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Dr. Sharon Zelmanowtiz is recognized as a 2021 Women of Color (WOC) STEM Technology All-Star for helping to foster the advancement of equity, diversity and inclusion at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. Serving as an inspiration to many at the CGA for almost 30 years, Zelmanowtiz continues to advise and mentor countless the future leaders of the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Medley)

Aug. 26, 2021

Engineering your success: Dr. Sharon Zelmanowitz

CGA celebrates the first permanent female faculty member in engineering who also became the first female Dean of Engineering.

Auxiliarist Patrick M. Brown, recipient of the 2020 Auxiliarist of the Year Award, developed innovative solutions for Auxiliary elections during Covid-19. Brown also made significant contributions following the March 2020 tornado that devastated several middle-Tennessee communities.

Aug. 26, 2021

BZ: Congratulations to Patrick M. Brown for earning the 2020 Auxiliarist of the Year Award, and more

BZ: Congratulations to Patrick M. Brown for earning the 2020 Auxiliarist of the Year Award; Bravo Zulu to the recipients of the 2020 Civilian Employee of the Year (CEOY) and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year (NAF EOY) Awards; Solicitations: Reserve commander off-season assignment.

A Coast Guard air crew member helps transport a critically injured child from the helicopter to awaiting emergency medical services at Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard forward deployed Jayhawk helicopter crews are from Air Station Clearwater, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. David Steele)

Aug. 26, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake; USCG Cutter James offloads nearly 51,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth approximately $1.4 billion at Port Everglades; USCG, good Samaritan rescue 3 in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina; USCG completes Operation Nanook 2021; USCG rescues 3 from boat fire 150 miles south of Golfito, Costa Rica after their boat caught fire.

Jolie Z. – 7th grade, Wang Qi Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA, is the grand prize winner of grades 6-12.

Aug. 24, 2021

Young artists spotlight the vital role of seafarers in the 2021 Student Art Contest

View winning student artwork from around the Americas

Petty Officer 2nd Class Monique Gilbreath and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristen Allen prepare to take part in a diving exercise at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, March 25, 2021. Gilbreath and Allen are the only two active female divers in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)

Aug. 23, 2021

Less than one percent of military divers are women, the U.S. Coast Guard has two

The Coast Guard is the smallest of the military branches. Being a diver in the Coast Guard is rare

Aug. 20, 2021

Opportunity for Arabic linguists to improve web-based field test

The Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center needs Arab speaking military or civilians to improve language exams

Aug. 19, 2021

DoD365 Boot Camp is here!

Training starts Monday, so please test your access this week. You'll graduate ready to use all the new tools, with a Microsoft DoD365 Boot Camp certificate to validate your proficiency.

Professor Janet McLeavey at her retirement ceremony, Aug. 11, 2021. McLeavey became the first female faculty member to be employed by the Coast Guard Academy in 1974 and subsequently served for 37 years. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban).

Aug. 19, 2021

First to lead the way

Trailblazing faculty member was the first female professor at CGA

Coast Guard women are assigned the same operational duties as men, whether its aboard cutters, small boats or as aircrew members.

Aug. 19, 2021

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes, and more

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes; Bravo Zulu to the 2020 CAPT Godfrey L. Carden and BM1 John C. Cullen Maritime Security Response Operations (MSRO) Excellence Award; Solicitation for FY21 Special Command Aide of the Year

The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser rescues 48 Haitian migrants stranded on Monito Cay, Puerto Rico in the Mona Passage Aug. 12, 2021. The migrants were transported to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where they transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody and assisted by Emergency Medical Service personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 19, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico; Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska; Coast Guard Cutter Finback shifts homeport to Portland, Maine; Coast Guard Cutter Midgett holds change of command ceremony; Coast Guard, County of Kauai partners complete successful search and rescue exercise off Kauai, Honolulu