Sept. 16, 2020

Share Your COVID-19 lessons learned and best practices with CG leadership

Share your innovation ideas stemmed from COVID-19 with CG_Ideas@Work, a crowdsourcing platform where Coast Guard members, civilians, reservists, and auxiliarists can propose new innovative ideas. Run by the Acquisition Directorate, CG_Ideas@Work is a major source of inspiration for RDT&E and Innovation – the office responsible for capturing new ideas in the Coast Guard.

Sept. 16, 2020

Solicitation for State of the Coast Guard Stories

Do you have a story idea for the State of the Coast Guard 2021? Send your idea to Please send all ideas to SOTCG2021@gmail.com. 

Sept. 14, 2020

USCG joins forces with Navy to launch Naval Community College program

The Coast Guard is partnering with the Navy and Marine Corps to establish the U.S. Naval Community College (NCC) with a pilot program that is scheduled to officially kick off in January 2021.

Sept. 11, 2020

Body composition screenings resume Oct. 1

All Body Composition Screenings will resume Oct. 1, after being suspended this spring due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The Body Composition Program (“weigh-ins”) is currently in a pilot phase, which has abdominal circumference (AC) as an additional method of compliance, based on medical data indicating that it provides a more accurate health snapshot. The physical fitness test (PFT) also remains a method of compliance during the pilot program extension (01 Oct – 30 Nov). The goal is to improve the Coast Guard's approach to assessing members' health and readiness.

Sept. 9, 2020

Deck plate leader of the week: Chief Samuel Kerger

Our Deck Plate Leader of the Week is Chief Petty Officer Samuel Kerger from Marine Safety Detachment Coram - Long Island, New York!

Sept. 8, 2020

VIDEO: Hurricane evacuation procedures and resources for Coast Guard families

Note: This video was created and edited by the Coast Guard’s Fifth District Public Affairs Officer, Lt. Cmdr. Daniel A. Schrader to educate families on hurricane evacuation procedures and the resources available to them.

Sept. 8, 2020

USCG launches electronic health records system

The Coast Guard is rolling out electronic health records, beginning with four pilot sites on the West Coast. The new military health system’s MHS GENESIS will enable the Service to transition from paper records to a state-of-the-art system with an impressive array of benefits for both patients and health-care providers.

Sept. 4, 2020

Wading Into Flooded Waters – New Flood Response Training Finishes Its Inaugural Course

In August 72 Coast Guardsmen participated in the Service’s inaugural flood response training in Beltsville, IN. These members received this training because of the likelihood that they will be called on to respond to a flood within the community they serve.  

Sept. 3, 2020

Improvements to Your Coast Guard Behavioral Health Services

How are you doing? This is a question that we often ask of one another. And yet, during today’s climate and challenges—the responses you may receive may be marred with stress. Although Coast Guard leadership has responded to primary workforce needs during these unprecedented times with greater telework flexibility, a dedicated COVID-19 website and support teams, Medical Mondays, Wellness Wednesdays and more, there is still an ever-increasing need to provide the workforce with the skills to cope with stress and increase resiliency.
 

Sept. 2, 2020

You’re a Part of the CG Family Too—Suicide Prevention Efforts at the Coast Guard

Life in a military family can be challenging for each family member, not just the member. Upheavals like permanent change of station (PCS) moves, school changes, and deployments can increase feelings of isolation, loss, and hopelessness – and they are all risk factors associated with suicide.