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Chief Petty Officer Matt Shaw’s signature Brownie Toffee Bars, Jan. 2022. MyCG featured five culinary specialists (CSs) as part of a holiday menu for the Coast Guard community. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Chief Petty Officer Troy Shaw)

Dec. 28, 2022

Rounding out the MyCG Holiday Menu

A dessert recipe you don’t want to miss.

Chief Petty Officer Sonata Haley’s signature Roasted Butternut Squash, Sausage, and Cranberry Stuffing, Washington, D.C., Dec. 15, 2022. The recipe was featured in MyCG as part of a collection of holiday recipes from five culinary specialists (CSs) across the Coast Guard. (Photo courtesy of Chief Petty Officer Sonata Haley)

Dec. 27, 2022

MyCG Holiday Menu: The second side dish

This stuffing recipe speaks for itself

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jake Flores, maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Safety & Security Team Houston and 2022 USO Service Member of the Year honoree, beams during a ceremony in Houston, Texas, Dec. 1, 2022. Flores’s command nominated him for the award for jumping into the Rio Grande to save a drowning baby during a patrol on June 2, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki)

Dec. 26, 2022

‘Heroic, humble’ Coast Guardsman selected as 2022 USO Service Member of the Year

Putting others' lives before his own, a true Coast Guardsman

Flying Santa visiting Station Portsmouth Harbor (New Hampshire) in 2015. (Courtesy Friends of Flying Santa)

Dec. 23, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Lighthouses and the history of ‘The Flying Santa’

The Flying Santa, delivering gifts for more than 90 years.

U. S. Life-Saving Service Keeper Benjamin Dailey. Credit: USCG.

Dec. 22, 2022

Lifesaving crew rescue 9 from the barkentine Ephraim Williams just before Christmas 1884

Cape Hatteras Station performs one of the most heroic feats of the Life-Saving Service.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members and science team enjoy ice liberty at the North Pole, Oct. 2, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard video photo by Chief Petty Officer Roy Mesen Scott.

Dec. 22, 2022

Dear Santa: The North Pole is really cool

Join the Coast Guard Cutter Healy's crew on their journey north of 90 degrees.

Graduates from recruit company P-202 complete basic training at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Sep. 16, 2022. Training Center Cape May staff members look forward to continuing the Coast Guard’s Long Blue Line of developing fleet-ready women and men, who are eagerly ready to make a difference in our Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christian Lower)

Dec. 21, 2022

Now earn $1,000 for getting a friend to join the Coast Guard

New “Scout Talent and Refer” (STAR) program expands eligibility, awards for recruiting help

Women assigned to various directorates at Coast Guard Headquarters demonstrate different uniforms and hairstyles now available to be worn, Sep. 1, 2021. USCG photo.

Dec. 20, 2022

Application window now open for new Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard

Get your application in now to be a part of the new advisory board.

Ray Evans receiving his Navy Cross Medal for action seen at Point Cruz. Evans had already received a battlefield advancement to chief petty officer and later received an officer’s commission. (Coast Guard Collection)

Dec. 16, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Ray Evans—Hero of Guadalcanal who enlisted and served with Douglas Munro 80 years ago

Chief Ray Evans served with the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, and is now FRC namesake!

Staff Seargent Benjamin Hastings, a shift supervisor at McChord Air Force Base's Space-A terminal, assists John Brunslik, a retired Coast Guard first class petty officer, check in for his flight. Brunslik and his family have traveled using Space-A accommodation once a year since his retirement from the Coast Guard reserve. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Second Class Shawn Eggert)

Dec. 16, 2022

Your discounted travel option that earns dollars for Coast Guard MWR programs

American Forces Travel provides commissions to Morale, Well-being, and Recreation programs based on workforce’s use of its site for travel, lodging, events and more.