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Sept. 21, 2021

Calling all runners!

Coast Guard Marathon coming March 2022

Kyle and Nick Camaiore are first class petty officers, aviation maintenance technicians and brothers stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina. In this video, they discuss the pride and joy they have found in their 10-year career while serving in the Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann.

Sept. 20, 2021

Brothers in service

Two brothers serve together.

Chief Bosun’s Mate Pablo Valent of the Brazos Boat Station, known today as Station South Padre Island. (National Archives)

Sept. 17, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Hispanic American history of the Coast Guard—200 years of service!

Celebrating Hispanic American history

A Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder small boat crew takes a moment for a photo in the Davis Strait Aug. 13, 2021. Snyder worked alongside Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Harry Dewolf and HMCS Goose Bay in Operation Nanook to enhance collective abilities to respond to safety and security issues in the High North through air and maritime presence activities, maritime domain defense, and security exercises. Top Row (left to right): Petty Officer 2nd Class Constance Jennings, Ensign Charlotte Braman, Petty Officer 2nd Class Danielle Wilson. Bottom Row (left to right): Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Swink, Ensign Emma Compagnoni, Petty Officer 2nd Class Gayle Buchanan (U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCGC Richard Snyder)

Sept. 17, 2021

Faces of Snyder: The Women who "Never Yield"

Meet the women aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Etheridge crew offloaded approximately 1,700 kilograms of seized cocaine at Coast Guard Base San Juan Friday, following the disruption go-fast vessel smuggling attempt by Coast Guard and British Virgin Islands authorities near Anegada, British Virgin Islands. The seized cocaine has an estimated wholesale value of approximately $51 million dollars. This disruption and seizure is the result of multi-agency efforts involving the Caribbean Border Interagency Group and the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Sept. 16, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard offloads $51 million in cocaine in San Juan, Puerto Rico, following at-sea drug bust near the British Virgin Islands and more

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard offloads $51 million in cocaine in San Juan, Puerto Rico, following at-sea drug bust near the British Virgin Islands; Coast Guard rescues stranded man off rocks near Greyhound Rock County Park; Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, “America’s Tall Ship,” is scheduled to arrive in Portsmouth on Sept. 17, 2021; Coast Guard, partner agencies manage oil clean up in Delaware.