Coast Guard rescue swimmer Scott Ruskan received the Pat Tillman Award for Service during the 2026 ESPY Awards, an honor given to "a person with a strong connection to sports who has served others in a way that echoes the legacy of the former NFL player and U.S. Army Ranger Pat Tillman."
President Trump delivered the commencement address for the Coast Guard Academy at Cadet Memorial Field in New London, Connecticut, becoming the first president to deliver the keynote address twice.
The Department of Homeland Security announced that 56 members of the U.S. Coast Guard have been reinstated with back pay after being dismissed under the Biden administration for refusing the COVID-19 vaccine.
The U.S. Coast Guard announced the award of two contracts to construct up to six Arctic Security Cutters (ASC) icebreakers as part of a security initiative.
President Donald Trump convened senior national security officials Monday at Mar-a-Lago as tensions with Venezuela intensified and U.S. enforcement actions expanded in the Caribbean.
U.S. Coast Guard members will get paid this week amid the government shutdown thanks to President Trump's One Big Beautiful Bill, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem declared.
A 26-year-old Coast Guard rescue swimmer is being hailed as an American hero after saving 165 lives during his first-ever mission—responding to the devastating Independence Day flash floods that ravaged Central Texas. Petty Officer Scott Ruskan, a former KPMG accountant from New Jersey, deployed to the flood-hit Camp Mystic, an all-girls Christian summer camp, where he played a key role in triaging and evacuating victims.
