Rescued Haitian refugee joins the Coast Guard
Orlando Morel, 24, was just 6-years-old when he was recused at sea by the United States Coast Guard...
Coast Guard Academy to honor first black grad
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) - Since becoming the first African-American to graduate from the Coast Guard Academy in 1966, Merle Smith has seen more diversity among the corps of cadets...
Coast Guard officer who saved Sean Kingston gets a medal
CONNECTICUT - The Coast Guard petty officer who saved singer Sean Kingston after his jet ski crash in Miami Beach last May is being honored with a medal for his actions Tuesday...
Obama telephones thanks to service members abroad
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Barack Obama has telephoned 10 U.S. service members stationed abroad to wish them a happy Thanksgiving and praise their military service...
Coast Guard cadets make history for diversity
CONNECTICUT - The new class of U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London had barely stepped on campus before making history...
TheGrio's 100: La'Shanda Holmes, first black female Coast Guard copter pilot flying high
TheGrio's 100 - Lt. JG La'Shanda Holmes' claim that she 'didn't grow up with a silver spoon' is an incredible understatement...
Coast Guard fails to keep its promise of more diversity
WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite additional funding and government mandates, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy is floundering in its efforts to recruit blacks to join the ranks of its cadets...
Coast Guard: No oil sheen from Gulf explosion
NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana (AP) - The Coast Guard said initial reports indicated all 13 crew members from the rig were in the water. One was injured, but there were no deaths....
BP shoots mud at oil as Obama halts drilling plans
ROBERT, La. (AP) - The gusher off the coast of Louisiana has spilled at least 7 million gallons of crude into the sea since an oil rig explosion April 20 that killed 11 workers...
Despite pact, few blacks at Coast Guard school
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Eight years after the U.S. Coast Guard and the NAACP signed a voluntary agreement to work together to boost the number of African-Americans at its 1,000-cadet service academy...
