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Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro poses aboard a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter (MEC) while serving as Situation Unit Leader during Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro).

Dec. 11, 2024

From facility inspections to a Fulbright Scholarship

Inside the journey of Coast Guard Reservist Petty Officer 3rd Class Elizabeth Montoro.

How Crucial Conversations training is helping Coast Guard members improve communications when stakes are high.

Dec. 9, 2024

Rx for those tough work conversations

How Crucial Conversations training is helping Coast Guard members improve communications when stakes are high.

Grimy marines return to the Arthur Middleton for rest and recovery after the Battle of Eniwetok. (National Archives)

Dec. 6, 2024

Hoyle’s Hell

Coast Guardsman masters the bloody beaches of the Pacific.

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda L. Fagan and Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Vice Adm. Thomas G. Allan, Jr. recognize winners of the 2023 Civilian Employee of the Year (CEOY) and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year (NAF EOY) Awards during the Fall 2024 Senior Leaders Conference at Coast Guard Headquarters, Nov. 6, 2024 (U.S. Coast Guard photo).

Dec. 5, 2024

Coast Guard announces winners of Civilian and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year Awards

Eight employees honored for outstanding performance.

ADM Linda Fagan reminds Special Board members that they “bear a sacred trust for both the future of our Service and those officers under consideration.”

Dec. 3, 2024

Commandant issues clear guidance to Special Boards

ADM Linda Fagan reminds Special Board members that they “bear a sacred trust for both the future of our Service and those officers under consideration.”

BMCM Poulin is honored as part of the 2018 Memorial Day Parade for Nahant, Massachusetts. (Courtesy of the Poulin family)

Nov. 29, 2024

BMCM Maurice Poulin, World War II veteran

This essay is based on the author’s interview with retired master chief and World War II veteran, Maurice Poulin, regarding his World War II experiences.

Nov. 26, 2024

#GiveHappy

#GiveHappy this #GivingTuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, to raise money and volunteer for your favorite charities!

1894 photograph of Keeper Lawson surrounded by his NWU student surfmen. (Courtesy of NWU Deering Library)

Nov. 22, 2024

Lawrence Lawson’s Thanksgiving Day rescue

"Thanksgiving Day 1889 will doubtless ever be remembered by the crew of Calumet... for on this day the student surfmen of Northwestern and their fearless keeper kept them from a watery grave."