The two former warships lay in the becalmed tranquil waters of Funchal, Madeira. The last foreign port call of their annual training voyage completed, cadets on both vessels worked diligently to ensure that all preparations had been made to leave the port in their wake...

Each month, an interesting aspect of the world’s oldest continuous maritime service will be highlighted. The men and women of the  Coast Guard follow in the fine tradition of the brave mariners who have served before them. As sentinels and saviors of the seas, the Unit...

The young Harvard University student had little time to waste. He pulled the last page of his completed thesis from the typewriter and placed it hurriedly along with the other pages of his academic achievement

on the corner of his text-book covered desk. He spun around...