The Department of Homeland Security is using discretionary funding to continue paying active-duty U.S. Coast Guard personnel during the department's ongoing shutdown, even as civilian employees remain unpaid.

A United States Coast Guard (USCG) helicopter crew rescued a hiker trapped on a cliffside in Lincoln City, Oregon on Saturday.

He was also awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross — one of the nation’s highest awards for heroism in aerial flight — by the Commandant of the Coast Guard.

Synergy has been awarded a $32 million task order from the U.S. Coast Guard to provide sustainment and support services for the Coast Guard’s CG-C5I information technology systems and applications.

The United States Coast Guard (USCG) has chosen the Birmingham-Southern College campus as a new training facility.