Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On February 4, a 23-year-old servicemember fell off a ship in the Pacific Ocean, triggering a massive search-and-rescue operation.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Olivier Douliery/Abaca/Sipa USA(Sipa via AP Images) Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem diverted a Coast Guard aircraft from ...

Noem's use of Coast Guard resources strains her relationship with the military branch, sources say Some early decisions by the Homeland security secretary, including to divert Coast Guard resources ...

WASHINGTON — Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem’s relationship with U.S. Coast Guard officials has become strained throughout her first year leading the department, according to two U.S.

The Coast Guard flew hundreds of domestic migrant transfer missions over two fiscal years yet insists no lifesaving operations were sacrificed. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem directed the ...

A Congressional Budget Office report found the Coast Guard’s overall aircraft mission-capable rate has fallen below 50%. Credit: Missy Mimlitsch The increased focus on homeland defense has translated ...

Relations have deteriorated between Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and the U.S. Coast Guard’s top brass, driven largely by her insistence on emphasizing deportations above other duties, ...