News and reports from the Department of Homeland Security.

The State of Florida and FEMA have opened additional Disaster Recovery Centers (DRC) in Polk and Seminole counties.

It’s a hot August day at the Maryland State Police Training Academy. The sun is shining bright and there’s a constant buzzing in the air.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) launched its fifth course of the Hacking for Homeland Security (H4HS) program this Fall 2022 semester.

The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) team at Baltimore/Washington-Thurgood Marshall International Airport (BWI) is coming across an abundance of prohibited items that travelers are bringing to the security checkpoints, which delays passengers from getting to their gates.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a man from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane on Wednesday at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).During Wednesday morning security screening at Delta checkpoint, lane 6, TSA officers detected a firearm in a passenger’s backpack.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) prevented a Fauquier County, Va., man from carrying his handgun onto his flight on Wednesday, Oct. 12.

A Williamsburg, Va., resident was cited by the police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers at Richmond International Airport caught her with a handgun in her carry-on bag on Tuesday, Oct. 11.

Wisconsin residents can enroll in the Transportation Security Administration’s TSA PreCheck® application program inside Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport (MKE) in a special event this month.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers detected a loaded handgun in the carry-on bag of a Pittsburgh resident at the Pittsburgh International Airport security checkpoint on Friday, Oct. 7.

 A North Carolina resident was arrested by police after Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented him from carrying his loaded handgun onto his flight at LaGuardia Airport on Sunday, Oct. 9.

Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers prevented a 78-year-old man from carrying a loaded firearm onto an airplane on Tuesday, October 11th at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).During Tuesday morning security screening in Terminal B, TSA officers detected a firearm in a passenger’s backpack.

From delivering troops to the beaches of Normandy and Okinawa, to witnessing the raising of the American flag on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Marvin Perrett shared his life’s story with America on his role as a Coast Guard Higgins boat landing craft, vehicle, personnel (LCVP) coxswain.

The Coast Guard will be offering training for all Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs) on Oct. 18 and 19

Commandant unveils new Coast Guard strategy and ethos

U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s Office of Field Operations is gearing up for the 45th Annual Detroit Free Press Marathon on October 16—along with more than 19,000 runners from across the globe—and wants to remind those planning to cross into the United States by land of new guidelines for certain international travelers.