United States Navy
Maritime warfare service branch of the U.S. military
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| 2025 | Delivery of the world's largest coast guard vessel under the Polar icebreaker program is expected. |
| December 2024 | Coast Guard acquired the USCGC Storis, a 360-foot icebreaker previously used by Royal Dutch Shell. |
| January 2024 | PTF-26 relocated as the first maritime training ship on the Ohio River. |
| 2021 | Coast Guard Reserve commander Andre Douglas was selected to join NASA Astronaut Group 23. |
| 2020 | All-female crew period for PTF-26 ended. |
| 2016 | Release of 'Deepwater Horizon', depicting the Deepwater Horizon explosion and the Coast Guard's response. |
| 2016 | The U.S. Coast Guard submitted a fiscal year budget request of $9.96 billion. |
| 2016 | Release of 'The Finest Hours', portraying the rescue of SS Pendleton crew by Coast Guard coxswain Bernard C. Webber and three other crewmen. |
| 2013 | Release of 'Pain & Gain', featuring the Coast Guard Deployable Specialized Forces in action. |
| April 22 2013 | Disestablishment of the Deployable Operations Group and reorganization into Deployable Specialized Forces units under Atlantic and Pacific Area Commanders. |
| December 1 2011 | Commandant Admiral Papp issued an ALCOAST message directing the replacement of the Guardian Ethos with the Coast Guard Ethos, changing the terminology to strengthen personnel identity and officially adopting the term 'Coast Guardsman'. |
| April 20 2010 | Deepwater Horizon mobile drilling platform explosion, where the Coast Guard coordinated response in the immediate aftermath, resulting in 11 crew member deaths. |
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