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Rear Adm. Andrew Sugimoto currently serves as the Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Intelligence. As the Coast Guard’s Chief of Intelligence, he leads the efforts of over 1,100 intelligence professionals who conduct the service’s intelligence programs, to include collection activities, analysis and production, geospatial intelligence, counterintelligence, cryptology and critical IT and security functions.

March 31, 2021

Virtual Listening Session: Anti-Asian Sentiment

Join this virtual community conversation discussing the recent increase in Anti-Asian Sentiment in the United States.

March 30, 2021

'We've been told we're too nice.'

You won't want to miss CGC Hamilton's video celebrating its female crew members.

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Chief Petty Officer William Herr, chief of police for Training Center Cape May, and his sons browse the aisles of the new Coast Guard Market Place aboard the training center during a sneak peek for Coast Guard families Nov. 4, 2012. The new MarketPlace is a benefit for military service members, their families, authorized beneficiaries and military retirees. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska.

March 30, 2021

LAST CALL! Complete the Living Pattern Survey by Wednesday, March 31

Survey takes 30 minutes and has lasting impact to paychecks

March 26, 2021

Spouse of retired Coast Guard officer at the heart of Coast Guard Ombudsman’s origin story

Wanda Allen-Yearout recalls building the program 35 years ago.

The 82-foot patrol boats of Squadron One (RONONE) deploying from Subic Bay in the Philippines to the theater of operations in Vietnam. (U.S. Coast Guard)

March 26, 2021

The Long Blue Line: The Coast Guard in Vietnam-a remembrance

Fifty-five years after the Coast Guard joined the fight in Vietnam, we commemorate those servicemembers who went in harm’s way, several of whom paid with their lives in a land far from home.

March 26, 2021

MyCG app launches PCS Season tab

Make sure you've got the latest news, policy, forms and resources.

The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration program was created to right those wrongs. The commemoration honors all United States veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces from Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975. We are in the midst of a 50-year anniversary commemoration of that 20-year period of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 25, 2021

Mass vaccination sites are helping the U.S. honor Vietnam War veterans

Vietnam War Veteran's Day is March 29. More than 8,000 Coast Guard members served in the war.

Lt j.g. Lara Dallman-Weiss (left) and Lt j.g. Nicole "Nikki" Barnes ( right at the tiller) members at U.S. Coast Guard Sector Miami, train for the USA Women's 470 Summer Olympics March 1, 2020, Miami, Fl. Dallman-Weiss and Barnes have trained very hard to become USA Women's 470 Contenders. ( U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

March 25, 2021

LTJG makes service history, will compete in Tokyo Olympics

Lt. j.g. Nikole Barnes sails into the upcoming summer Olympics

A Coast Guard Station St. Petersburg 29-foot Response Boat – Small II boat crew approaches the 27-foot boat Aug. 31, 2020, to conduct a safety boarding. Federal law requires uninspected passenger vessels to carry only a maximum of six passengers for hire with a Merchant Mariner Credential. Bareboat charters, when properly applied, transfer complete ownership of a vessel to the charterer as a recreational vessel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)

March 25, 2021

Recreational boat engine cut-off switch law will improve maritime safety

Beginning April 1, 2021, operators of recreational vessels less than 26 feet in length will be required to use the engine cut-off switch (ECOS) and associated ECOS link (ECOSL).

The women of the U.S. Coast Guard's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Innovation program in a photo illustration for Women's History Month, 2021.
Pictured are:
Front row (from left): Meg Tusia, Lt. Anne Newton, Alexandra Swan, D.J. Hastings and Holly Wendelin. Second row: Shalane Regan, Monica Cisternelli, Christine Hansen, Karin Messenger, Julie Dozier, Wendy Chaves, Fideline Rosius, Kellie August, Minh-Thu Phan and Amy Cutting. Back row: Helen Carnes, Lauren Eberly, Christine Mahoney, Lt. j.g. Jennifer Hansen, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Kleinsmith, Kim Babcock, Jennifer Ibaven, Judith Connelly, Capt. Kim Guedry, Dr. Benedette Adewale and Lt. Elizabeth Murphy. Not pictured: Margaret Exton, Irene Gonin, Taylor Kall, Rae Mason, Grace Python, Gail Roderick, Anita Trombino, Christine Wadsworth and Cmdr. Michelle Noonan.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo illustration.)

March 25, 2021

Women in RDT&E and Innovation help drive Coast Guard mission success

Women’s History Month serves as a reminder of the many contributions and strengths women bring to the Coast Guard.

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