Acting Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Kevin Lunday (center) was nominated Wednesday to serve as the permanent leader of the service. (Jessica Hill/AP) Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Wednesday that acting Coast Guard Commandant ...

The following are the top stories for 2025 from the U.S. Coast Guard. Leadership Changes In the first hours of the Trump administration, the Coast Guard removed former commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and placed vice commandant Adm.

Vice Adm. Linda Fagan, Coast Guard Pacific Area commander, speaks with Chief Petty Officer Mahire A’Giza, Coast Guard Station Juneau officer-in-charge, and Senior Chief Petty Officer Jeremy DeMello, Sector Juneau command senior chief, while underway in ...

President Donald Trump will nominate Adm. Kevin Lunday, the acting Coast Guard commandant, to fill the vacancy, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. Noem made the disclosure Wednesday while addressing the graduating class at the Coast ...

The U.S. Coast Guard has undergone an amazing transformation. Sean Plankey, a USCG political advisor, deserves credit—and a new post—for moving the USCG forward.

The U.S. seized the Russian-flagged "Marinera" in the North Atlantic after breaking through its blockade of Venezuela.

Russia on Friday said the United States had decided to release two Russian members of the crew of a Russian-flagged oil tanker that Washington seized earlier this week.