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Aug. 18, 2021

The Salmon Capital of the World offers once-in-a-lifetime career development.

The Coast Guard Leadership Development Center Pilots Inaugural Senior Leader Transition Course (SLTC) Class Photo, June 2021. (Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 17, 2021

The Coast Guard Leadership Development Center completes first Senior Leader Transition Course

Lieutenant commanders and mid-level civilian equivalents have a new opportunity for professional development. The Coast Guard Leadership Development Center (LDC) in New London, Connecticut, has launched a Senior Leader Transition Course to prepare rising leadership within the workforce. The program is six weeks long consisting of a blended learning

Chief Petty Officer Paul Greenwood, Electronics Support Detachment Atlantic City, N.J., times Senior Airman Charles Zingrone, member of the 177th Fighter Wing New Jersey Air National Guard, during his motorcycle safety course at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City June 8, 2011. Greenwood is one of four Coast Guard members trained to conduct the course for active duty members, their dependants and retirees. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.

Aug. 16, 2021

Get your motorcycle safety required class reimbursed

Aug. 30 deadline for fiscal year 2021 training reimbursement

Aug. 13, 2021

Leased housing program offers choices in a tight housing market

When Petty Officer 3rd Class Brady Ashment started looking for a place to live in Rockland, Maine, a few months ago, the nationwide housing shortage became all too real for his soon-to-be family of six. Not only was military housing unavailable in the area, two-bedroom apartments were renting for more than $2,000 a month. This exceeded his basic

A Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) 26-foot Over The Horizon (OTH) pursuit crew and a cutter James 35-foot Long Range Interceptor boat crew interdict a 26-foot smuggling panga with three suspected smugglers aboard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2020. Cutter James is a National Security Cutter with robust capabilities for maritime homeland security, law enforcement and national defense missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)

Aug. 12, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter James conducts largest illegal narcotic offload in Coast Guard history worth more than $1.4 billion at Port Everglades, and more.

Also: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to downed aircraft near Ketchikan, Alaska; Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue six after vessel sinks 60 miles off Chincoteague, Virginia; Coast Guard medevacs 57-year-old man suffering from heart complications near Point Loma, California; MHS GENESIS Pacific Wave deployment “go-live” event, AUGUST 21st.

A 47-foot rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Destin makes preparations today for a basket hoist with an HH-65B Dolphin rescue aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. Coast Guard boatcrews are required to perform hoisting drills in order to prepare for search and rescue missions. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

Aug. 12, 2021

BZ: The United States Coast Guard celebrates 231 years of outstanding service, and more!

BZ: The United States Coast Guard celebrates 231 years of outstanding service; The Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) honors three outstanding Coast Guardswomen; 2021 Federally Employed Women (FEW) Military Meritorious Award winner named