Three mariners who apparently sailed off course and ran out of fuel were rescued from an uninhabited island with the help of the U.S. Air Force.

Sara Faulkner had the “it” factor as the first woman to graduate from the Coast Guard’s helicopter rescue swimmer school in North Carolina. But her story had a bitter end, she says, after sexual harassment saddled her with PTSD and forced the 20-year service member into retirement.

The Coast Guard drew the ire of Congress when Adm. Karl Schultz, the commandant, did not attend and sent an underling, Vice Adm. Michael McAllister, said he knew of no widespread problem of sexual abuse or harassment in the Coast Guard.

Eric Hupp was honored Wednesday morning with a Certificate of Valor presented to him by the U.S. Coast Guard. It’s given to people who show courage saving or trying to save people from perils of the sea.

The Coast Guard sent out an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter aircrew from Atlantic City, and its cutter, the Angela McShan, to head to the sinking boat. Members of the crew were found near a debris field left after the ship sank and they set off a flare.

One person thrown from the boat was critically injured and had to be hoisted by the MH-60 helicopter and taken to Munson Medical Center in Traverse City. The three other victims also were taken to mainland hospitals.

An afternoon Caribbean Sea chase involving a drug smuggler’s speeding boat and a U.S. Coast Guard fast response boat wound up with $75.6 million in cocaine in the water, the Coast Guard said.

In a memo released Friday, Adm. Karl Schultz, the commandant of the Coast Guard, said, “While the Confederate battle flag may be symbolic of different beliefs, it divides Americans and threatens our Black shipmates.”

The Coast Guard diverted a helicopter whose crew was training in the area, and rescuers hoisted the imperiled boaters to safety.

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City used a helicopter and a basket to hoist the man and woman to safety on Sunday, July 12. “They had spent the night there and woke up the next morning to find their boat aground, turning an overnight trip into three days spent on the island,” officials said.

After an outbreak of nine COVID-19 cases early this month among personnel involved in the project, no new cases were reported in the past week, said Michael Von Stein of the Coast Guard, spokesman for Unified Command.

From July 25 to Aug. 8, Grand Haven residents and businesses are encouraged to decorate their porches, yards and windows to signal their appreciation for the U.S. Coast Guard, in the absence of the 96th annual Coast Guard Festival.

Like other service academies and military training centers, the Coast Guard Academy has made major changes because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Adm. Karl Schultz responded by saying the Coast Guard hadn’t banned the Confederate flag but changed its policy in 2019 to give commanders discretion as to how to handle such imagery "if it's revealed and it's offensive to somebody.”

Capt. Paul Stukus turned and saluted the rear admiral standing to his right. He requested permission to relieve the command of the Surface Forces Logistics Center from Commander Capt. Chad Jacoby. Rear Adm. Nathan Moore granted the request.

The VB 10,000, a massive crane, will arrive in the Golden Isles to cut up and haul off the shipwrecked Golden Ray as early as this weekend.

Marine mammal experts and federal officials are stumped by what’s believed to be the first-ever West Coast sighting of a beluga whale off San Diego.

Eight members of Coast Guard Station Brunswick were recognized Monday for their exemplary performance during rescue efforts following the capsizing of the 656-foot Golden Ray in September.

Senior Chief Morale Dog Onyx was 13.5 years old when she died surrounded by members of her crew and loved ones at U.S. Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Mich., on Tuesday.

Taylor Energy has filed a lawsuit challenging the Coast Guard’s order for the New Orleans oil company to halt a more than 15-year-long oil leak in the Gulf of Mexico.

Collaborating with managers of two national marine sanctuaries, the Coast Guard is asking heavy vessels — including tankers, container and cruise ships — to approach and exit San Francisco Bay at no more than 10 knots, about half their normal speed, and watch out for the leviathans that can send a spout up to 30 feet in the air.

A Coast Guard helicopter was used to rescue a woman who tumbled down an embankment and fell 25 feet before landing on a beach in the Upper Peninsula.

Coast Guard helicopter and boat crews combined to rescue two people and their cat from a sinking 50-foot houseboat in North Carolina over the weekend.

An 18-year-old and his mother were rescued by United States Coast Guard helicopters Thursday afternoon near Coos Bay on the southern Oregon Coast, police said.

