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Rear Adm. Wiemers honors the 2022 Deployable Special Forces (DSF) Award winners celebrated during the DSF Commanders Conference April 20, 2023.

May 15, 2023

Congratulations to the very first winners of the Deployable Specialized Forces Awards

The Coast Guard announces the winners of the 2022 Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) Awards—the inaugural year of the award. 

Members of the Coast Guard aircrew that responded to the Gander crash. (U.S. Coast Guard)

May 12, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Gander—the most famous aviation rescue that you’ve never heard of

This is the story of the Coast Guard's first civilian helicopter rescue.

U.S. Coast Guard Esports team competes in multinational competition

May 10, 2023

Watch Coast Guard Gaming compete this Saturday

Cheer for our gaming team during the USO Commanders Cup, either on Twitch or live at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida!

A veteran of the Civil War as a U.S. Navy officer, and the Spanish-American War as part of the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, Frank Hamilton Newcomb served for over 40 years in the U.S. sea services. He was a progressive thinking man and considered one of the finest officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 5, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Lt. Frank Newcomb and the Battle of Cardenas Bay 125 years ago

Spanning the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, Frank Hamilton Newcomb served for over 40 years in the U.S. sea services.

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May 1, 2023

New: Sexual assault victims can 'disclose' an incident to a confidant

“We want to ensure survivors have a safe space to pause, breathe, and think about their next steps, without having to worry about initiating an investigative process before − and unless − they are ready,” - Rear Adm. Dana Thomas, Director of Coast Guard Health, Safety and Work Life (CG-11).

Painting commissioned of Revenue Cutter McCulloch when it first set sail in 1897. (Coast Guard Academy Collection)

April 28, 2023

The Long Blue Line: 125 Years Ago—Cutter McCulloch in the Battle of Manila Bay

The role of the Revenue Cutter McCulloch in the Spanish-American War

The Response Operations Ashore Insignia

April 14, 2023

Coast Guard adds first new insignia in over 20 years

The response operations ashore community now has its own professional insignia. Who's eligible? Enlisted members, officers, chief warrant officers and civilians.

A U.S. Coast Guard Band member warms up as a boat patrols the Potomac near Ft. McNair during the U.S. Coast Guard Change of Command Ceremony, May 25, 2010. Adm. Thad W. Allen was relieved by Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in a ceremony presided over by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen (released)

April 14, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The selling of the Coast Guard service song “Semper Paratus”

[Editor’s note: This essay is reprised from the December 2015 issue of the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association Bulletin. Our thanks to the Alumni Association for permission to republish Cmdr. Pecora’s essay and imagery.]The director steps to the podium and firmly taps his baton, bringing the military band to attention in the recording studio.

A Coast Guard unmanned aircraft system hovers during training in Astoria, Oregon, Feb. 24, 2023. The Coast Guard is piloting a new UAS system that will be used in conjunction with the Coast Guard's 11 statutory missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)

April 4, 2023

Coast Guard signs strategic plan for unmanned systems 

The world has seen a rapid increase in the pace of technology development in recent years. Advances in sensors, autonomy, data networks, and artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) have led to many new products and services including vehicles and machines that don’t need a human aboard or even to operate it at all. These machines,

Lt. Holly Harrison aboard Coalition warship USS Milius in February 2003. (Coast Guard Collection)

March 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line - 20 Years OIF: Holly Harrison—Operation Iraqi Freedom Combat Veteran and Bronze Star Recipient

First woman to command a cutter in a combat zone and the first woman in service history to receive the Bronze Star Medal.