Dec. 17, 2020

New: Coast Guard offers two-year enlistments

The Coast Guard is now offering a two-year active duty enlistment option for fiscal year 2021.The new enlistment contract is designed for candidates interested in serving, but reluctant to commit to a longer contract. It is also intended to help grow the Reserve Corps. “As today’s young people enter the job market, they will likely favor greater

Dec. 16, 2020

New: Individual Development Plans help plan your career

The new two-page form covers training, education, assignments and more.

Dec. 16, 2020

Congratulations to the 2020 Hopley Yeaton Award recipients

Annual awards honor excellent cutters and superior cuttermen

Dec. 16, 2020

Members: Help DoD set the new COLA rates for all services

DoD will email you the Living Pattern Survey in January.

Dec. 15, 2020

Deck Watch Officers: New $40K bonus to go afloat

Your leadership and ambition is needed at sea!

Dec. 11, 2020

The Long Blue Line: “Big Mac” attack--Icebreaker Mackinaw battles Lake Ice 75 years ago!

Normally, lake ice begins thawing at the end of April, but “Big Mac”--as the icebreaker is affectionately called in the Lakes region--has opened shipping lanes as early as the third week in March, thus facilitating the early movement of millions of tons of iron ore, grain, and other vital cargo.    U.S. Coast Guard Public AffairsFor generations,

Dec. 10, 2020

Game changer? Coast Guard tests unmanned surface vehicles

Self-driving boats might help with SAR, crowd control, smuggling and migrant interdiction

Dec. 9, 2020

Leadership and Management School: Professional development in a virtual environment

The Leadership and Management School is now offered virtually.

Dec. 7, 2020

Heavy metal: It took a crane, a barge and a 23-year-old motor, but Healy will return to the Arctic

Check out the seriously cool time-lapse video.

Dec. 7, 2020

Supervisors: How to support breastfeeding in the field