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Cyber Mission Specialist insignia

Jan. 15, 2025

Coast Guard announces formal “A” School for Cyber Mission Specialists

Waitlist to open for sign up Feb. 3.

In 2009, members of LEDET 409 detained suspected pirates in the Gulf of Aden as part of Combined Task Force 151. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 10, 2025

LEDETs — Over 40 years of law enforcement boarding missions

Rapid growth of illegal narcotics smuggling by sea drove the need for highly trained boarding teams.

Submit your application to the Veteran Ventures Program by January 27th.

Jan. 6, 2025

Make starting a business your New Year’s Resolution

Submit your application to the Veteran Ventures Program by Jan 27, 2025.

German prisoners march out of surrendered Cherbourg under U.S. Army guard. (U.S. Navy)

Dec. 27, 2024

Quentin Walsh — D-Day planner and Cherbourg liberator

Walsh’s career spans some of the most eventful years in USCG history, including Prohibition, World War II and the post-war modernization of the service.

Lt. Matthew Fann, the Facilities Engineering Department head at Base Charleston, SC.

Dec. 26, 2024

Coast Guard Engineer of the Year Award announced

Congratulations to Lt. Matthew Fann, the 2024 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year Award recipient!

New user interface is an effort to modernize and improve accessibility, accuracy, and overall user experience for mariners and stakeholders.

Dec. 24, 2024

New interactive Local Notice to Mariners website announced

New user interface is an effort to modernize and improve accessibility, accuracy, and overall user experience for mariners and stakeholders.

Celebrating 50 years of the Cutterman Insignia!

Dec. 23, 2024

Celebrating 50 Years of the Cutterman Insignia

Contest winners and special celebration honors our seagoing service.

LST-66 (to the right) unloading tanks in July 1944, months before the epic battle of Leyte Gulf, Philippines. (Navsource.org)

Dec. 20, 2024

80th Anniversary of the Leyte liberation

The story of the Christmas liberation of the Philippines.

Dr. Leonard Marcus and VADM Peter Gautier at the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard.

Dec. 17, 2024

Harvard names Vice Adm. Peter Gautier Meta-Leader of the Year

The university cites Gautier’s critical leadership during the Key Bridge response.

Keeper James Dietrich does maintenance on a fan coil unit at Station Jonesport on Dec. 11, 2024. Dietrich is part of Op Bench Strength, a pilot in District 1 that is using civilian station keepers to maintain and repair Coast Guard facilities so crews can focus on training and operating boats on the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by MKC Jeremiah Ward)

Dec. 17, 2024

Op Bench Strength (OBS) helps crews focus on training

How civilian station keepers are boosting Coast Guard readiness.

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