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The original enlistment photograph for Robert Grattan Ward, later Silver Star Medal recipient for action on D-Day. (U.S. Coast Guard)
With cargo nets dropped and LCVPs in position, the Joseph Dickman disembarks troops for amphibious landing. (U.S. Coast Guard)

June 28, 2024

Coxswain for all invasions — Robert Ward and the Joseph T. Dickman at D-Day

The story of D-Day hero, Silver Star Medal recipient and FRC namesake Robert Ward.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Ethan “Echo” Adams, a yeoman at Coast Guard Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Petty Officer 2nd Class Christian “Lights” Rocha, a culinary specialist at Coast Guard Station Freeport, Texas, and Petty Officer 1st Class Claudio “Zielum” Giugliano, a marine science technician at the Coast Guard Atlantic Strike Team at Fort Dix, New Jersey, are interviewed by Jasmine “Veracity” Kanuga, an esports presenter and interviewer, at the Allied Forces Esports Invitational 2024 June 23, 2024 at Ramstein Air Base, Germany. This was Coast Guard Gaming’s first international competition. (US Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jasmine Mieszala)

June 27, 2024

Coast Guard Gaming shines in first international esports tournament

In their first international competition, Coast Guard Gaming took their skills to Germany to compete in the Allied Forces Esports Invitational 2024.

Coast Guard academy graduates don personal protective equipment (PPE) during Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction (CWMD) training (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Brock Gross).

June 25, 2024

Coast Guard Academy graduates receive weapons of mass destruction training

Training is the first line of defense.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Will Naden, a boatswains mate at Station Apra Harbor, gives a safety brief to Department of Defense personnel in Sumay Cove, Guam, ahead of a boat trip to view the Outer Apra Harbor breakwater on Dec. 4, 2023. The breakwater was damaged by Typhoon Mawar and an effort is underway to effect repairs. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)

June 18, 2024

The wave maker

Petty Officer 2nd Class William Naden's journey from Malesso to marine conservation.

June 12, 2024

Meet the Integrated Primary Prevention Program

Inside the IPP and how volunteer Resilience Coordinators can promote positive behaviors.

“Into the Jaws of Death: Down the ramp of a Coast Guard landing barge Yankee soldiers storm toward the beach-sweeping fire of Nazi defenders in the D-Day invasion of the French coast. Troops ahead may be seen lying flat under the deadly machinegun resistance of the Germans. Soon the Nazis were driven back under the overwhelming invasion forces thrown in from Coast Guard and Navy amphibious craft.” (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Photographers Mate Robert F. Sargent.)

June 7, 2024

Into the Jaws of Death — Coast Guard landing craft at D-Day

Story and images of CPO Robert Sargent, “Into the Jaws of Death” photographer.

Photos of the various winners from the 2024 Inspirational Leadership Awards.

June 6, 2024

Coast Guard announces 2024 Inspirational Leadership Award winners

Eight Coast Guard members and civilians honored for outstanding leadership achievements & impact.

Rare photograph of landing craft from the Samuel Chase landing the first wave of troops on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Frank DeVita may have manned one of these landing craft. (National Archives)

May 31, 2024

“Love your Freedom, because that’s what we fought for” — D-Day Gunner’s Mate Frank DeVita

“There’s a cemetery right above Omaha Beach with 9,400 dead GIs. I go there every year and I cry, and I cry. They made the biggest sacrifice. They gave their lives so that we have freedom today.” - Frank DeVita