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has approved a $618 million plan to expand the Port of Nome.

All 16 of the hulking lifting lugs are now in place on the exposed starboard side of the shipwrecked Golden Ray, the 656-foot-long freighter that has foundered in the St. Simons Sound for eight long months, said U.S. Coast Guardsman John Miller, spokesman for Unified Command.

Of the 232 returning Coast Guard Academy cadets, only one tested positive for coronavirus, academy spokesman Cmdr. Dave Milne said Wednesday.

Four Coast Guard cutters and two U.S. Navy ships combined for 11 separate seizures aboard suspected drug smuggling vessels, since April 1.

Coastguardsman stationed in Traverse City were launched over the weekend on a report of a kayaker who was stranded on the shore of Georgian Bay in Canada, according to an announcement by U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City.

The crew of the Coast Guard cutter Active seized the drugs earlier this month from "known drug-transit zones" in the Pacific Ocean off the coasts of North and Central America, according to Coast Guard officials.

The Coast Guard Academy's largest and most diverse class graduated Wednesday, starting their careers as new officers in the Coast Guard at an unprecedented time, as the U.S. and much of the world continue to grapple with the coronavirus pandemic and its upheaval of daily lives.

The cutter will head out of Wilmington to conduct a patrol in support of the Seventh Coast Guard District, before heading to its new homeport in Pensacola, Fla.

In honor of Memorial Day, four U.S. Air Force F-16C Fighting Falcon aircraft will soar over 34 South Florida hospitals from the Keys to Palm Beach County. Additionally, a United States Coast Guard MH65 helicopter and a United States Coast Guard C-144 aircraft, will have a different flight path and fly over 16 South Florida hospitals.

The Coast Guard festival, which honors men and women serving in the U.S. Coast Guard, brings popular attractions like a parade, carnival, concerts and fireworks to the small West Michigan town. The festival will resume July 30-Aug. 8, 2021.

After three people went out on an inflatable raft recently in Long Island Sound and couldn’t paddle back to shore due to high winds and strong sea currents, the Coast Guard used GPS data from their cellphones to pinpoint their location and bring them home safely.

The U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Traverse City announced Tuesday that it is planning to fly its three MH-60T helicopters over Traverse City, Munson Hospital and the surrounding areas on Friday, May 15 beginning at 2 p.m

The Diligence, which has been moored at the foot of Princess Street for more than 25 years, will leave downtown Wilmington by the end of May, a spokesman for the USCG confirmed Tuesday.

Because of where the vessel was grounded, officials realized a boat crew couldn’t handle the rescue. An MH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Atlantic City responded to assist.

In this review episode, Military Matters podcast hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris talk some more with one of last week's guests, retired Air Force Command Chief Master Sgt. Juan Lewis — also known as the Fired Up Chief — about how his recovery from COVID-19 is coming along.

Onyx, a 13-year-old black Labrador retriever, received a shiny new pin — a gold anchor with a gold star — denoting her advancement to senior chief petty “pawfficer” for her service as a station mascot and morale dog.

As people across the country have fired up their 3D printers to make face masks in response to the shortage of N95 masks worn by health care workers, the Coast Guard Academy’s engineering department has begun a mission to find the best designs.

During a typical Coast Guard graduation period in Cape May, the area buzzes with families, friends and graduates moving about the seaside city’s beaches, restaurants and sights. Many of them are from out-of-state. Not this year.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the world indoors with no clear end in sight. Military Matters podcast hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris talk to two mental health clinicians, both veterans, about how the isolation and uncertainty have impacted the mental health of veterans and service members across the country.

The Coast Guard appears to have had a close call, but that’s all, with the coronavirus on the Honolulu-based cutter Midgett.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Alder isn’t primarily used for supplies, but its crew shared an awesome time lapse video of the 225-foot vessel traveling through the Soo Locks on Wednesday, April 8.

Sick crew members from two cruise ships are being evacuated to the U.S. Coast Guard station at PortMiami on Thursday.

The U.S. Coast Guard Band announced that it is uploading videos to its virtual concert hall on YouTube as of March 22, featuring content such as performance footage, educational resources and tutorials.

