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Contained in the new federal spending law formerly known as the "Big Beautiful Bill" is funding for 17 icebreakers, 21 ...
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) -President Donald Trump's massive tax and spending bill earmarks more than $8.6 billion to increase the U.S. Coast Guard icebreaker fleet in the Arctic, where Washington hopes to ...
The Coast Guard plans to buy 84 new ships and aircraft by 2035 with an injection of $25 billion in supplemental funding ...
The U.S. Coast Guard currently fields a single heavy polar icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, and a single medium polar icebreaker, the USCGC Healy.
Rear Adm. Bob Little is the new commander of the U.S. Coast Guard in Alaska, just as the big budget bill passes the president ...
The service will receive funding for more ships, helicopters and unmanned systems and maintenance of installations and ...
As PCS season is in full swing and Coast Guard personnel are reporting to new units across the country, there have been several Coast Guard stories that made headlines this week.
The President has repeatedly called for the United States to beef up its icebreaker fleet to enhance national security in the ...
The vessel, USCGC Storis, will expand U.S. presence in the Arctic, the Coast Guard said on Wednesday, adding that the nation's third polar icebreaker will support national security. Why It Matters ...
Artist’s Rendering of Coast Guard Polar Security Cutter. The Coast Guard has given a Mississippi shipyard the green light to start full production of the first heavy U.S. icebreaker in almost 50 ...
The U.S. Coast Guard's only heavy icebreaker, the USCGC Polar Star, transits through pack ice in the Southern Ocean, December 2022. (PO3 Aidan Cooney/Coast Guard ...
United States Coast Guard Heavy Icebreaker Polar Star (WAGB 10) is shown in this undated photo in Antarctica. REUTERS/U.S. Coast Guard/Handout Purchase Licensing Rights, opens new tab ...