Community US Coast Guard-Corpus Christi rescue swimmer saves 169 lives in Texas floods; called an 'American Hero' USCG Petty Officer Scott Ruskan said this is his first mission.

By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career as ...

CNN By Zoe Sottile, CNN (CNN) — It was Petty Officer Scott Ruskan’s first mission as a US Coast Guard rescue swimmer. The 26-year-old was new to the Coast Guard. He had left a previous career ...

The U.S Coast Guard Barque Eagle is America's tallest ship and will be docked at Pier 17 in San Francisco for a free public tour on Saturday.

US Coast Guard save two boaters in Crystal River from partially submerged boat Crews with the Coast Guard Station Yankeetown rescued the boaters after their vessel hit a Crystal River dayboard.

The Philippines, Japan, and the United States have kicked off their second round of joint coast guard exercises in Japan, shortly after the conclusion of a naval exercise between the Japanese and ...

The Coast Guard said the boat was known to be fishing in the vicinity of Eastham's Target Ship Wreck in Cape Cod Bay, but a cellphone ping last placed the boat two miles offshore of Chatham.

Following a multinational crackdown at sea, the U.S. Coast Guard offloaded 17,450 pounds of cocaine and 2,585 pounds of marijuana Friday off the Florida coast.

The high-seas action off the coast of Point Loma, California, is just the latest example of the Coast Guard’s amped up effort to intercept US-bound migrants.

A United States Coast Guard ship has arrived in Northeast Asia as it prepares to conduct a joint exercise with South Korean and Japanese counterparts amid escalating maritime assertiveness by China.

Members of US Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City nixed a Fleet Week search and rescue demonstration in Manhattan on Memorial Day for the real thing — more than 100 miles away.

The U.S. Coast Guard ships, as well as its various aircraft, feature the racing stripe as a means to differentiate themselves from the Navy's ships.