The Coast Guard is getting its first MQ-9 drones to help counter human trafficking, assist with drug interdictions and improve search-and-rescue missions, an addition that current and former officials ...

The US Coast Guard made its largest-ever offload of more than 70,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana seized along the Florida coast over just two months, the military branch announced on Monday.

More than 76,000lbs of illegal drugs were unloaded in Florida on Monday, 25 August, the US Coast Guard said. Officials said this was the largest cocaine offload to date in Coast Guard history, with ...

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Nearly 200 Haitians were repatriated to their homeland on Tuesday after U.S. Coast Guard officials intercepted an overloaded vessel about 40 miles north of Cap Haitien. “The Coast Guard is committed ...

OneZero Solutions and Alpha Omega’s joint venture has been awarded a $160 million contract to provide Information Assurance (IA) and Risk Management Framework (RMF) support to the U.S. Coast Guard.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) released a 'striking' video on Tuesday on X, showcasing the U.S. Coast Guard's decisive action against a "drug boat," culminating in its fiery destruction and ...

The U.S. Coast Guard will use about $266 million of the funds it received in the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” to procure the service’s own MQ-9 Alpha long-range unmanned aerial systems. (Senior Airman ...

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The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) captured, burned and sank a suspected "drug boat" over the weekend, video released on Tuesday by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) showed. As part of Operation ...

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station Sitka rescues a man from a downed aircraft near Haines, Alaska, Aug. 24, 2025. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Air ...