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The Coast Guard offloaded the haul of cocaine and marijuana worth an estimated $158 million on Monday at a port in San Diego.

The Coast Guard offloaded the haul of cocaine and marijuana worth an estimated $158 million on Monday at a port in San Diego.

U.S. Coast Guard authorities repatriated 270 Cuban and Haitian migrants to their home countries on Monday.

U.S. Coast Guard authorities repatriated 270 Cuban and Haitian migrants to their home countries on Monday.

A look at some of the most notable underwater wrecks from WWI and WWII

U.S. Coast Guard and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) officials announced in October that the underwater wreck of the historic U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear.

The wreckage of one of the most storied vessels in American history has been found in Canadian waters northeast of Boston, almost 60 years after it sank while being towed to Philadelphia....

They call it “ice liberty,” a tradition during the Coast Guard’s maritime missions in Arctic waters. At a thick ice floe, the crew gets to disembark for a brief moment

This has been, in part, a training mission for the 85 crew members, a task that has added importance as the Coast Guard prepares to increase the U.S. Arctic presence with three new icebreakers that later in this decade are planned to be homeported in Seattle.

They call it “ice liberty,” a tradition during the Coast Guard’s maritime missions in Arctic waters. At a thick ice floe, the crew gets to disembark for a brief moment of freedom from the vessel confines. Some play touch football, or bring hockey gear for the occasion. Others just take a stroll.