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April 9, 2024

CDC updates guidance for respiratory viral illnesses to include COVID

If you’re feeling unwell, stay home and social distance. For severe cases, contact your clinic or doctor.

Graphic to inform readers about the Rating Force Master Chiefs AMA on April 17th.

April 9, 2024

Got questions on how the Cyber Executive Order will affect you?

CMS, MST, and IS RFMCs will host an Ask Me Anything to help explain the impacts.

American Library Association’s National Library Week 2024

April 8, 2024

Ready! Set! Research!

It’s National Library Week. Celebrate by visiting your local library or by participating in one of the many information sharing events happening this week!

Denim Day 2024

April 8, 2024

Coast Guard honors Denim Day

Stand in solidarity with sexual assault survivors on April 24 by wearing denim.

406 Day 2024: Celebrating over 50,000 lives saved

April 5, 2024

406 Day 2024: Celebrating over 50,000 lives saved

The Coast Guard celebrates 406 Day, April 6th, alongside our Search and Rescue Satellite-Aided Tracking (SARSAT) partners - National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, U.S. Space Force, and U.S. Air Force.

Adm. Linda Fagan took questions with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Heath Jones, during the hour-long event where they answered questions submitted online in advance and from in-person attendees.

April 4, 2024

Coast Guard Commandant challenges workforce to move the service forward

"Together we create the opportunity and together we create the culture that we aspire to.” - Adm. Linda Fagan

As the “backbone” of our prevention efforts, CDARs conduct yearly prevention training, provide administrative support for screening, assessment, and referral to care.

April 4, 2024

Finding Support: Honoring the Coast Guard’s Command Drug and Alcohol Representatives (CDARs)

For Alcohol Awareness Month, thank your CDAR, the backbone of prevention efforts.

Hikers watch the sunrise over Lanikai Beach from the Kaiwa Ridge Trail on Oahu in 2016. The Coast Guard wants members to be able to take advantage of all their leave to refresh and recharge. (Photo by: U.S. Navy Mass Communication Specialist 1st Class Rebecca Wolfbrandt)

April 3, 2024

Special Leave Accrual: What qualifies and what does not

Coast Guard issues reminder about SLA after requests hit record high.

Cmdr. Andre Douglas joins the Coast Guard Reserve during a commissioning ceremony presided over by Adm. Linda L. Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2024. Douglas, a Coast Guard Academy Class of 2008 graduate, reported to NASA in January, 2022, and completed astronaut training March 5, 2024. (U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles)

April 2, 2024

Meet the Newest Coast Guard Astronaut

Commander Andre Douglas to boldly go where few have gone before.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

April 1, 2024

Step Forward. Prevent. Report. Advocate.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

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