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Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach (LA-LB) is the first Coast Guard base to have an official facility dog. Pictured is Winston one of the reasons why members believe Coast Guard Base Los Angeles-Long Beach is the best and greatest place to work!

July 9, 2025

Best places to work: Base Los Angeles-Long Beach

Great people, great weather, and the Coast Guard’s first Base Facility Dog!

An HH65C model helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City flys low over the Atlantic Ocean. The newly re-engined helicopters are part of the Coast Guard's Deepwater program. Photo by PA2 John Edwards.

July 3, 2025

Coast Guard renames operational districts

Districts will more accurately reflect the regions they serve.

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 crews from Station Little Creek, Virginia and Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina conduct helicopter hoist training off the coast of Virginia Beach, July 26, 2021. Coast Guard members around the nation practice their craft daily to remain Semper Paratus, Always Ready. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann.

July 2, 2025

Coast Guard releases updated Incident Management Handbook

New handbook enhances user experience and provides updated guidance.

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.

Petty Officer First Class Chase Leamer is a canine handler—with the help of his K9, Buda, they detect explosives, respond to bomb threats, and serve as a visible deterrent at high-profile events across the nation.

June 25, 2025

Chief Buda - Nose to the ground, eyes on the mission

How the Coast Guard’s canine program protects the nation.

Helping integrate platforms, sensors and communications for real-time decision making.

June 25, 2025

How new sensor technology is improving operational decisions

Project Minerva is integrating the service's platforms, sensors and communications to help operators target and interdict.

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)

June 20, 2025

15th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon and the Coast Guard’s spill response mission

"Even Exxon Valdez pales in comparison to the volume, scale, number of Coast Guard resources, how much time has been devoted to [Deepwater Horizon]—all far exceed any previous event." — CAPT Duke Walker, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard, 2012

CG-OWL: Coast Guard Online World of Learning logo

June 18, 2025

CG-OWL hits one year, brings multiple new capabilities to the Coast Guard 

Easier access, e-service wide exam, new course library, competency management, and more!

School children K-8 are invited to participate in the Second Lady's 2025 Summer Reading Challenge.

June 17, 2025

Parents: Try these Coast Guard-themed books for the Second Lady’s Summer Reading Challenge

The Second Lady is leading a 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, and we've got you (and your kids) covered.