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NEW ORLEANS - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Boswell, a yeoman with the Eighth Coast Guard District Servicing Personnel Office, processes reserve orders, Oct. 31, 2011. Boswell is responsible for processing more than 80 reserve members at the district, which includes pay, orders, leave, annual verifications and much, much more. U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Casey J. Ranel.

April 26, 2022

OMPF: Critical records being uploaded now

As the service transitions official military personnel files to iPERMS with a go-live date this fall, critical record uploads for boards and panels are being prioritized.

Coast Guard member monitors container ship from the deck of a response boat

April 25, 2022

Attend OPM’s virtual roadshow and learn about managing a response career

Session to be held April 27 at 2 p.m. EST

April 22, 2022

Let’s go all in to end abuse, increase awareness during Child Abuse Prevention Month

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. This observance reminds us that our first duty is to our children—their safety, well-being and resilience is a Coast Guard priority.

A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

April 21, 2022

FSMS: Progress report from the Incident Command

The new FSMS Homepage: Navigating to Full Operational Capability has been launched! This centralized site brings all FSMS tools into one single location. You’ll find continued updates, searchable job aids, demos and discussion boards. If you use FSMS, you’ll want to bookmark this new microsite and spend time familiarizing yourself with all the

April 20, 2022

Civilian administrative leave authorized for voting

New policy from Civilian Human Resources

April 18, 2022

New policy ensures pay for postpartum Reservists

Mothers with qualifying birth events will have paid authorized absences in lieu of inactive duty for training

Three Coast Guard employees working in cubicle space

April 18, 2022

GS-13 civilians: Grow your leadership skills with SLTC

Dedicated time to focus on growth as a civilian leader in the Coast Guard

A U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet, a member of the Academy's cyber team looks at his computer while participating in the National Security Agency's (NSA) annual cyber exercise (NCX), here, Mar. 31, 2022. The Academy's cyber team won third place out of 12 total teams. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

April 18, 2022

Coast Guard Academy Participates in NSA Cyber Exercise 2022

Practicing cyber security with higher institutions.

A map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showing the State of Alaska and the epicenter of the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. (NOAA)

April 15, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “The land turned to liquid”—Coast Guard operations in the Great Alaska Earthquake

The land turned to liquid. A long slice of the seaward edge of the plain…a section nearly a mile long and as much as six hundred feet wide-compacted, slumped, and then slid into the bay… men tumbled into the water, grasping for anything – timbers, boxes, debris-to stay afloat. One clung to the side of the fissure before he too, fell in. In the

April 14, 2022

FSMS: Progress report from the Incident Command

Travel card payment dates extended; new FSMS microsite brings all resources into a single hub.

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