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Aug. 30, 2021

Reaching out to connect with others can save lives

September is National Suicide Prevention Awareness Month

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Aug. 27, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s Ninth District--Guardians of the Great Lakes!

Within an area occupied by the states bordering the Great Lakes is located the U.S. Coast Guard’s Ninth District. The service’s presence on the Great Lakes began in the 19th century with the appearance of four Coast Guard predecessor agencies. These included the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, U.S. Lighthouse Service, Steamboat Inspection Service and

Aug. 26, 2021

WATCH: Coming soon, training for the new travel system

Here's more information about the Coast Guard's electronic travel system coming online in October

Aug. 26, 2021

Coast Guard hosts a wellness panel of experts to discuss weight loss, nutrition, and more

Join experts today to learn tactics for better health

U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant Adm. Charles Ray and Deputy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Master Chief Charles “Rob” Bushey mentor the recruits of Charlie and Delta 200 inside of the Ida Lewis Auditorium during their visit to U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Feb. 27, 2021. The Coast Guard’s recruit mentorship program is designed to provide our newest Coast Guard women and men with the opportunity to learn from and ask questions to highly-skilled and experienced Coast Guard service members who have excelled in today’s modern fleet. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Kearney)

Aug. 26, 2021

Providing mentorship opportunities from the ground up

Are you interested in mentoring a recruit company?

A Coast Guard air crew member helps transport a critically injured child from the helicopter to awaiting emergency medical services at Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard forward deployed Jayhawk helicopter crews are from Air Station Clearwater, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. David Steele)

Aug. 26, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake; USCG Cutter James offloads nearly 51,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth approximately $1.4 billion at Port Everglades; USCG, good Samaritan rescue 3 in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina; USCG completes Operation Nanook 2021; USCG rescues 3 from boat fire 150 miles south of Golfito, Costa Rica after their boat caught fire.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Monique Gilbreath and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristen Allen prepare to take part in a diving exercise at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, March 25, 2021. Gilbreath and Allen are the only two active female divers in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)

Aug. 23, 2021

Less than one percent of military divers are women, the U.S. Coast Guard has two

The Coast Guard is the smallest of the military branches. Being a diver in the Coast Guard is rare and being a female diver, even more so. There are only two active female divers in the Coast Guard. It is a small club.Diver (DV) is a unique job, or rating, in the Coast Guard. For the majority of ratings, you enter the Coast Guard as a seaman

Aug. 19, 2021

DoD365 Boot Camp is here!

Training starts Monday, so please test your access this week. You'll graduate ready to use all the new tools, with a Microsoft DoD365 Boot Camp certificate to validate your proficiency.

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which facilitates leadership development across all programs at the Academy. Ray is expected to begin his duties later this year after relieving Adm. Thad Allen, who served as the 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2006 to 2010 and has held the chair since 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Aux. David Lau)

Aug. 19, 2021

Admiral Ray named next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at CGA

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.Ray, who retired as the vice commandant of the Coast Guard earlier this year, previously served as the Pacific Area commander and has held flag assignments as the Deputy Pacific Area commander, and commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard

The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser rescues 48 Haitian migrants stranded on Monito Cay, Puerto Rico in the Mona Passage Aug. 12, 2021. The migrants were transported to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where they transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody and assisted by Emergency Medical Service personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 19, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico; Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska; Coast Guard Cutter Finback shifts homeport to Portland, Maine; Coast Guard Cutter Midgett holds change of command ceremony; Coast Guard, County of Kauai partners complete successful search and rescue exercise off Kauai, Honolulu

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