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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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US Coast Guard Commander: There’s a Plan in Place for Mass Migration from Cuba, Haiti

As hundreds of Cuban migrants washed ashore on New Year’s Day in the Florida Keys, local officials complained to the state that their law enforcement resources were being stretched and overwhelmed. At the time, no one other than U.S. authorities knew that, out to sea, the crisis was building. The U.S. Coast Guard, which monitors the vast waters between Florida’s shorelines, the Bahamas, Cuba and Haiti, had onboard

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January 26, 2023
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Coast Guard Tracking Russian Intelligence Ship 100 Miles Off Hawaii

The U.S. Coast Guard is playing Cold War-style cat and mouse games with a Russian spy ship off the coast of Hawaii. Coast Guard officials said Wednesday they have been monitoring a Russian vessel “believed to be an intelligence gathering ship” for several weeks. According to a video released by the service, the ship was about 100 miles off Hawaii

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January 19, 2023
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After 89 Years, Coast Guard Academy Using Racist Episode to Teach a Better Future

When Rear Admiral William G. Kelly learned of a dark episode from his cherished institution’s past, the superintendent of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy was deeply astonished and profoundly bothered. That it happened in 1934 didn’t dissuade Kelly from seeing if some healing could be done, and a positive result could finally be culled from such a miserable moment. But he wasn’t sure the

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January 17, 2023
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34 Years: Coast Guard Raises the Limit on How Long Senior Enlisted Can Serve

The Coast Guard is set to allow its top enlisted personnel to stay in the service for up to 34 years, part of a plan to retain talent and institutional knowledge. Speaking Wednesday at the Surface Navy Association’s national symposium in Arlington, Virginia, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Heath Jones said the service will allow its master

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January 11, 2023
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Mary Stewart, World War II SPAR Beloved by Coasties, Dead at 101

Chief Yeoman Mary Raissa Stewart, a trailblazing World War II SPAR beloved by the U.S. Coast Guard, has died at the age of 101, roughly a century before she planned to go. “Mary Stewart lived a life,” said her longtime friend and neighbor on the island of St. Croix in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Peggi Morris, 84. “When she turned

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January 8, 2023
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Coast Guard Cutter Transporting Stranded Cuban Migrants to Key West

Hundreds of Cuban migrants who were stranded on remote islands off a Florida Keys national park for almost a week were shipped to Key West Thursday. On Thursday morning, the Coast Guard said 337 migrants who were being held at Dry Tortugas National Park were onboard the USCG Cutter Maple, a 225’ buoy tender, to be taken to the Coast Guard station in Key West. From there, they will be transported

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January 5, 2023
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US Coast Guard Gives ‘Round of Appaws’ for Rescue of Dog that Fell Through Ice

DETROIT – A U.S. Coast Guard crew rescued a dog that fell through the ice into the Detroit River over the holiday weekend, officials said. USCG Sector Detroit called for a “round of appaws” for Petty Officer Cole Harper and the boat crew that successfully rescued the struggling dog, according to a Facebook post. The crew from Station Belle Isle was underway when they spotted the dog struggling

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January 3, 2023
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Unusually High Arrival of Migrant Landings Mark the Start of 2023

Multiple groups of migrants landed in several locations throughout the Florida Keys New Year’s Day, according to law enforcement sources. The Monroe County Sheriff’s Office said seven or eight groups arrived since the early morning Sunday. One law enforcement source said there was a group of up to 25 people who landed near Sombrero Beach in the Middle Keys city of Marathon, and

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January 2, 2023

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