As military downsizes, debate sharpens over BRAC

If the Pentagon wants to convene another round of military base closings, it must clear a congressional subcommittee chaired by Rep. Rob Wittman, R-Westmoreland.

DOD names new director of suicide prevention office, elevates position

Keita Franklin became the new director of the Defense Suicide Prevention Office on Monday, as the Pentagon continues to grapple with mental health problems plaguing the force.

Obama boosts defense spending, but faces uphill battle

President Barack Obama released his fiscal 2016 budget request Monday, asking for $534.3 billion for the Pentagon’s base budget plus an additional $50.9 billion for “overseas contingency operations.”

Military personnel continue clean-up operations after Northeast blizzard

Those working to clear snow at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy were still digging out on Wednesday.

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On patrol for smugglers, Coast Guard has an air of ‘Master and Commander’

John Babbini’s words were hard to hear over the noise of the boat’s propellers churning the water, so he leaned back and talked over his right shoulder.

Eagle to be featured on stamp honoring the Coast Guard

Each year the U.S. Postal Service receives between 20,000 and 30,000 suggestions for stamp ideas. Many of those suggestions in recent years were for a stamp recognizing the achievements of the U.S. Coast Guard. And so, this August, the USPS will issue a "forever" stamp in honor of the multi-mission military service.

Obama gives New London, Coast Guard Academy grads a shoutout

Social media was aflutter with chatter about how President Obama came to refer to New London in his State of the Union speech Tuesday, with some scratching their heads about the veiled nod to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy and others exulting in the idea that their “hip little city” had finally arrived.

Coast Guard cutter making its way to Honolulu

A 378-foot Coast Guard cutter is on its way to Honolulu for duty as a replacement for the similar cutter Rush, which is being retired and might head to Bangladesh.

For 1st time, helicopter fires on suspected smuggling boat

The panga boat was spotted Saturday night by a Coast Guard C-130 aircraft about 24 miles off the La Jolla coast. At about 11 p.m., a Customs and Border Protection Blackhawk helicopter arrived.

Group hopes new law will allow federal funds to be used to help build Coast Guard museum

In its quest to raise $100 million for the museum that will house the 225-year-old history of the U.S. Coast Guard, the National Coast Guard Museum Association is hoping to secure $30 million in federal funding for construction purposes. The law that established New London as the site for the museum, however, prohibits federal funding for the project.

Coast Guard officer gets 5 months confinement for assault

A Coast Guard petty officer has been sentenced by a military judge to five months confinement and received a bad conduct discharge for an assault at a 2013 party in Wauwatosa.

Coast Guard petty officer gets 5 months confinement for assault

A Coast Guard petty officer has been sentenced by a military judge to five months confinement and received a bad conduct discharge for an assault at a 2013 party in Wauwatosa.

Coast Guard increases patrols to stem Cuban rafter spike

President Barack Obama's recent relaxation of U.S.-Cuba relations has stirred an influx of Cuban rafters to Florida, fearful that immigration standards may also change. So Monday, the Coast Guard announced it's increasing patrols in the Florida Strait.

After search called off, USS Paul Hamilton picks up man lost at sea for 12 days

“I have been in 21 years, and I can only think of maybe a couple of times where we have suspended a search and then find somebody,” Coast Guard spokesman Lt. Scott Carr said. “It is uncommon.”

Man charged with attempting to defraud Coast Guard assistance program

A 28-year-old Chesapeake, Va. man is being charged with defrauding the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Program of funds after posing as a soldier in need of assistance, according to Anne Arundel County Police.

Search continues for airman missing on Guam

The Air Force says an airman who went missing on Guam’s northern shore had deployed to Andersen Air Force Base from the 2nd Aircraft Maintenance Squadron at Barksdale Air Force Base, La.

Search underway for airman missing along Guam shore

Emergency personnel are searching for a missing airman last seen Monday along Guam’s northern coast.

Georgia Coast Guard station may close; channel markings being removed

Depending on the outcome of Congressional budget negotiations, the U.S. Coast Guard station in Eufaula could be closing, according to the officer in charge there.

Coast Guard flies 193 rare sea turtles from freezing Cape Cod to Florida

A Coast Guard plane touched down in Orlando at dusk Tuesday, hauling a cargo of the world's rarest sea turtles, rescued by volunteers from the lethally chilly waters and beaches of Cape Cod Bay.

Coast Guard looks for overdue Wash. crabber

Coast Guard crews are looking for a Bremerton, Washington, man reported overdue on a crab fishing voyage out of Anacortes.

Coast Guardsman convicted of lewd act with minor

A Coast Guard aviation mechanic in Hawaii was sentenced to five years in a military brig and given a dishonorable discharge Thursday for threatening and committing a lewd act on a minor in 2013.

Computer tech for U.S. Coast Guard guilty of stealing personal info

A computer technician working for the U.S. Coast Guard pleaded guilty Wednesday to charges he stole personal information from hundreds of computers and personal electronic devices he was paid to repair.

Baltimore Coast Guardsman to be court-martialed on sex charges

The U.S. Coast Guard says a seaman will face a court-martial for an alleged sexual assault in Baltimore.

Civilian contractors on remote Aleutian island, Coast Guard brace for Nuri

About 120 civilian contractors are currently stationed on Shemya, in the western Aleutians, said Tommie Baker of the Alaskan Command Public Affairs Office. Friday afternoon, the contractors were in a lockdown ahead of the storm.

IG report criticizes former Wounded Warrior Care director

The former director of the Pentagon’s Wounded Warrior Care and Transition Policy Office bullied and verbally abused employees, calling some stupid and referring to others as idiots, liars and criminals behind their backs, according to an inspector general’s investigation.