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A Coast Guard aircrew medevacs a man experiencing symptoms of a heart attack aboard a 75-foot fishing vessel, 18 miles northeast of Virginia Beach, Dec. 1, 2021. The man was taken to Norfolk Sentara General Hospital in Norfolk, Virginia for medical care. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt Joe Bannon.)

Dec. 9, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs man suffering from heart attack symptoms in Portsmouth, Virginia and more. 

Coast Guard medevacs man suffering from heart attack symptoms, Virginia Beach, Virginia; Coast Guard called out after a suspicious boat crash into Ventura coast, California; Coast Guard suspends search for man overboard near Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and Coast Guard will 'platoon' icebreakers in Twin Ports, Minnesota and Superior, Wisconsin.

Chelsea Hughes teaches a lesson to her first-grade class at W.D. Robbins Elementary school in Alabama, in Dec. 2019. (USCG photo)

Dec. 8, 2021

Accessible opportunities for work, volunteerism as a Coast Guard spouse 

Ways to spend your time, contribute to your family and community 

Coast Guard service member looks out the window of a ship at the Pacific ocean

Dec. 8, 2021

Solicitation: Share your New Year watch log entry with MyCG

We want to hear from you about the first entry of 2022

Official headshot of Michael J. Swierc, who enlisted in the Coast Guard on Aug. 11, 1942, and trained as a motor machinist’s mate before deploying overseas for the first wave of the D-Day invasion. Swierc, who turned 100 years old on Nov. 6, 2021, received the Bronze Star Medal for helping save 126 Allied troops from drowning in the English Channel on June 6, 1944. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Pam Manka)

Dec. 7, 2021

VIDEO: Remembering Pearl Harbor 80 years later

On Dec. 7, 1941 Pearl Harbor the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, sending the United States

Dec. 7, 2021

New variant on the rise, get boosted now

With the Omicron variant making its way around the world, boost your immune system with a vaccine booster

A group of cadets from the Coast Guard Academy's Class of 2021 present a capstone project in stormwater management in conjunction with U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown. Within the nine majors of study at the USCGA, most cadets complete a project-oriented capstone course during the spring semester of their 1/c (senior) year that have the ability to directly improve the Coast Guard’s operational success and mission goals in the fleet. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Dec. 7, 2021

Coast Guard Academy capstone projects impact the fleet 

Within the nine majors of study at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy (CGA), most cadets complete a

Coast Guard members reviewing paperwork

Dec. 6, 2021

FSMS, the Coast Guard's financial system is delayed

Invoice processing and travel claims impacted by the delay

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Esan Simon, the Coast Guard Academy's Medical Director, poses for a portrait on the walkway to Jacob's Rock, the sailing center on campus, Nov. 11, 2021. Simon recently placed 15th on the Connecticut NAACP's "100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut list." (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

Dec. 6, 2021

Steadfast: How one Coast Guard captain navigates the uncharted seas of life

Expertise is a product of experience. It is a characteristic that is wholly meritocratic, with the

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Dec. 6, 2021

Microsoft Teams boot camp sessions start this week

Familiarize yourself with the ins and outs of DoD365 Teams

Jessica Cross, a research oceanographer with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration​ Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, shows the course of an unmanned wind-propelled and solar-powered surface vehicle Tuesday, Aug. 29, 2017, from a computer on the bridge of the Coast Guard Cutter Healy as the crew transits the southern Chukchi Sea. This is one of two sailing drones Cross is in charge of, and while aboard the Healy, she and the crew rendezvoused with both vehicles so that Cross could calibrate specific instrumentation by comparing location data samples with what the sensors aboard the vehicles were reading. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross

Dec. 3, 2021

Get your holiday vacation and other requests in before Direct Access goes offline Dec. 20

Make sure you’re prepared