No pay? No problem. US Coast Guard still kicking ass despite shutdown

As a result of the partial government shutdown, members of the U.S. Coast Guard are now working without paychecks. According to a recent Facebook post from current Coast Guard commandant Admiral Karl Schultz, the Coasties “have not, and will not, be forgotten.” Still, no one can say for sure when the debate around government funding […]

Take a guided tour through a Coast Guard command center

On the thirteenth floor of a nondescript federal building in downtown New Orleans sits the headquarters of Coast Guard District 8, which is responsible for 26 U.S. states. The district response operations are run by one man, Captain Dave Cooper, a 29-year veteran of the Coast Guard who spent the majority of his career as […]

The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard rescue swimmers in Key West

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer assigned to Air Station Miami jumps out of an MH-65D Dolphin helicopter to simulate assisting an Airman with the 514th Air Mobility Wing during water survival training at Naval Air Station Key West’s Truman Harbor, Key West, Florida, Nov. 16, 2018. The 514th is an Air Force Reserve Command unit […]

The Pic of the Day: Coast Guard dive operations under the Artic ice

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Adam Harris, a member of a joint Coast Guard-Navy dive team deployed on the Coast Guard Cutter Healy, holds a Coast Guard ensign during a cold water ice dive off a Healy small boat in the Arctic, July 29, 2017. The joint dive team successfully completed the first shipboard […]

Watch: US Coast Guard Aircrew Rescues Man at Hug Point

A Coast Guard aircrew aboard an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Sector Columbia River rescues a man stranded 100 feet up a cliffside at Hug Point, Ore., July 2, 2018. The man became stranded because of an incoming high tide and then tried to climb to safety. U.S. Coast Guard video courtesy of Sector Columbia River […]

SOF Pic of the Day: MARSOC Marines fly over Coast Guard Response Boat

A Marine with Hotel Company, 2nd Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, gazes down at a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, while flying in a UH-1Y Venom helicopter over Onslow Beach on base, March 28, 2017. Station Wrightsville Beach and […]

SOF Pic of the Day: Marine Raiders train with the US Coast Guard

A Marine UH-1Y Venom helicopter crew hovers after deploying members from Hotel Company, 2nd Raider Battalion, Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command (MARSOC) in Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, during a joint training exercise with a Coast Guard 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crew from Station Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, on base, March 28, 2017. The Coast Guard […]