Coast Guard

U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem participates in a tour at the U.S. Coast Guard Station Charleston, Friday, Nov. 7, 2025, in Charleston, S.C. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, Pool)

US Coast Guard Recruitment Hits Highest Mark in Decades: 'Workforce of Future'

The service hits its highest numbers since 1991, with bigger plans to come.

A palette loaded with bundles of seized cocaine and marijuana is lowered down by a crane, as the U.S. Coast Guard unloads more than one billion dollars worth of seized drugs from the Coast Guard Cutter James at Port Everglades, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Major Drug Busts: US Coast Guard Seizes Record Amount of Cocaine

The cocaine seizures of the 2025 fiscal year is roughly three times the annual average.

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