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Four cadets from the Topsail High School Coast Guard JROTC color guard present the colors at their Unit Establishment Ceremony at Topsail High School in Hampstead, North Carolina, Oct. 27, 2022. Representative Carson Smith from the North Carolina General Assembly (front row, left) and Rear Admiral Megan Dean, Coast Guard Director of Governmental and Public Affairs (front row, second from left) each delivered remarks during the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

Feb. 2, 2023

Coast Guard is expanding nationwide JROTC program 

The service is establishing four new units this year

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Feb. 1, 2023

Announcing MIT Seminar XXI Opportunity for Coast Guard Members

Here’s why you should apply for this unique program

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Feb. 1, 2023

Ready, set, post!

Join the rest of Coast Guard social media for a Feb. 1 STAR blitz to expand recruiting knowledge.

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Jan. 31, 2023

Civilians: Here’s a sneak peek at GovTA

A  team is already building  resources for summer 2023 transition.

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Jan. 31, 2023

Coast Guard supervisors: Here are best practices for preventing retaliation

Here are a few ways of being able to prevent retaliation.

Seaman Dylyn Gonzales prepares Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry’s (WPC 1140) New Year’s 2022 watch log entry while off Saipan. Oliver Henry currently the cutter on patrol in western Oceania and first in for response should the need arise, adds their contribution to this legacy. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Joesph Suttles

Jan. 30, 2023

Here are the 2023 New Year’s Logs!

Thanks to all this year’s participants.

Seaman Apprentice William Flores’s Coast Guard portrait. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 27, 2023

The Long Blue Line: “No greater love”—Billy Flores, hero of the Cutter Blackthorn

Embodying the motto "So others may live"...

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Jan. 26, 2023

SGLI maximums are increasing to $500,000

New law expands coverage cap for servicemembers.

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Jan. 24, 2023

How to spot and report retaliation

Second article in a series about anti-retaliation in the service.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel Dirvin runs in the Cocodona 250 race through Black Canyon City and into the Bradshaw Mountains in Arizona in 2022.

Jan. 24, 2023

Running for a cause: how one member runs for the Coast Guard community  

A Coast Guard member raises funds for CGMA through running. 

NOTICE: A lapse in appropriations has occurred. Military members will continue to report for duty as per normal operations. Excepted and exempt civilian employees will report to work as usual. Managers and supervisors of non-exempt/non-excepted civilian employees must begin conducting orderly shutdown on the next scheduled workday. FAQs and resources regarding the lapse operations will continue to be posted here and the internal lapse site.