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Crew members from USCGC Valiant (WMEC 621) stand at parade rest in front of interdicted narcotics at Base Miami Beach, Florida, Mar. 6, 2025. The Valiant's crew secured the illegal drugs from six interdictions in the international waters of the Caribbean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Strasburg)

March 7, 2025

Nominations for United States Interdiction Coordinator (USIC) awards due March 14

Annual award highlights exceptional achievements in drug interdiction.

Service honors Chief Warrant Officer-select Michael Horan’s life and legacy.

March 3, 2025

Coast Guard posthumously promotes Reservist killed in the line of duty

Service honors Chief Warrant Officer-select Michael Horan’s life and legacy.

A November 1991 Haitian migrant interdiction performed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Feb. 28, 2025

Making an Impact — Coast Guard Intelligence in the 1980s and 1990s

In the early 1980s, the Coast Guard recognized increase demand, complexity of law enforcement missions, and the need for an intelligence program.

Coast Guard Reserve established Feb. 19, 1941.

Feb. 19, 2025

Happy 84th Birthday, Coast Guard Reserve!

Dedicated surge force celebrates more than eight decades supporting Service.

MSRT members deployed in a special rigid-hull inflatable patrol boat. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Feb. 14, 2025

MSSTs and MSRTs — forged in the crucible of 9/11

The Coast Guard’s response to 9/11 demonstrated its flexibility and relevance to homeland security and rapid response requirements.

World War II-era Temporary Reserve Recruiting Poster. (Author’s photo)

Feb. 7, 2025

World War II’s “Home Guard”

The story of Coast Guard’s part-time warriors, the Temporary Reserve.

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC 39) transits inbound Dutch Harbor while on patrol in the Gulf of Alaska. As the only major cutter homeported in Alaska, Alex Haley’s primary missions are search and rescue, international/domestic fisheries enforcement, and homeland defense. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Lt. j.g. John Walsh)

Jan. 31, 2025

We asked – You delivered! Part Three

Here’s the last compilation of creative New Year’s Logs.

A rare photograph of Allied POWs marching in formation at Cabanatuan Prison. Crotty was remembered by fellow prisoners for his sense optimism despite his dire surroundings in the prison camp. (Courtesy of the MacArthur Memorial Library, Norfolk, Virginia)

Jan. 27, 2025

Crotty — Joint Forces hero of the Pacific War

The story of the first Coast Guard prisoner of war (POW) since the War of 1812.

Joe Rodriguez operating in the field with the Drug Interdiction Assist Team or DIAT. (Coast Guard Tactical Law Enforcement Association)

Jan. 17, 2025

Jose Luis “Joe” Rodriguez

Hero and Hispanic American trailblazer of the Coast Guard.

USCGC Mackinaw WLBB-30 docked at Navy Pier in Chicago, IL with Christmas Trees on the deck. The trees will be offloaded tomorrow by crew members and volunteers and sent to various community organizations where they will be given to needy families.( U.S. Coast Guard Photo by AUXPA1 Matthew Thompson)

Jan. 17, 2025

25 years and counting

Looking back at the Coast Guard’s contribution to holiday cheer.