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CGBI is going away but not for another year while we transition to Surveyor.

Jan. 6, 2025

The rumor is true... just not yet

Yes, CGBI is going away but not for another year while we transition to Surveyor.

The aft section of the wreck of the Selendang Ayu photographed against the backdrop of Unalaska Island. (NOAA)

Jan. 3, 2025

AST3 Aaron Bean and the Selendang Ayu disaster

Fighting adverse conditions, crews from Kodiak rescued all but six of the sailors.

German prisoners march out of surrendered Cherbourg under U.S. Army guard. (U.S. Navy)

Dec. 27, 2024

Quentin Walsh — D-Day planner and Cherbourg liberator

Walsh’s career spans some of the most eventful years in USCG history, including Prohibition, World War II and the post-war modernization of the service.

New user interface is an effort to modernize and improve accessibility, accuracy, and overall user experience for mariners and stakeholders.

Dec. 24, 2024

New interactive Local Notice to Mariners website announced

New user interface is an effort to modernize and improve accessibility, accuracy, and overall user experience for mariners and stakeholders.

LST-66 (to the right) unloading tanks in July 1944, months before the epic battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippines. (Navsource.org)

Dec. 20, 2024

80th Anniversary of the Leyte liberation

The story of the Christmas liberation of the Philippines.

The U.S. Coast Guard team, comprised of members from the Forces Micronesia Sector Guam Sector Boarding Team and Port Security Unit 311, stands for a photo prior to the Battle of the Branches joint competitive marksmanship challenge at Andersen Air Force Base on Nov. 22, 2024. The inaugural event saw seven teams from multiple branches and the Guam Police Department shoot at nine stations testing their skills, building relationships, and sharpening collective readiness. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)

Dec. 19, 2024

Coast Guard marksmen win shootout, place 4th overall at Guam competition

Mixed team boosts skills, discipline, and camaraderie at military/civilian combat event.

Coast Guard Cutter Active pictured with an interdicted “fastboat.” By 1990, smugglers had shifted to long-range fastboats as the primary transport platform for cocaine smuggling. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 13, 2024

Enforcing the law at sea

With a seizure of opium near San Francisco Bay in 1886, the fight against maritime drug smuggling began, and continues to this day.

Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro poses aboard a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter (MEC) while serving as Situation Unit Leader during Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro).

Dec. 11, 2024

From facility inspections to a Fulbright Scholarship

Inside the journey of Coast Guard Reservist Petty Officer 3rd Class Elizabeth Montoro.

Chief Petty Officer Spencer Hinman reads to kindergarten students at Mitchell Elementary School in Bridgewater, MA. Coast Guard Station Chatham Ma. won Best in Unit Partnership (for up to 100 personnel) Photo by Ms. McKenzie Martin.

Dec. 10, 2024

Introducing the 2024 Winners of the Coast Guard’s Partnership in Education Awards

The PIE Program promotes well-being and academic achievement of students in communities with a Coast Guard presence.

Grimy marines return to the Arthur Middleton for rest and recovery after the Battle of Eniwetok. (National Archives)

Dec. 6, 2024

Hoyle’s Hell

Coast Guardsman masters the bloody beaches of the Pacific.