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The Coast Guard is America’s premier Maritime Law Enforcement Agency.

We are part of the Department of Homeland Security team protecting our nation and are at all times a military service and part of the joint force defending it.

For over 234 years, the American people have depended on our missions and the unique value the Coast Guard provides to assure our economic prosperity and national security. 

With our ships, aircraft, boats and nearly 55,000 military members and civilian employees, every day we:

Control the U.S. Border and Maritime Approaches

Protect America’s Ports and Waterways

Conduct Military Operations to Defend the Nation 

Save Lives

Enforce Federal Law 

Lead in National Emergencies

Maintain the Flow of Maritime Commerce to ensure America’s Economic Prosperity 

Commandant's Initiatives

NEWSROOM

Coast Guard recognizes New York City as official Coast Guard City

LEADERSHIP

Photo of Graduates from recruit company India 198 graduate basic training from U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, Feb. 28, 2020.

OFFICIAL IMAGERY AND VIDEO

The Coast Gurad's only sail ship, the Barque Eagle, underway off the coast of Virginia.

Mariners

Petty Officer 1st Class Edgar Douglas, a marine science technician, shows his shipmate what to look for during an inspection aboard.

Recreational Boaters

Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officer Gregg Pescuma, on a 29-foot Response Boat – Small II from Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg, surveys the waterway during Tampa Bay Lightning’s Stanley Cup Championship Boat Parade, Tampa, Florida, July 12, 2021. The Coast Guard conducted the patrol in collaboration with its interagency partners to provide security, ensure the movement of vessels in the parade, and keep mariners safe during the celebration. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Lisa Ferdinando)

Join

Crew members of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche (WMSL 751) stand at attention on the flight deck of the cutter in San Diego, December 6, 2023. The Waesche's crew will prepare to offload drugs interdicted in the Eastern Pacific during counter-narcotic patrols by Coast Guard cutters Active and Waesche, eliminating 8,264 Kilograms of cocaine worth an estimated $239.7 million in value. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Richard Uranga)
FEATURED NEWS
April 14, 2025

Coast Guard suspends search for 5 people off St. Lucie Inlet

MIAMI — The Coast Guard suspended its search for five missing people from a suspected failed smuggling venture, Sunday, approximately 29 miles off St. Lucie Inlet pending the development of new information.

April 7, 2025

Coast Guard terminates ineffective information technology program, saves...

The Coast Guard announced Friday the termination of the Logistics Information Management System (CG-LIMS), which will save approximately $32.7 million.

April 1, 2025

Coast Guard repatriates 99 aliens to Haiti

MIAMI – Coast Guard Cutter Seneca's crew repatriated 99 aliens to Haiti, Tuesday, following a maritime interdiction approximately 35 miles north of Cap-Haitien, Haiti.  A Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations aircrew notified Coast

March 28, 2025

Coast Guard increases operational presence near southwest border between...

IMAGERY AVAILABLE: The Coast Guard has increased its operational presence near the southwest border between U.S. and Mexico to enhance border security, immigration enforcement and to protect the territorial integrity of the United States. 

 

Disaster Preparedness & Incident Response

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