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Petty Officer Third Class Stephanie Williams and Seaman Thadeus Shudark are hard at work in the Sector Hampton Roads Command Center. Every day communications watchstanders stand ready for any event.

April 11, 2022

What you need to know about CGPAAS and the importance of updating your contact info, unblocking the CGPAAS notification numbers

Coast Guard’s Personnel Accountability and Assessment System undergoes upgrades

The Champions of Commerce wing will explore the Coast Guard’s history in facilitating the near endless flow of goods and materials in and out of the United States from the earliest lighthouse to modern day polar operations. (USCG photo)

April 8, 2022

Coast Guard to join sister service branches by getting its own national museum

Groundbreaking expected to take place late summer or early fall 2022

Long-time U.S. Life-Saving Service member and keeper, Patrick Etheridge, alleged to have uttered the unofficial Life-Saving Service motto of “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back.” (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back”—origin of the old Life-Saving Service motto

The lore behind the motto

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless' (WMEC-624) crewmembers offload bales of illegal narcotics on to pallet at Base Miami Beach, Florida, April 1, 2022. The Dauntless is homeported in Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez)

April 7, 2022

Frontline Focus: Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics, and more.

Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics; Kimball crew offloads more than 11,300 pounds of cocaine, more than 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth $223 million; Coast Guard rescues 3 mariners; and Cutter Tampa returns home.