A trio of Republican senators have introduced a bill to create Secretary of the Coast Guard and Undersecretary positions as the civilian head of the 43,000-member service, USNI News has learned. According to the draft ‘‘Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act’’ obtained by USNI News,

The United States Coast Guard is warning people against making false distress calls, which can divert resources away from rescues, potentially putting lives in danger.

The Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act would establish a secretary of the U.S. Coast Guard.

A challenging rescue by the US Coast Guard off the coast of California on July 16: a 51-year-old woman showed signs of a stroke aboard the cruise ship Carnival Luminosa. Rescuers responded with a helicopter.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew evacuated a woman from a cruise ship after she experienced stroke symptoms, officials said.

The U.S. Coast Guard has undertaken an operation to monitor two Chinese ships in the Arctic. Officials have monitored two ships, Xue Long and Lue Long 2, as they moved north throu

The U.S. Coast Guard is transitioning its Patrol Forces Southwest Asia (PATFORSWA) to the Western Pacific, ending a more than 20-year forward-deployed mission in the Middle East. The Coast Guard’s Expeditionary Cutter Squadron that makes up PATFORSWA,

Crews are beginning operations to lift and remove a crane that collapsed into the Cooper River earlier this month, according to the U.S. Coast Guard Sector Charleston. The

The U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday that the search for three boaters missing after their vessel sank in San Francisco Bay will be suspended at sunset.