Family

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy welcomes 300 young women and men to the Class of 2027 for Day One, June 26, 2023. Day One marks the start of Swab Summer, an intensive seven-week program that prepares students for military and Academy life. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Thieme)

July 16, 2024

Coast Guard updates Swab Summer for incoming Academy cadets

Service adds new oversight, alters training structure

Photo of a hurricane on radar, with a blue rectangular border and bold white letters superimposed over the image that says "Hurricane Readiness 2024"

June 13, 2024

Make sure you are ready for hurricane season—June through November

MyCG has collected resources for you and your families.

The Parental Leave Augmentation Program was born from the CG’s Women’s Retention RAND study, with a purpose of alleviating the guilt our female members experience from extended absences away while balancing the physical demands and desires to have a child.

June 11, 2024

Five years of the Parental Leave Augmentation Program

Through the program, reservists have helped hundreds of Coast Guard families take needed time to welcome new children.

May 31, 2024

Supplemental Education Grants temporarily paused

CGMA Supplemental Education Grants will be paused to focus on support during hurricane season.

Coast Guard blue background with an eagle and life saving floatie in the center. Inside of the life saving device is a wave and a star.

May 31, 2024

Coast Guard announces new recruiting initiative beta test

Prospective recruits may now be eligible to enlist under the Return to You Program, which guarantees their first assignment after basic training will be close to home.

Rare photograph of landing craft from the Samuel Chase landing the first wave of troops on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Frank DeVita may have manned one of these landing craft. (National Archives)

May 31, 2024

“Love your Freedom, because that’s what we fought for” — D-Day Gunner’s Mate Frank DeVita

“There’s a cemetery right above Omaha Beach with 9,400 dead GIs. I go there every year and I cry, and I cry. They made the biggest sacrifice. They gave their lives so that we have freedom today.” - Frank DeVita