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2023 Liz Blanc, Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and Exceptional Victim Advocate of the Year awards

April 15, 2024

Hats off to the 2023 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Exceptional Victim Advocate of the Year recipients

The Coast Guard honors Michael Jordy and Lt. j.g. Kirsten Carson for their work in preventing, responding to, and supporting victims of sexual assault.

Color engraving of the Battle of Lake Erie by Murray Draper and Company, circa 1813. (Naval History and Heritage Command)

April 12, 2024

Dobbins and Knapp — Frontier mariners, naval officers, and Revenue Cutter masters

The revolving-door saga of Dobbins versus Knapp ... a pendulum of political spoils.

Operation Homefront selected seven recipients for the Military Child of the Year Award, and the Coast Guard congratulates 18-year-old Charlotte Tama as this year’s winner for our Service.

April 10, 2024

Congratulations to our 2024 Military Child of the Year Award Winner!

Operation Homefront selected seven recipients for the Military Child of the Year Award, and the Coast Guard congratulates 18-year-old Charlotte Tama as this year’s winner for our Service.

A blue background with a subdued file icon in the middle.

April 10, 2024

How to access your Coast Guard military records

New electronic system streamlines access for members and the Veteran Affairs Office.

Graphic to inform readers about the Rating Force Master Chiefs AMA on April 17th.

April 9, 2024

Got questions on how the Cyber Executive Order will affect you?

CMS, MST, and IS RFMCs will host an Ask Me Anything to help explain the impacts.

April 5, 2024

“Get in the boat; we have a job to do!” — BOSN Wilson motors into the Great New England Hurricane

This motor lifeboat was the right tool for a terrible storm such as this, and the man at the helm was the best man for this catastrophe. The feeling of the men on board was: If you can hang on, you may survive.

Adm. Linda Fagan took questions with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Heath Jones, during the hour-long event where they answered questions submitted online in advance and from in-person attendees.

April 4, 2024

Coast Guard Commandant challenges workforce to move the service forward

"Together we create the opportunity and together we create the culture that we aspire to.” - Adm. Linda Fagan

Cmdr. Andre Douglas joins the Coast Guard Reserve during a commissioning ceremony presided over by Adm. Linda L. Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, D.C., March 19, 2024. Douglas, a Coast Guard Academy Class of 2008 graduate, reported to NASA in January, 2022, and completed astronaut training March 5, 2024. (U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles)

April 2, 2024

Meet the Newest Coast Guard Astronaut

Commander Andre Douglas to boldly go where few have gone before.

April 1, 2024

Introducing Skillsoft Percipio – Your new interactive, personalized learning platform

With the transition from Skillsoft SkillPort to Skillsoft Percipio, you now have access to a blend of self-paced online courses, books and audio books, hands-on practice and live online bootcamps to close skill gaps.

A photograph of the U.S. Life Saving Service crew posing with its surfboat in front of U.S. Life-Saving Station at St. Joseph, Michigan, from the Digital Collections of the Detroit Public Library.

March 29, 2024

Joseph Napier — Heroic Surfman, Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient and FRC namesake

For his heroism, Napier received the first Gold Lifesaving Medal issued by the U.S. Life-Saving Service, forerunner of the modern Coast Guard.