In this special episode of Military Matters, hosts Rod Rodriguez and Desmon Farris shed light on the coronavirus that is causing major upheaval around the globe.

Lt. Cmdr. Stephen Bondira, stationed at US Coast Guard Air Station Detroit, was presented with an Air Medal for his actions during Hurricane Florence rescues from Sept. 14-18, 2018, including emergency lifesaving efforts.

Each month, 4,000 vessels come into American ports, and with confirmed cases of the coronavirus in the U.S., the Coast Guard is "scrubbing the lists of crew members to understand where their last ports were, where they may have had some contact," Adm. Karl L. Schultz said Wednesday night.

In this week’s episode of Military Matters, hosts Desmon Farris and Rod Rodriguez take a look at influencers among the military community and the opportunities and pitfalls that can await them.

The Stone is named for Coast Guard officer Cmdr. Elmer “Archie” Fowler Stone, who made history in 1919 as one of two Coast Guard pilots who successfully made the first transatlantic flight in a Navy seaplane.

Much of the event was typical of a U.S. Coast Guard advancement ceremony, with everyone standing at attention as the honorees received their pins. But the brand-new petty officers third class at Station Marquette also got a special bonus: Plenty of dog treats.

The crew from Air Station Detroit responded to the scene after receiving a call of a Canadian national who had fallen through the ice between Detroit and Ontario on Sunday night.

Construction has begun on the environmental protection barrier that will surround the shipwrecked Golden Ray during the planned process to remove it from the St. Simons Sound, according to Unified Command.

The Coast Guard is facing growing operational requirements — patrolling a changing Arctic, taking on transnational crime, helping to stabilize the Arabian gulf — but federal budgets have not reflected many of the service's defense contributions, Adm. Karl Schultz said Thursday.

After netting to trap pollutants and debris is erected on the piles surrounding the vessel, the complicated process to remove the capsized Golden Ray will begin.

It is longstanding tradition for Navy ships to visit Mobile during Mardi Gras, with uniformed sailors joining the civilian crowds at parades and other festivities.

The MV Alta landed ashore amid a burst of violent, stormy weather, wedging itself onto a rocky outcropping and perplexing locals and authorities in Cork, Ireland.

A Coast Guard lieutenant accused of stockpiling guns and targeting Supreme Court justices, prominent Democrats and TV journalists is appealing his prison sentence of more than 13 years.

It is the 37th of 56 Fast Response Cutters delivered under a contract that started in 2008. Each cutter costs about $65 million, and the entire program will cost the Coast Guard more than $3.7 billion.

As Puerto Rico is struggling to recover from hurricanes and earthquakes, the White House confirmed on Friday that it’s appointing U.S. Coast Guard Rear Adm. Peter Brown as its liaison for the island.

Former lieutenant Christopher Hasson, 50, was indicted last year and pleaded guilty to firearms and drug charges. Authorities said he intended to embark on a murderous rampage targeting liberal politicians on Capitol Hill and prominent on-air hosts of cable news programs.

Forty years ago, the Coast Guard suffered the worst peacetime tragedy in its history when the Cutter Blackthorn collided with a passing 605-foot oil tanker in the waters of Tampa Bay.

The rescue occurred at 1 a.m. on Jan. 1 when Air Station Traverse City received a call that a man had fallen though ice while riding his snowmobile in Lewiston.

On Sept. 26, 1918 the USS Tampa was struck by a German torpedo while sailing through the Bristol Channel, killing all 130 crewmembers, including 25-year-old Cambridge, Massachusetts, resident Francis Joseph Taylor.

The U.S. Coast Guard had located the body of a 46-year-old man from Naples who went overboard the Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas.

Rear Adm. Peter Brown, President Donald Trump’s third homeland security and counterterrorism adviser, is being moved out of his role after about six months, said four people familiar with the issue.

The National Coast Guard Museum Association has raised more than $56 million for a national museum on the downtown New London waterfront to tell the story of the Coast Guard and has plans to launch a new committee in the spring to help raise remaining funds.

Looking back at the inaugural episode of the Military Matters podcast, hosts Desmon Farris and Rod Rodriguez discuss ongoing research into cannabis, misconceptions that persist about the controversial plant, and the its potential medical and addiction complications.

