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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Liam Martens, Petty Officer 2nd Class Cory Smith, Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Coronado, three divers assigned to Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii, prepare to descend below the surface offshore Honolulu, Hawaii Sep. 26, 2025. Coast Guard Regional Dive Locker Pacific members and a Coast Guard Station Honolulu 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew assisted the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper crew with replacing the anchor chain for a channel marker buoy in Honolulu harbor, Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Robertson)

July 17, 2026

Are you up for the challenge? Become a Coast Guard Diver!

From a strong and motivated community to unique missions, each day as a diver brings new challenges.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Thomas Hansen conducts Aids-to-Navigation work in the Brooks Channel, Midway Atoll, 2019 (U.S. Coast Guard Photo courtesy of Chief Petty Officer David Bradbury).

June 17, 2026

Coast Guard diver becomes first Coastie to complete elite Navy training school

Senior Chief Petty Officer Thomas Hansen is the first Coast Guard member in Service history to complete Master Diver course at the U.S. Naval Diving and Salvage Training Center.

Two Coast Guard divers beneath the Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star in Antartica. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 22, 2024

Diver Candidate Screener is coming soon!

Get your application in by July 1 to start the process of becoming a Coast Guard Diver.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Samuel Wilson, a student in the Cold Water Ice Diving (CWID) course, resurfaces on Ferrell Lake, located on Camp Ripley, Feb. 3, 2022. Divers hold onto the edge of the ice until instructed to exit the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jessica Fontenette)

March 1, 2022

Divers train in extreme conditions to master their craft

Diving just got cooler.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Andres Murtillo enters the water Feb. 1, 2020, during a scuba dive about seven miles north of McMurdo Station, Antarctica. Scuba divers from the U.S. Coast Guard, U.S. Army and the Royal Canadian Navy are serving aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) in order to effect emergency repairs if needed to the 44-year-old heavy icebreaker. The crew of the Seattle-based Polar Star is working near Antarctica in support of Operation Deep Freeze 2020, the U.S. military’s contribution to the National Science Foundation-managed U.S. Antarctic Program. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Senior Chief Petty Officer NyxoLyno Cangemi

Jan. 25, 2021

Diving Deep – A status report on the Coast Guard’s dive program 

Find out what it takes to be a diver.

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