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USCGC Polar Star Departs Seattle, Headed to Antarctica
Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB-10) and crew departed Seattle on Friday, beginning their monthslong deployment to Antarctica in support of...
11/29/24Read it on USNI NewsCoast Guard Looks to Commercial Icebreakers
The U.S. Coast Guard is exploring the use of commercial icebreaking vessels to help keep Northeast ports and waterways open this winter, as the...
1w agoRead it on gCaptainAnticipating New Russian Security Threats in the Arctic Ocean
Last month the American, Danish, and Greenlandic governments announced a new approach to their partnership in the Arctic....
3w agoRead it on ProvidenceCoast Guard's Non-Homeland Security Missions Undermine DHS
Of the Coast Guard's 11 statutory missions, only five align under the Department of Homeland Security. Three should be reassigned to other...
10/14/26Read it on ProceedingsCoast Guard Returns Fire on U.S.-Mexico Border
Coast Guard personnel returned fire after taking gunfire from the Mexican side of the Rio Grande during a joint border operation in Texas
10/06/26Read it on Military.comU.S. Refutes Claims That Iran Captured Saildrone USV
U.S. Coast Guard To Convert New Cargo Planes Into Surveillance Aircraft
The U.S. Coast Guard is seeking companies capable of converting new C-130J transport aircraft into HC-130J surveillance planes
08/17/26Read it on Defence BlogA 637 JO Pushes Back on 'The Navy's Future Is in Hot Water'
If the Navy has guidance for cold, it needs it for heat.
08/15/26Read it on RealClearDefense253 Gulf Coast Ship Tour
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08/13/26Watch it on Hot Wash PodcastsReclaim Mare Island as an NSC Center of Excellence
The Navy has four public shipyards; two in the Atlantic and two in the Pacific. The Coast Guard has one in Baltimore yet is deploying most of its...
08/13/26Read it on ProceedingsRestoring America's Maritime Dominance in the Western Hemisphere
The United States should designate the U.S. Coast Guard as its lead agency for maritime security in the Western Hemisphere
08/06/26Read it on CIMSEC
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