COAST GUARD

The U.S. Coast Guard is tapping into cellphone location data to quickly locate distressed boaters.

The U.S. Coast Guard has directed all cruise ships to prepare to treat any sick passengers and crew on board while being sequestered “indefinitely” offshore during the coronavirus pandemic

A father drowned after trying to rescue his 12-year-old daughter who was on a raft that was swept from a Northern California lagoon out to sea, authorities said. The raft got caught in the river current at Carmel River State Beach on Tuesday and was pushed into the chilly waters of Carmel Bay, rescuers with the California Department of Forestry…

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf unloaded 18,000 pounds of cocaine in the Barrio Logan neighborhood of San Diego Wednesday morning.

A congressional investigation released Wednesday has found that the U.S. Coast Guard’s leadership has failed to conduct prompt, thorough and impartial investigations of harassment and bullying allegations. It concludes that the service needs to make “significant improvements” in its policies and procedures to address harassment and bullying. Congress launched the 18-month investigation after questions were raised about how complaints were...

The White House was locked down and fighter jets were mobilized after an airspace violation in Washington, D.C., Tuesday morning, according to law enforcement officials.

The U.S. Coast Guard launched a search operation off the coast of Mission Bay Monday after a body was found floating in the water with signs of a potential second body.

President Trump lashed out at House Speaker Nancy Pelosi amid the ongoing government shutdown and more troubling revelations about the 2016 election. NBC’s Tracie Potts reports.

A large fishing ship ran aground on a remote Pacific atoll early Thursday, and the U.S. Coast Guard said it was helping coordinate the rescue of its 24 crew members. The 308-foot (94-meter) Chinese-flagged Ou Ya Leng No. 6 ran aground on uninhabited Taka Atoll in the Marshall Islands, Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew West said. He said a Coast...

A U.S. Coast Guard seaman accused of killing a friend during a night of drinking in Alaska has been released from the brig in San Diego.

One of the largest Veterans Day parades where locals gather to celebrate Veterans in their community is in Petaluma. See it on California Live Monday, Nov. 11, 2019.

On Veteran’s Day weekend, communities around San Diego are remembering the sacrifices made by local members of the armed services. In Alpine, more names were added to the Veterans Wall of Honor outside the Alpine Community Center.

It’s San Diego Fleet Week, and service members were recognized for giving back to the community at the Enlisted Recognition Luncheon hosted at Sea World.

Hundreds of service members were at the luncheon. NBC 7’s Bridget Naso has more.

From golf tournaments to tours of U.S. Navy ships, San Diego is honoring its military community with a weeks-worth of activities to support and celebrate those who serve.

The West Point cadet who went missing last week has been found dead, the U.S. Military Academy announced Wednesday.

An extensive search is underway for a cadet at West Point who has gone missing. The U.S. Military said the cadet was last seen at the academy on Friday. He was scheduled to participate in a military skills competition this past weekend but failed to show up.

The owner of a scuba diving boat company has announced an indefinite suspension of its fleet in the wake of a boat fire off the Southern California coast that killed 34 people.