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Coast Guard member comes home to her family after a deployment, with the whole family sharing a warm embrace. (U.S. Coast Guard illustration by Lt. j.g. Gary Rodriguez)

Feb. 20, 2025

How one officer combines a passion for art and service

Lt. j.g. Gary Rodriguez’s illustrations do more than decorate a website, they convey the Coast Guard’s mission in a way words cannot.

Coast Guard Reserve established Feb. 19, 1941.

Feb. 19, 2025

Happy 84th Birthday, Coast Guard Reserve!

Dedicated surge force celebrates more than eight decades supporting Service.

MSRT members deployed in a special rigid-hull inflatable patrol boat. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Feb. 14, 2025

MSSTs and MSRTs — forged in the crucible of 9/11

The Coast Guard’s response to 9/11 demonstrated its flexibility and relevance to homeland security and rapid response requirements.

Emblem of the Coast Guard Senior Education and Fellowship Program (SEFP).

Feb. 13, 2025

Unlock your potential with MIT Seminar XXI

The elite program can supercharge your career.

World War II-era Temporary Reserve Recruiting Poster. (Author’s photo)

Feb. 7, 2025

World War II’s “Home Guard”

The story of Coast Guard’s part-time warriors, the Temporary Reserve.

Ellyn Metcalf, Vice President of Education at National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation, Chris Cassidy, President and CEO of the Museum Foundation, accept Douglas Munro’s Medal of Honor from Master Chief Petty Officer Shawn Burns, Command Master Chief of the Eight Coast Guard District and James Brundage, Director of Programs and Exhibits for the National Coast Guard Museum, Jan. 28, 2025 (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 3rd Class Perry Shirzad)

Feb. 5, 2025

The Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor has a new home—for now!

Douglas Munro’s award loaned to new Medal of Honor Museum.

A photograph of Hart (in back row) posing with a group of Coast Guard officers on the deck of an 83-foot patrol boat. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 31, 2025

Hero William Hart’s stolen Gold Lifesaving Medal

Hart was recognized for the rescue of a crewman from the Tug Thomas Tracy.

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley (WMEC 39) transits inbound Dutch Harbor while on patrol in the Gulf of Alaska. As the only major cutter homeported in Alaska, Alex Haley’s primary missions are search and rescue, international/domestic fisheries enforcement, and homeland defense. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Lt. j.g. John Walsh)

Jan. 31, 2025

We asked – You delivered! Part Three

Here’s the last compilation of creative New Year’s Logs.

The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) transits Glacier Bay, Alaska, Aug. 1, 2024, while patrolling the region. Stratton’s crew returned to its homeport in Alameda, Calif., on Nov. 4, after completing a 110-day patrol in the Arctic Ocean, Chukchi Sea and Bering Sea. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.

Jan. 27, 2025

We asked – You delivered!

Here’s the first compilation of creative New Year’s Logs.

A rare photograph of Allied POWs marching in formation at Cabanatuan Prison. Crotty was remembered by fellow prisoners for his sense optimism despite his dire surroundings in the prison camp. (Courtesy of the MacArthur Memorial Library, Norfolk, Virginia)

Jan. 27, 2025

Crotty — Joint Forces hero of the Pacific War

The story of the first Coast Guard prisoner of war (POW) since the War of 1812.

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