U.S. Coast Guard

The Coast Guard Museum, which is under construction in New London, Connecticut, is on track to open in 2026. The new museum will include interactive and immersive experiences, and state-of-the-art exhibits.

U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) listened as four women and one man gave powerful whistleblower testimony on Thursday in New London, Connecticut about sexual assault they experienced while enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard and during training at the academy.

The Coast Guard has launched an investigation into allegations of a hostile work environment perpetrated by whistleblower Shannon Norenburg and other agency officials.

Sexual harassment and assault continue to be a problem at the Coast Guard Academy in New London, according to U.S. Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), the chair of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations in the U.S. Senate.

U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas delivered the keynote address during the U.S. Coast Guard graduation ceremony in New London.

In the largest cheating scandal in the Coast Guard Academy’s history, a group of 55 cadets have to undergo a 20-week honor remediation course to remind them of the core values of the Coast Guard. Twenty-five cadets have asked to appeal their sanctions.

The U.S. Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations has released redacted documents from the U.S. Coast Guard relating to a 2018 report called "Operation Fouled Anchor" that looked in to the mishandling of sexual assault at the Coast Guard Academy over several years.

The Coast Guard Academy located in New London, Connecticut, doesn't offer the same protections to sexual assault reporters as other military schools. A bill would change that.

The U.S. Coast Guard is under fire after it was revealed late last month that sexual assault allegations at its service academy in New London went unreported or ignored for years and that the leaders of the military branch neglected to disclose a six-year investigation into those failures.

U.S. Senator Chris Murphy of Connecticut has accused leaders at the Coast Guard of a coverup after a damning report found dozens of mishandled sex assault cases at the academy in New London.