The new cadets, called Swabs, will start Swab Summer, a seven-week training program designed to transform civilian students ...

Vice Adm. Linda Fagan is shown here while serving as Coast Guard Pacific Area commander during a mission in Auke Bay, Alaska, on Aug. 15, 2018. On Wednesday, she was confirmed as the service's new ...

Two women working to keep New York Harbor safe are also blazing a trail as officers in the U.S. Coast Guard. 24/7 Live New York City New Jersey Long Island Northern Suburbs Connecticut Welcome, Mickey ...

Adm. Linda Fagan has become the first woman ever to lead a military service. She was confirmed as the next Coast Guard commandant on Wednesday by a unanimous Senate vote.

The commandant of the Coast Guard was sworn in on the first of the month, but the 27th Coast Guardsman to hold the position is unlike any of her predecessors.Adm. Linda Fagan, previously the ...

A 64-year-old woman was rescued from an Oregon state park where she had been stranded for almost two full days, the U.S. Coast Guard said.