Coast Guard hurt drug interdiction by focusing on migrants, GAO says
The U.S. Coast Guard failed to meet drug interdiction goals from fiscal 2015 to 2024, the Government Accountability Office found.
By Riley Ceder
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Lunday becomes US Coast Guard’s 28th commandant
Adm. Kevin Lunday was sworn in Thursday as the U.S. Coast Guard’s 28th commandant, nearly a year after he had been acting in the role.
By Patricia Kime
US seizes sixth sanctioned tanker it says has ties to Venezuela
The U.S. Coast Guard boarded the tanker, named Veronica, early Thursday, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem wrote on social media.
US launches retaliatory strikes against ISIS in Syria
The strikes follow last month’s ambush that killed two U.S. soldiers and one American civilian interpreter in Syria.
Coast Guard adopts service-wide mandatory physical fitness training
Starting this year, able-bodied active and Selected Reserve Coast Guard members will need to work out at least four days a week.
By Patricia Kime
New charges for Guard shooting suspect enable death penalty talks
Lakanwal remains charged with first-degree murder, assault with intent to kill and illegal possession of a firearm in the Nov. 26 shooting.
By J.D. Simkins