The Coast Guard enforces federal laws on the high seas and waters within U.S. territorial jurisdiction, develops and operates aids to navigation and maintains a network of lifeboat and search-and-rescue stations using surface vessels and aircraft.
Coast Guard releases National Recreational Boating Safety Survey results.
The children of Coast Guard personnel will receive a total of $503,000 in aid for higher education.
The organization will give direct support to Coast Guard members affected by Hurricane Laura.
The Coast Guard Foundation is setting up quarantine spaces so covid-19-infected service members can be moved out of barracks.
The organization is recognizing Coast Guard first responders, who have assisted in debarking more than 250,000 people from cruise ships, along with other vital tasks, during the pandemic.
An uptick in requests during the covid-19 pandemic leads to an online guide via the United States Coast Guard and Life Jacket Association.
Children of Coast Guard members can apply to help fund undergraduate studies.
The dive-boat Conception, aboard which 34 people died when it caught fire last Labor Day weekend, was one of those boats.
The Coast Guard warns boaters in Florida, South Carolina and Georgia that a Russian spy ship is operating in an “unsafe manner” along the southeastern coast.
A variety of organizations sent a letter to Mayor Frank Jackson.
72-year-old was headed from New York to Florida.
Houston Awards Dinner received the highest attendance and donations to date.
The agency reportedly rejected federal suggestions to help prevent boating tragedies.
Boating fatalities were down to the third-lowest rate in the program’s history.
Local businesses continue to offer rewards. “The search is going to continue privately,” said one company president.
Coast Guard has extended the perimeter as far north as the Carolinas, and someone has set up a $10,000 reward to anyone who locates them.
The House of Representatives already approved the legislation in July.
NMMA played a role in shaping the legislation, which mandates the use of cutoff devices for boats smaller than 26 feet.
Bill would give the agency the authority to streamline recreational boating construction standards.
USCG: Operator inattention caused the most accidents in 2017, but alcohol still played a part in the most fatal accidents on the water.
Chemicals are used to make gasoline.