The Solomon Islands recently denied entry to a U.S. Coast Guard cutter for a scheduled port call, further raising concerns that the Oceania nation is severing U.S. ties in favor of China.

Nineteen migrants who were stranded in a disabled boat off the coast of Redondo Beach, California, were rescued by the Coast Guard on Saturday.

Colombia, the largest producer of cocaine in the world, wants to lead a global experiment: decriminalizing cocaine.

All six service branches have policies dictating the content, size and location of allowable tattoos, but information on whether exceptions are available for certain tattoos can be difficult to find, the Government Accountability Office said.

The Coast Guard’s National Response Center notified the agency’s Houma marine safety unit on Monday that “the platform experienced a structural failure causing a tank to fall into the water and spill the oil.”

The National Memorial Service honoring fallen U.S. Coast Guard officers was held Friday during the annual Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival.

The Coast Guard will host its second in-person marathon next spring, and registration for the event begins at midnight on Coast Guard Day, Thursday, Aug. 4.

The nine people onboard jumped into the water as the boat “became submerged,” the Coast Guard said. There were no reported injuries.

They are among the 302 members of the class of 2026, called “swabs” for the summer, who showed up Monday for Day One, their indoctrination into Coast Guard life.

A U.S. Coast Guard helicopter lifted seven boaters to safety after their vessel was struck by lightning 100 miles off the Clearwater, Florida coast.

The U.S. Coast Guard sent 45 people back to Cuba on Sunday after stopping them off the Florida Keys last week.

Coast Guardsmen contacted the Marine Mammal Alliance Nantucket for guidance on how to free the marine reptile, which had rope attached to the buoys wrapped around her back and fin.

Investigators say the fire seems to have started in the engine room, but the cause still has not been determined.

Fire and military emergency crews were dispatched for a report of a boat fire at Pier 3 at Naval Station Norfolk.

WMSL 759 is named in honor of Charles L. Calhoun, the first Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard.

The cutter USCGC Glen Harris confiscated about 684 pounds of heroin while on patrol as part of Combined Task Force 150.

President Joe Biden on Wednesday presided over the Coast Guard’s change-of-command ceremony that officially made Adm. Linda Fagan the first female officer in charge of an U.S. armed service branch.

The Coast Guard is investigating a “foul odor” and sickness among passengers aboard the Carnival Magic cruise ship.

One of the world’s largest cruise ships ran afoul of SpaceX earlier this year when Royal Caribbean’s Harmony of the Seas wandered into waters it was supposed to avoid because of a launch attempt.