Three fishermen were rescued Tuesday night after the U.S. Coast Guard found their boat capsized near Coos Bay, Oregon. The 38-foot Pacific Miner was spotted by an aircrew Tuesday evening.

Dustin A. Peters came to the U.S. Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May to attend a graduation ceremony Thursday when Coast Guard security personnel discovered an illegal assault weapon and numerous high capacity magazines in his vehicle.

A Coast Guard helicopter crew hoisted a possible stroke victim from a cruise ship off the Mexican coast and flew her to a San Diego hospital Wednesday, officials said.

A Mobile, Ala.-based U.S. Coast Guard helicopter pilot was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross, one of the country’s highest military honors, during a ceremony in New Orleans Friday.

As a combat veteran and a retired, award-winning TV news and sports camera operator, George Larsen told good stories. An old one recounted how he first thought it was an earthquake that rattled him awake in Hawaii on the morning of Dec. 7, 1941.

After the Conception fire, the Coast Guard for the first time recommended that owners of passenger vessels immediately urge crews “to reduce potential fire hazards and consider limiting the unsupervised charging of lithium-ion batteries and extensive use of power strips and extension cords.”

A Coast Guard helicopter crew came to the rescue of stranded fishermen, and a camera captured the dramatic moments off the North Carolina shore.

The U.S. military’s top enlisted service member unveiled a new, distinctive rank insignia specifically for the senior enlisted adviser to the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, an insignia that he will wear for his last week on the job.

After nearly 80 years in the dark, happenstance brought the Coast Guard flag back into service, this time as a link between one ship’s history and its service today.

A kite surfer believed to be missing off the coast of Ocean City actually made it out of the water safe after experiencing minor equipment trouble and had no idea authorities were searching for him along the Jersey Shore, the Coast Guard announced Friday afternoon.

The Cold War fallout bunker built by the U.S. Navy in 1961 for President John F. Kennedy today remains closed to the public. The Peanut Island shelter and nearby historical Coast Guard station and house, which were closed to public tours in October 2017, are showing the signs of abandonment.

A good Samaritan recovered a severed limb floating in the water off Palm Beach Island Thursday, and handed it over to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw loaded up about 1,200 trees from Dutchman Tree Farm in Manton and Thompson Township in the Upper Peninsula this week and will take them to Chicago.

Thirteen people trying to illegally migrate from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico were spotted adrift Monday and intercepted near Desecheo Island, a tiny, uninhabited island about 13 miles west of Puerto Rico, according to the U.S. Coast Guard.

It could take a year or more to remove the Golden Ray, a 656-foot cargo ship lying on its side off the coast of the Golden Isles, according to Coast Guard Cmdr. Matt Baer.

A Coast Guard seaman accused of murder was released from a San Diego brig Monday as the admiral overseeing his prosecution ordered a new hearing in the case.

As a hearing to learn details of the deadly Conception dive boat fire approaches, members of California's congressional delegation say it's time for the Coast Guard to consider stronger protections.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Vincent Danz was a New York City police officer in the Bronx, and Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Palazzo was a New York City firefighter. They were among many first responders who lost their lives on 9/11.

If you’re a U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer and are looking to do a fun training exercise that also serves as team-building, what do you pick? How about jumping out of a helicopter into Lake St. Clair about 1.5 miles out, then swimming back to shore, decked out in your full gear?

A military aid society has established an award to honor Lt. Thomas "Jimmy" Crotty, a South Buffalo native whose remains came back to Western New York this week.

The commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard intends to be in Buffalo for Saturday's funeral Mass and burial of Lt. Thomas "Jimmy" Crotty, a World War II legend whose remains are expected to return this week to his hometown.

Lt. Thomas Crotty, 30, died July 19, 1942, at the Cabanatuan Prisoner of War Camp in the Philippines after being captured with the fall of Corregidor earlier that year.

Ten different U.S. Coast Guard cutters combined for a series of 18 drug busts and seizures in international waters of the Caribbean Basin and the Eastern Pacific Ocean — off Mexico and Central and South America.

A Coast Guard search is underway for a 26-year-old Carnival cruise passenger who went overboard Thursday evening. The passenger dropped from the Carnival Dream ship hours after it left Galveston, Texas, for a four-day cruise, Carnival told the New York Daily News in a statement.