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Chief of the Week: Senior Chief Petty Officer Kevin Johnson

May 12, 2021

Deckplate Leader of the Week: Senior Chief Petty Officer Kevin Johnson

Our deckplate leader of the week is  Senior Chief Petty Officer Kevin Johnson, a culinary specialist assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Hamilton!

The crew aboard the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conducts firefighting training on Jan. 12, 2021, off the Gulf Coast of the United States. Stone departed on their maiden voyage in December. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)

May 10, 2021

Military to Mariner program issues first course completion certificate

Use your military experience to become a Merchant Mariner

Montgomery Grace Norton, daughter of Seaman David and Allie Norton, gazes at her surroundings as her father holds her before she is to be dedicated during a ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Greenbrier in Natchez, Miss., May 25, 2013.

May 6, 2021

Parental Leave Program beta test is renewed through September

Surge Staffing program has provided more than 18,000 days of active duty coverage for new parents.

Chart showing location of District 5 within Atlantic Area and the states within its boundaries. (U.S. Coast Guard)

May 6, 2021

New travel system coming soon

Learn about the new travel system 

Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Guthrie, an information systems technician at the Base Seattle Electronic Support Detachment, works at his desk at Coast Guard Base Seattle, March 3, 2015. Guthrie was one of three Coast Guard members presented with the Copernicus Award in 2015, for his work in fiscal year 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross)

May 6, 2021

Coast Guard rolls out new electronic health record system soon

Pacific Area units are scheduled to start using MHS GENESIS this summer

May 6, 2021

Military families: Child care fee relief available

The National Military Family Associations is accepting applications through May 14.

U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant, Adm. Charles Ray, speaks to Coast Guardsmen and women at Base LA/LB about the value of it service members and the Coast Guard leadership's commitment to the Sexual Assault Prevention, Response and Recovery program in San Pedro, California, May 2, 2019. April is designated Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Ian Gray)

May 6, 2021

Bravo Zulu Column

Recognizing those who go above and beyond in the sexual assault prevention and response, and solicitations for upcoming awards and scholarships

Base Alameda medical clinic personnel draw a dosage of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial to administer to base medical staff in Alameda, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020. Coast Guard efforts to vaccinate its workforce, in collaboration with DoD, will be complementary to a parallel effort by states, territories, and localities, as vaccine supply allows. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi.

May 5, 2021

Coast Guard clinics are now vaccinating military dependents

As of April 30, 2021, Coast Guard clinics are authorized to vaccinate Coast Guard dependents

Chip Switzer proposes to Fireman Stefanie Garret, a member of the engineering department aboard Coast Guard Cutter Midgett, at Coast Guard Base Seattle after the ship's crew returned from a 75-day counter-narcotics patrol, March 21, 2013. Garret was unaware that Switzer would propose upon her return home, and answered yes. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class George Degener)

May 5, 2021

Increase your personal readiness by finding the right relationship—Learn how this Wellness Wednesday

Join us for Wellness Wednesday

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May 5, 2021

Operation Purple Camp will be both live and virtual this summer

Military kids serve too, and Operation Purple is a camp just for them.

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