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crewmembers harvesting hydroponic lettuce

March 14, 2022

Cutter Polar Star enjoys farm to galley produce, grown in the hangar

Experimental hydroponic garden on heavy icebreaker becomes new source of fresh vegetables at sea

Adm. Karl Shultz, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, addresses Jen Gaudio during her retirement ceremony at the Coast Guard Academy Museum, March 2.

March 11, 2022

Fair winds and following seas: Coast Guard Museum curator retires

“Her work with young cadets will ensure her legacy will be intact for decades yet to come.”

Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper and USCGC Joseph Gerczak conducted security patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone throughout February 2022, to protect fisheries and other natural resources. The Juniper and Joseph Gerczak crews helped fill the operational presence needed to deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing while Samoa’s Nafanua II patrol boat underwent routine maintenance. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

March 11, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard, partner agencies continue salvage operations for grounded boat on Kehoe Beach, Calif., and more. 

Coast Guard, partner agencies continue salvage operations for grounded boat on Kehoe Beach, Calif.; Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to homeport after 60-Day Eastern Pacific Ocean patrol; U.S. Coast Guard patrols Exclusive Economic Zone in partnership with Samoa; and Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger near New Orleans.

Sailors assigned to the Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Kearsarge (LHD 3) serve food during a Friends and Family Day event hosted aboard Kearsarge. The officers and crew of Kearsarge hosted a Friends and Family Day event to display their operational capabilities to their loved ones. (U.S. Navy Photo by MC3 Kaitlyn E. Eads/Released)

March 11, 2022

10 tips to help you maintain your weight while gathering with friends and family 

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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Garrett disconnects a crane hook from a small boat Jan. 22, 2020, near McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

March 8, 2022

How to spot hazardous equipment and operators

Learn more during March’s Support Equipment Safety Awareness Month

Ensign Spencer King assigned to the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton, received his commission in a very unique way.

March 8, 2022

From working on cruise ships to a Coast Guard commission

A former sea cadet rides waves of adversity through the pandemic, pursuing a commission after enlistment

March 4, 2022

Message from the Commandant: Celebrate women who provide healing and hope in March

Women's History Month 2022

A veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, Lt. Frank Newcomb served for over 40 years in the U.S. sea services. He was a progressive thinking man and considered one of the finest officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 4, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Revenue Cutter Hudson and the Battle of Cardenas Bay in the War with Spain

The service’s first minority members honored for heroism in combat in the War with Spain

Female Coast Guard petty officer having a conversation with a potential recruit

March 3, 2022

Coast Guard women can share their story with the Women's Leadership Initiative

(Her)story of the Coast Guard

Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark transits the waters of the Salish Sea alongside HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife during a joint exercise on Feb. 17, 2022. The exercise was conducted to train and prepare Royal Canadian navy crews for deployments to support United States counter-narcotics operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier)

March 3, 2022

Frontline Focus: U.S. Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy, and more.  

Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy; Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns to homeport following 52-day patrol; Coast Guard discovers illegal halibut catch near Kodiak, Alaska; Coast Guard repatriates 42 Cubans to Cuba; and Coast Guard commissions 46th Sentinel-class cutter. 

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