covers into the air.

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May 18, 2023
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Part-Time Service Could Be the Future of the Coast Guard, Commandant Says

A part-time Coastie? The service’s top officer has a novel idea for solving the Coast Guard’s recruiting woes. Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan has instructed her workforce management team to consider creative options such as a part-time active-duty employment track, or lateral entry and revolving door policies, to draw new personnel. When Fagan took the helm of the Coast Guard last

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May 10, 2023
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VA Investigating Atlanta Shooter’s Mental Health Care

The highest levels of Veterans Affairs are examining whether there were any gaps in mental health care for a veteran who is accused of killing one woman and injuring four others in a Midtown medical office, according to a source with knowledge of the talks. Shooting suspect Deion Patterson had been treated at the Atlanta VA in Decatur for mental health problems since March, according to

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May 5, 2023
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Coast Guard Helicopter Nearly Crashes into Gulf of Mexico in Alabama Coast Cruise Ship Rescue

A severe downwind nearly pushed a Coast Guard helicopter into the Gulf of Mexico as it attempted to rescue a cruise ship passenger in need of medical attention Saturday. According to Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans, the MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, along with an HC-144 Ocean Sentry airplane, was dispatched about 4:31 a.m. Saturday after a report from the Carnival Dream of a passenger experiencing heart attack-like

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May 4, 2023
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Coast Guard Aids Stranded Boaters as Tornado Ravages Virginia Coast

Two boaters were rescued from a marshy island in Virginia after they were stranded in poor weather, the U.S. Coast Guard said. The boaters were rescued on the same day a tornado devastated parts of the Virginia coast. Rescuers got a call for help from the boaters on the afternoon of April 30, according to a news release from the

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May 1, 2023
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Mexico Ends Search for Missing Americans, Coast Guard Says

MEXICO CITY  — Mexico’s navy has suspended a search for three Americans who went missing along with their sailboat off Mexico’s northern Pacific coast, the U.S Coast Guard said Wednesday. A Coast Guard statement said that Mexican forces and U.S. assets had searched about 200,000 square nautical miles, an area larger than California, and had found no sign of the

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April 20, 2023
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Coast Guard Cutter Changes Command in Honolulu en Route to South China Sea

One of the U.S. Coast Guard’s largest cutters held a change-of-command ceremony in Honolulu Harbor on Monday during a stop on its way to conduct operations in the Western Pacific. In a speech to the crew and dignitaries, Capt. Stephen Adler of the Legend-­class cutter CGC Stratton reflected on how his crew responded to tsunamis that struck the Pacific after the eruption of an underwater volcano off Tonga in

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April 19, 2023

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