The U.S. Coast Guard protects and secures waterways in Maryland and across the country during maritime traffic and emergency ...

A little girl was saved by a Coast Guard helicopter crew in mid-July after she was swept away from a beach in California.

The five-part documentary premiering Sunday on National Geographic is at once highly compelling and difficult to watch, ...

No matter the conditions, the U.S. Coast Guard steps in — armed with all-weather training, tactical planning and the ...

Stories of heroism and sacrifice as the 106th Rescue Wing of the New York Air National Guard celebrates five decades in ...

Twenty years ago, Hurricane Katrina devastated the city of New Orleans. Now, ahead of a new documentary about the national ...

A U.S. Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being called an American hero by many after he rescued over 200 people from the deadly floods that took place in Texas the weekend of July 4th.

NPR's Michel Martin asks U.S. Coast Guard Air Operations Officer Nathan Shakespeare about his work coordinating rescues in the Texas flood zone from a base in Corpus Christi.

Republicans and Democrats in Congress questions the FEMA chief about the agency's response following flooding in Hill Country ...

Members of the Coast Guard and Texas National Guard helped rescue more than 700 people trapped by devastating flooding across the Texas Hill Country over the weekend that has results in more than ...

Scott Ruskan, a rescue swimmer for the U.S. Coast Guard, helped coordinate the rescue of 165 people at Camp Mystic amid the deadly flooding in Central Texas on Friday, July 5 He set out with a ...