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Senior Executive Gary Rasicot is one of the recent winners of the Presidential Rank Award. He has served with distinction in numerous leadership positions within the Department of Homeland Security, including the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, and is currently serving as the acting assistant secretary for DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office.

Dec. 16, 2021

2 Coast Guard civilians receive highest award for senior executives; the perfect fit—how the Industrial Production Facility at Alameda collaborated to help Coast Guard Cutter Waesche get underway; meritorious advancement.

2 Coast Guard civilians receive the highest award bestowed upon senior executives. Congratulations to Coast Guard civilian senior executives Gary Rasicot and Calvin Lederer who were recognized for the 2021 Presidential Rank Award (PRA) program. The PRA program was established in 1978 and is one of the highest awards the President of the United

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Dec. 16, 2021

DoD Releases 2022 Basic Allowance for Housing Rates

BAH rates will increase an average of 5.1 percent when the new rates take effect on January 1, 2022.

The 2020 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year awardee, Jenifer Walker, is shown (top right) with her husband, Petty Officer First Class Bradley Walker, and their two children Andersen (left) and Trent (right).

Dec. 15, 2021

Calling all Coast Guard ombudsmen: you could be nominated for the 2021 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year Award 

Solicitations now open until Jan. 18, 2022 

Total Force Wellness Assessment Tool

Dec. 14, 2021

The Total Force Wellness Assessment Tool: How are you doing…really?

The tool launched this fall; open to members and their families

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Schuyler Chervinko (left), Petty Officer 3rd Class Forrest Coltham (center), both aviation maintenance technicians, and Petty Officer 2nd Class Doug Scherer, an avionics electrical technician, are the newest members of the Coast Guard's reserve aviation workforce program and began their reserve duty at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah, Georgia, Oct. 16, 2021. The program currently allows enlisted members in the aviation career field separating from active duty the opportunity to transfer into the reserves. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena)

Dec. 13, 2021

Reserve Aviation Crews arrive at Air Station Savannah

The three newest reserve enlisted aviation Coast Guardsmen arrived at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Oct. 16, and are ready to add their skill and expertise to the unit known as the, “Low Country Lifesavers.”Petty Officer 2nd Class Doug Scherer, an avionics electrical technician, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Forrest Coltham and Schuyler Chervinko,

African-American trailblazer, Lt.j.g. Clarence Samuels, in an official Coast Guard photograph during World War II. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 10, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Teenage Coast Guardsman Morris Dankner, the African-American experience in World War II

When the United States entered World War II, it became clear that for the nation to prevail, it would take a whole national effort. Understanding that the need to draw from all elements of society, a drive to recruit underrepresented elements of our society to the cause was of the utmost importance.When it came to the Coast Guard and its

Chelsea Hughes teaches a lesson to her first-grade class at W.D. Robbins Elementary school in Alabama, in Dec. 2019. (USCG photo)

Dec. 8, 2021

Accessible opportunities for work, volunteerism as a Coast Guard spouse 

Ways to spend your time, contribute to your family and community 

Dec. 7, 2021

New variant on the rise, get boosted now

With the Omicron variant making its way around the world, boost your immune system with a vaccine booster

Coast Guard members reviewing paperwork

Dec. 6, 2021

FSMS, the Coast Guard's financial system is delayed

Invoice processing and travel claims impacted by the delay

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Esan Simon, the Coast Guard Academy's Medical Director, poses for a portrait on the walkway to Jacob's Rock, the sailing center on campus, Nov. 11, 2021. Simon recently placed 15th on the Connecticut NAACP's "100 Most Influential Blacks in Connecticut list." (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

Dec. 6, 2021

Steadfast: How one Coast Guard captain navigates the uncharted seas of life

Expertise is a product of experience. It is a characteristic that is wholly meritocratic, with the amount of hours put toward refining one’s skill determining how far that individual will get in their profession. For U.S. Public Health Service (PHS) Officer Capt. Esan Simon, the Medical Director of the Coast Guard Academy, his constant desire to

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