Coast Guard, Navy Continue Rescue Efforts After Commercial Ship Fire
After rescuing 16 mariners off the burning Sincerity Ace, vessels continue to search for a handful of survivors who jumped into the Pacific. Keep Reading
Maritime Security Ops Target Drug Smuggling Routes into Yemen, Somalia
Chung-Hoon’s visit, board, search and seizure (VBSS) team seized over 11,000 pounds of hashish while conducting a flag verification boarding. Keep Reading
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Coast Guard to Receive December Paychecks; No Guarantee of 2019 Pay During Shutdown
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Unhappy Holidays: Coast Guard Only Military Branch Facing No Pay During Shutdown
Other military branches are spared from the pain since the National Defense Authorization Act already passed. Keep Reading
Coast Guard Responds to More Than 700 False Alerts in 2018, Urges Beacon Registration
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Coast Guard Concludes Maritime Security Operations in Papua New Guinea
Operating under the control of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, the ADF worked in cooperation with PNG’s Joint Security Task Force and the Australian Defense Forces. Keep Reading
How Foreign Powers are Tackling Piracy in Somalia
In the second half of the last decade what began as a defensive act against big trawlers, quickly morphed into a lucrative illegal business that raised global concern. Keep Reading
Schultz: Layered Defense Needed to Shield Ports Seen as ‘Attractive Targets’ to Terrorists
"You think about from an adversary, a terrorist standpoint, wanting to impact the psyche of a nation." Keep Reading
Maritime Safety Committee Studies Autonomous Ship Regulations
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