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A Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew recovers their gear from the water after rescuing five people whose 20-foot pleasure craft starting sinking 1 mile off Freeport, Texas, Oct. 17, 2021. When the boaters called for help, all five were standing on the swamped vessel, wearing life jackets and preparing to enter the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station Freeport)

Oct. 21, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues five from water offshore Freeport, Texas, and more. 

Coast Guard rescues five  from  water  offshore Freeport, Texas; Coast Guard, good Samaritan crew rescue three from fishing vessel taking on water near Cape Flattery, Wash; Coast Guard medevacs man 80 miles off Montauk, N.Y.; Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel near Sitka, Alaska; the Costa Rican national guard service (SNG), working with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Joint Interagency Task Force – South located and escorted a suspicious commercial fishing vessel in their waters to a local pier; Mobile Training Branch is providing training and support to foreign coastal authorities; and Coast Guard TRACEN Yorktown’s International Division

Petty Officer Second Class, Andrew Simons, a health services technician (right), assists Air Force Maj. Katherine Rorer (left) at the Tripler Army Medical Center, Hawaii, during Tripler’s MHS GENESIS “go-live” mass vaccination evolution on Sept. 28. Simons recently participated in the Coast Guard's MHS GENESIS PACWAVE “go-live” on Aug. 21 at Coast Guard Base Honolulu and was able to lend his electronic health records experience to the event.

Oct. 21, 2021

BZ: MHS GENESIS goes live, and more

BZ: MHS GENESIS goes live; Training Center (TRACEN) Yorktown’s International Resident Training Branch; Congratulations to Cmdr. Melanie Burnham, International Association of Emergency Managers (IAEM) Uniformed Member Emergency Award winner; and Solicitation: The GEICO Military Service Awards Program is seeking applicants.

2021 LATINA Style Distinguished Military Service Award recipients

Oct. 20, 2021

Coast Guard announces 2021 LATINA Style Distinguished Military Service Award recipients 

Congratulations to all 2021 LATINA Style Distinguished Military Service Award recipients 

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Oct. 19, 2021

Changes coming on when to validate classes for Post-9/11 GI Bill

If you receive MHA, you will need to verify your classes monthly

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Oct. 18, 2021

Enlisted members: Consider applying to the Coast Guard Academy 

Attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Enlisted Select Opportunity Program virtual or in person  

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Oct. 15, 2021

Second round for ETS login information  

If you missed the first opportunity to register for ETS, watch your email for the invite link

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Oct. 15, 2021

Action required: Renew your dependent's USID card by Oct. 31

Deadlines to use expired Uniformed Services Identification (USID) cards are rapidly approaching.

Photograph of Radarman Sy Siegel with shipmates aboard the Aquarius. (Courtesy of Siegel Family)

Oct. 15, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Pacific War veteran Sy Siegel, 101 years strong and still Semper Paratus! 

Sy Siegel is one of many distinguished combat veterans of the long blue line.

Multiple U.S. and Canadian partner agencies planned and executed four large-scale interagency, binational operations throughout the summer. The various maritime law enforcement and security missions were held to deter illicit activities in the region, uphold multi-agency interoperability, and to ensure mission capabilities throughout the Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, and Strait of Juan de Fuca. (Courtesy photo)

Oct. 14, 2021

Frontline Focus: U.S., Canadian partner agencies complete joint maritime law enforcement, security operations throughout Puget Sound, and more. ​

U.S., Canadian partner agencies complete joint maritime law enforcement, security operations throughout Puget Sound; Coast Guard, partners searching for missing kayaker off Saipan; Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to oil spill near Gaithersburg, Maryland; Coast Guard rescues 199 Haitians; Unified command continues response to oil spill off Newport Beach, California.

Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, presents the Coast Guard Commendation Medal to members at Air Station Cape Cod, Oct.10, 2021. The Commendation Medal is awarded to members for their meritorious service that has resulted in unusual and outstanding achievement. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emma Fliszar/Released)

Oct. 14, 2021

BZ: Coast Guard Commandant presented awards honoring joint rescue, and more.

BZ: Coast Guard Commandant presented awards honoring joint rescue; Happy 246th Anniversary to the Chaplain Corps; Solicitation: 2022 Coast Guard Culinary Team (CGCT).