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A photograph of the Chase’s boarding party motoring out to the 35-foot Haitian sailing vessel Exoribe. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 2, 2024

Raising The White Picket Fence

The 1981 origin of the Coast Guard’s Haitian Migration Interdiction Operations.

Make sure you complete the FEVS survey before July 4!

Aug. 1, 2024

DHS Surge Capacity Force seeks federal employee volunteers

Join us on August 8th to learn more!

A photo of a large group of people standing in front of a building staggered vertically as everyone is standing on different levels of stairs.

July 31, 2024

Resilience Coordinators are ready to help you be stronger, happier, and healthier

100 Coasties are trained to help their shipmates. Here's how.

The USCG emblem over a white background with a navy-colored border around the background.

July 29, 2024

Commandant’s 2025 guidance on promotions, advancements, and assignments now available

Includes updates on evaluation criteria for officers.

A vintage photo of a Coast Guard HH-3F “Pelican” making a hoist at sea. (Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation association)

July 26, 2024

SS Steel Executive — an impossible and heroic aviation medevac

“In honoring the Coast Guard by my selection, I really feel that you honored a service that from the helicopters very beginning — we employed it to rescue thousands of people and saved millions of dollars of property.” - Lt. Cmdr. Paul Lewis

The VA offers support to sexual assault survivors.

July 25, 2024

Commandant updates Congress one year after Accountability and Transparency Review

“We have made great progress across all actions” and have also identified and completed additional actions aligned with the ATR's objectives.

Ken Stetz’s award-winning oil painting, “Absorbing the roll” (Image courtesy of the Coast Guard Art Program).

July 23, 2024

Coast Guard Art Program announces George Gray Award winner

Ken Stetz is honored for artistic excellence.

Capt. Brian Maggi, Head of Civil Engineering at the Coast Guard Academy, holds up a drone during a training course at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Conn, Feb 21, 2023. The Coast Guard Short Ranged Unmanned Aerial Systems (SR-UAS) program is designed to create designated pilots and integrate drone capabilities into various missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matt Thieme)

July 23, 2024

Short-Range Unmanned Aircraft Systems – Challenging the status quo

How to boost your programs' efficiency, safety, and reduce costs for various missions.

A Coast Guard Port Security Unit 308 transportable port security boat is loaded onto a U.S. Air Force C-5M Galaxy at Stennis International Airport. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson)

July 22, 2024

Empowering YOU through your mobilization cycle

Reservists: These insider's tips will make your next activation easier for you and your family.

U.S. Coast Guardsmen assigned to the USCGC Heriberto Hernandez (WPC 1114), a Fast Response Cutter homeported in San Juan, Puerto Rico, delivers food near the port of Ponce, Puerto Rico, Sept. 27, 2017. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Michael De Nyse)

July 19, 2024

Lessons learned from 2017’s Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico

Eyewitness accounts to the catastrophic Hurricane Maria, revealing the commitment to service, devotion to duty and willingness to make sacrifices that characterize the Coast Guard and the Coast Guard community.

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