Mass Vessel Safety Check Program

Civilian volunteers for the United States Coast Guard always help to increase public awareness and aquatic safety at this recreational destination for both tourists and residents. A Public Affairs Booth at the South Shore location will be staffed by members of the very same U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Marines searching for service members after Osprey mishap off Australian coast

The U.S. Marine Corps said early Saturday that it is conducting a search-and-rescue operation for service members after an Osprey mishap off the Australian coast. A statement from the Marines says "Ship's small boats and aircrafts from the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit and Bonhomme Richard Expeditionary Strike Group are conducting the search and rescue operations" off the east coast of Australia.

15 reasons the Coast Guard is completely underrated

On August 4, 1790, President George Washington okayed the creation of a Revenue Cutter Service to collect tariffs from U.S.-bound ships. Two-hundred and twenty-seven years later - after absorbing the Lifesaving Service and the Lighthouse Service - the U.S. Coast Guard is alive and well, charged with preserving life and property on the watera along with drug interdiction, counterterror, ice operations, Happy birthday to the Coasties - and to the haters who have trouble treating our fifth armed service as a coequal, here are some reasons for you to reconsider, with assistance from the USCG Flickr account and some T&P readers.

Flynn files new financial form reporting ties to data firm

President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, is revealing a brief advisory role with a firm related to a controversial data analysis company that aided the Trump campaign, The Associated Press has learned. The disclosure of Flynn's link to Cambridge Analytica will come in an amended public financial filing in which the retired U.S. Army lieutenant general also discloses income that includes payments from the Trump transition team, according to a person close to Flynn who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity Thursday to describe details of the filing made to the White House.

Congressional candidate releases documents on Rep. Palazzo’s military record

Congressional candidate E Brian Rose says Steven Palazzo fraudulently sought deferments to avoid serving in Iraq. #2018@wlox pic.twitter.com/XDcCUCLWhS Rose provided previously unreleased documents and information regarding Palazzo's service, saying Steven Palazzo sought special favors to be assigned duty at Camp Shelby, rather than be sent to Iraq with the 155th battalion in 2004.

Trump attorney brings ‘street fighter’ spirit to his work

In this April 29, 20111, file photo, Attorney John Dowd walks in New York. Down, one of the key lawyers in President Donald Trump's corner navigated a popular United States senator through crisis, produced a damning investigative report that drove a baseball star from the game and, early in his career, took on organized crime as a Justice Department prosecutor.

Schumer: Nominee for Army secretary will visit Fort Drum if confirmed by Senate

President Donald Trump's nominee to serve as Army secretary will make it a priority to visit Fort Drum in Upstate New York if he's confirmed by the Senate, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Wednesday afternoon. Schumer, D-N.Y., said Mark Esper, a defense lobbyist nominated by Trump last month to serve in the Army's top civilian post, made the promise in a private meeting earlier Wednesday.

Watch a Tesla Model S assist one of the US’s most well-known…

The US's U2 spy plane, designed during the 1950s, has provided intelligence for more than a half-century by flying at high altitudes over sensitive and remote locations. But the same features that make the "Dragon Lady" so effective when it's 70,000 feet in the air create problems on the ground.

US prepares to test launch unarmed ballistic missile from California

The U.S. Air Force is preparing to test an unarmed Minuteman III intercontinental ballistic missile on early Wednesday morning in California. The missile is scheduled to be launched between 12.01 a.m. and 6.01 a.m. local time from the Air Force's North Vandenberg Air Force Base, located nearly 130 miles northwest of Los Angeles.

Mystery at Sea: Hearing on Nathan Carman’s insurance claim set for Aug. 7

Attorneys for the companies that insured Nathan Carman's Chicken Pox are asking a federal court in Rhode Island to leave open the possibility of questioning Carman during deposition about "his grandfather's unsolved homicide ..." "[F]urther defenses ... may become apparent later in discovery ... and [plaintiffs] anticipate that Nathan Carman's 'criminal wrongdoing' ... and 'illegality' ... will similarly bar his insurance claim," states the Plaintiff's Rule 16 Statement filed on July 31. Carman, of Vernon, spent seven days in a four-person, inflatable life raft after his fishing boat sank in September 2016. He was rescued by a freighter and brought to safety by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Forecast International: Boeing on a Roll Both Civil and Military Markets Remain Strong

Forecast International notes that recent reports of significant layoffs by Boeing have proven to be of little concern to Wall Street investors, who shrugged those actions off as an efficiency move. Not only that, Boeing stock rose dramatically to a new high last week, and during a two-day period jumped 28 points, sending the Dow Jones Average to a new all-time high.

US bombers fly over South Korea after North’s 2nd ICBM test

In this photo released by Japan Air Self Defense Force, U.S. Air Force B-1B bombers, top, fly with a Japan Air Self Defense Force F-2 fighter jet over Japan's southern island of Kyushu, just south of the Korean Peninsula, during a Japan-U.S. joint exercise Sunday, July 30, 2017. Japan's Defense Ministry reported the U.S. supersonic bombers flown from the Anderson Air Force Base in Guam conducted a joint exercise with South Korean Air Force over the Korean Peninsula later in the day.