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In the Arctic, as in many competitive spaces around the world, Homeland Security is National Security.

Oct. 26, 2023

Arctic Strategic Outlook Implementation Plan

The Coast Guard’s most critical next steps to advance safe, secure, and responsible activity across the Arctic.

Coast Guard Climate Framework cover

Feb. 24, 2023

Commandant unveils first-ever Coast Guard Climate Framework 

A new strategy for the service to tackle climate change.

Coast Guard Cutter Patoka crew loads cement weights on board Coast Guard Cutter Patoka Oct. 24, 2022 at Ensley Engineer Yard near Memphis, Tennessee. The Patoka is responding to low water by assisting with aids to navigation on the Mississippi river. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Hague)

Nov. 23, 2022

Coast Guard to the rescue as stretches of the Mississippi run dry

Cuttermen handle unprecedented workload with poise

A boarding team from the Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island, homeported in Honolulu, returns aboard a small boat from the 71-foot commercial fishing vessel Lady Ann Margaret for a fisheries boarding more than 350 miles off Oahu in support of the Coast Guard's Ocean Guardian Strategy March, 4, 2016. While on patrol with a NOAA National Marine Fisheries agent aboard, the crew conducted nine joint boardings resulting in two documented cases of illegal fishing. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Calsea Clemens/Released)

Feb. 22, 2022

NOAA Knauss Sea Grant fellows make an impact in coastal restoration, combatting climate change, and illegal fishing

Forging partnerships, climate change, oil spills, and fisheries enforcement were among key issues in their marine policy fellowships

Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Houvener inspects a fuel storage facility on Little Diomede Island, Alaska, October 23, 2021. In 2021, Marine Safety Task Force team members like Houvener visited 95 remote communities, completed 128 fuel storage facility inspections, 470 commercial fishing vessel exams, five gold dredge exams, and monitored six fuel-to-shore transfers. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Dane Grulkey)

Jan. 13, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard wraps up 2021 task force initiative in Arctic, Western Alaska and more. 

Coast Guard wraps up 2021 task force initiative in Arctic, Western Alaska; Coast Guard takes delivery of sixth Bahrain-based Fast Response Cutter; and Coast Guard rescues two from disabled craft off Maui, Hawaii.

Lois Bouton, who served as a SPAR from 1943 to 1945, went on to write more than 100,000 letters to Coast Guard members over a span of 50 years, earning her the affectionate title, “The Coast Guard Lady.” Photo courtesy of Lois Bouton.

Sept. 30, 2021

BZ: Help meet the challenge of making 2021 the year “The Coast Guard Lady” receives the most cards ever to mark her 102nd birthday, and more

BZ: Help meet the challenge of making 2021 the year “The Coast Guard Lady” receives the most cards ever to mark her 102nd birthday; Participate in the “Eight Bells—A Sea Service Celebration”; Happy 74th Birthday to the United States Air Force.

Cape Lookout Lighthouse with solar panels

Aug. 12, 2021

The Coast Guard has established a working group to focus on climate change

Capt. Steve Ramassini doesn’t see 15 acres of field along the northwest border of Training Center Petaluma – he sees an opportunity to enhance the resiliency of the base through renewable energies. “We’re increasing our renewable energy footprint and instituting energy storage in this field, which will not only enable off-grid operation, but will