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The Long Blue Line

July 25, 2025

From local enforcer to global responder—235 years of Coast Guard transformation!

From Alexander Hamilton's fleet of ten sailing ships to a global maritime fighting force, the U.S. Coast Guard has had a remarkable 235-year journey as the nation's maritime first responder.

Today’s 24/7 global operations demand faster decisions, better technology, and support designed to meet your needs.

July 17, 2025

Change to Surface Use of Force (SUF) rules

San Diego crew uses new authority to quickly halt human smuggler in high-speed pursuit.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Lee Christensen and Petty Officer 3rd Class Cody Blakley, avionics electrical technicians at Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina, practice using the radar aboard an HC-130 Hercules airplane over North Carolina's coast, Jan. 8, 2019. Christensen trained Blakley in using the radar to spot fixed and unfixed objects, using the camera to record footage of said objects, and other procedures required of a mission system operator. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki)

July 14, 2025

How the Coast Guard is making sense of data in the maritime domain 

Using data and analytics to streamline operations.

An April 2010 photograph of the Deepwater Horizon offshore oilrig after the explosion that set it on fire and caused its record-breaking oil spill. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 11, 2025

National Strike Force—The Coast Guard’s global responder for over 50 years!

"Crisis Leaders and Responders: any time, any place, any hazard." - National Strike Force Vision Statement

NEW YORK, New York (Sept. 15)--The World Trade Center complex continues to burn, while the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma controls vessel traffic in New York harbor September 15. USCG photo by PAC Brandon Brewer

July 3, 2025

The Long Blue Line: 9/11—A Day that changed the Coast Guard forever

The service's response to the 2001 terrorist attack demonstrated the Coast Guard's flexibility, readiness, and relevance in one of the greatest transformations in Coast Guard history.

Coast Guard Cutter Vance WDE 487 working with a Sangley Point PBM-5G.

June 25, 2025

Commemorating Korean War 75th Anniversary

PBM-G5 #84738’s deadly water rescue.

U.S. Navy, Coast Guard personnel posing with some of the captured gear left behind by the Nazi saboteurs. (Franklin Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY)

June 13, 2025

Bags of clams? Not likely. Here’s how a Coast Guard Seaman Recruit altered the course of World War II

Jack Cullen, 21, thwarted a Nazi plan to sabotage America’s shoreside infrastructure.

The 2013 Cyber Protection Team (CPT) took part in training designed to simulate real-world port attacks at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) in Richland, Washington in April 2025. The exercise utilized the newly developed maritime platform, part of the Control Environment Laboratory Resource (CELR) offered by Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). 2013 CPT members are: CMS1 Connor Menden, Mr. Frank Constantelos, LT Ievgen Stepanchuk (CG-791), CMS1 Cody Ralph, CMSC David Kinnamont, CMS2 Katlin Cilley, ENS Harold Scott, ET1 Dylan Slentz.

June 11, 2025

How Coast Guard cyber protection teams train for real-world port attacks

New maritime laboratory resource in Washington simulates actual threats.

Coast Guard names winners for Inspirational Leadership Awards.

June 5, 2025

Honoring Our Finest Leaders of 2025

Coast Guard names winners for Inspirational Leadership Awards.

Coast Guard Maritime Cyber Readiness Branch logo.

May 19, 2025

Modernization increases cybersecurity challenges in the Marine Transportation System (MTS)

New CG Cyber report highlights risks posed by the interconnectivity of newer vessels, cranes manufactured in China, other systems at port shore facilities.