Coast Guard announces new training center in Alabama
The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the United States Coast Guard announced that its newest training center that will be opening in the state of Alabama. The Coast Guard announced the
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USCG awards Davie Defense contract to build five ASC polar icebreakers
Davie Defense has been awarded a United States Coast Guard contract to build five Arctic Security Cutters (ASCs). Two of the polar icebreakers will be constructed in Finland at Davie Defense’s sister
![Adm. Kevin E. Lunday, the 28th Commandant of the Coast Guard, speaks after he was sworn in by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 15, 2026. [U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriel Wisdom]](https://www.marinelog.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/260115-G-JO805-1018-300x225.jpg)
VIDEO: Kevin E. Lunday sworn in as 28th Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard
During an event at Coast Guard Headquarters today, the United States Coast Guard held a formal swearing-in and assumption of command ceremony today for Adm. Kevin Lunday as the 28th Commandant of
U.S. seizes Venezuela-linked tankers Bella I and Sophia
In a post on X, Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem says that in two predawn operations today, the Coast Guard conducted back-to-back meticulously coordinated boarding of two “ghost fleet” tanker ships—
U.S., Canada and Finland recommit to ICE Pact
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem on Tuesday hosted Canadian Ambassador to the U.S. Kristen Hillman and Finnish Minister of Economic Affairs Sakari Puisto., at a Ministerial Meeting where all three countries signed
Coast Guard military members will get pay during government shutdown
The U.S. Coast Guard confirmed yesterday that its military service members will receive their mid-month paycheck for October 15. Pay will be processed and deposited in their designated accounts between October 15-17.
Noem cancels contracts with ESG for two Offshore Patrol Cutters
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced Friday that she was canceling the contracts for two of the four U.S. Coast Guard Offshore Patrol Cutters (OPCs) on order at Eastern Shipbuilding
Noem cancels HII order for eleventh National Security Cutter
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said yesterday that she had successfully saved the American taxpayer over $260 million by canceling the order for the Coast Guard’s eleventh National Security Cutter. DHS