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Posed official photograph of the Coast Guard commandant, Rear Adm. Frederick Billard (U.S. Coast Guard)

Nov. 19, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Catching the rumrunners—Coast Guard adopts new technology during Prohibition

[Prohibition] was a hard unremitting war with few of the rewards normally accompanying performance of such duty. Yet under the law, the Coast Guard had no alternative but to conduct it with zeal and dedication, utilizing all the resources at its command. The story of the “Noble Experiment” is in large part a Coast Guard story.    Commandant Edwin

The Seattle-based Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) sits at anchor in Taylor Bay, Alaska, Feb. 10, 2020, ahead of their scheduled logistics stop in Juneau, Alaska, near the end of their months-long Arctic deployment. In addition to Polar Star's strategic national security objectives, the nation's sole heavy icebreaker sailed north with scientists and researchers aboard to better understand how to operate year-round in Arctic waters. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cindy Oldham.

Nov. 18, 2021

SWE point increase instituted for cutter crews 

Enlisted personnel will receive exam credits for sea duty

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Nov. 18, 2021

Common Access Card credentials needed to access DoD365 applications and web pages

Periodically enter your PIN to securely access Outlook, Teams, and OneDrive

An Airman holds an electronic cigarette at Scott Air Force Base, Illinois, Aug. 13, 2014. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is investigating the more than 2,000 cases of e-cigarette, or vaping, product use associated lung injury that have occurred across the country. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class Erica Crossen)

Nov. 18, 2021

Quit smoking beginning with the “Great American Smokeout”

The American Cancer Society is encouraging people to quit smoking on this one day 

Gunner’s mates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Spencer shoot messenger lines to a disabled fishing vessel 100 miles off the coast of New York to bring the vessel in tow. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Katharine Ingham)

Nov. 18, 2021

Frontline Focus: Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns home after a 33-day patrol and more. 

Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Spencer returns home after a 33-day patrol; 17 mariners  rescued in two days highlights importance of preparation, partnerships; America's only heavy icebreaker departs Seattle homeport; bound for Antarctica; and Coast Guard, partner agencies investigating cause of Southern California pipeline fracture.

Chief Petty Officer Brian Sorensen and his children, Alexis and Blake, participate in the 12th annual Coast Guard Flags Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 6, 2010. Members of FAA place flags at the graves of fallen Coast Guardsmen as part of the event. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

Nov. 18, 2021

BZ: Putting training to the test, 2021 recipients of the Captain Frank A. Erickson and Commander Elmer F. Stone Aviation Awards, Coast Guard honors fallen, Apply for grants

Bravo Zulu to A-school students at TRACEN Yorktown! Boatswain’s mate A-school students and instructors at Training Center (TRACEN) Yorktown diverted from their studies Oct. 20 to respond to two search and rescue cases. While conducting two-boat towing operations, on the York River, students and crew of a 38-foot training boat observed a pontoon

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Nov. 17, 2021

Coast Guard Inspirational Leadership Awards seeking 2022 nominations

Resources for how to submit the most impactful nomination package for your shipmates 

Lt. Cmdr. Kirk Kalmbacher (top left), his wife Caroline (top right) and their children pose for a family picture.

Nov. 17, 2021

The Coast Guard can help lessen your fees to adopt a child

November is National Adoption Month

The Coast Guard UAS Team used a drone to take this infrared image of the Chevron oil storage tank that caught fire in Pasadena, Texas, Aug. 18, 2020. It was used to determine if the fire was out or there was a risk of re-flash. The red areas indicate where residual heat in the remaining oil and surrounding steel is most intense. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Cameron Steinmetz and Petty Officer 3rd Class Tim Loveday.

Nov. 15, 2021

Coast Guard drones can see underwater and inside vessels during response to hurricanes and extreme weather events

Unmanned aircraft systems big and serve as a response powerhouse

Lt. Cmdr. Michael Carr (left) and Lt. Cmdr. Regina Caffery (right) are pictured during the "go-live" effort to deploy MHS GENESIS at Base New Orleans, Nov. 8, 2021. The Atlantic Area clinics and sickbays all began launching Nov. 6. Both Carr and Caffery are part of the “Pay it Forward” Program and traveled from a Pacific Area site, Sector Columbia River, to help. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Megan Long.

Nov. 12, 2021

LANT Area Members: it’s your turn to receive your electronic health record

MHS GENESIS is live. Here’s what to expect.

The U.S. Department of Defense is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998. DoD websites use the WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standard.

For persons with disabilities experiencing difficulties accessing content on a particular website, please use the form DoD Section 508 Form.  In this form, please indicate the nature of your accessibility issue/problem and your contact information so we can address your issue or question. If your issue involves log in access, password recovery, or other technical issues, contact the administrator for the website in question, or your local helpdesk.