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Members of Port Security Unit 301from Cape Cod, Mass., and deployed to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, escort the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis in the waters of Guantanamo Bay.

Dec. 19, 2024

Share your New Year’s cutter log entries

Let’s ring in 2025 with some creativity!

The U.S. Coast Guard team, comprised of members from the Forces Micronesia Sector Guam Sector Boarding Team and Port Security Unit 311, stands for a photo prior to the Battle of the Branches joint competitive marksmanship challenge at Andersen Air Force Base on Nov. 22, 2024. The inaugural event saw seven teams from multiple branches and the Guam Police Department shoot at nine stations testing their skills, building relationships, and sharpening collective readiness. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Sara Muir)

Dec. 19, 2024

Coast Guard marksmen win shootout, place 4th overall at Guam competition

Mixed team boosts skills, discipline, and camaraderie at military/civilian combat event.

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.

Blended Retirement System logo.

Dec. 13, 2024

Coast Guard increases Blended Retirement System’s Continuation Pay

New policy aims to recruit and retain members in the workforce.

Coast Guard Cutter Active pictured with an interdicted “fastboat.” By 1990, smugglers had shifted to long-range fastboats as the primary transport platform for cocaine smuggling. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 13, 2024

Enforcing the law at sea

With a seizure of opium near San Francisco Bay in 1886, the fight against maritime drug smuggling began, and continues to this day.

Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro poses aboard a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter (MEC) while serving as Situation Unit Leader during Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro).

Dec. 11, 2024

From facility inspections to a Fulbright Scholarship

Inside the journey of Coast Guard Reservist Petty Officer 3rd Class Elizabeth Montoro.

Chief Petty Officer Spencer Hinman reads to kindergarten students at Mitchell Elementary School in Bridgewater, MA. Coast Guard Station Chatham Ma. won Best in Unit Partnership (for up to 100 personnel) Photo by Ms. McKenzie Martin.

Dec. 10, 2024

Introducing the 2024 Winners of the Coast Guard’s Partnership in Education Awards

The PIE Program promotes well-being and academic achievement of students in communities with a Coast Guard presence.

How Crucial Conversations training is helping Coast Guard members improve communications when stakes are high.

Dec. 9, 2024

Rx for those tough work conversations

How Crucial Conversations training is helping Coast Guard members improve communications when stakes are high.

Grimy marines return to the Arthur Middleton for rest and recovery after the Battle of Eniwetok. (National Archives)

Dec. 6, 2024

Hoyle’s Hell

Coast Guardsman masters the bloody beaches of the Pacific.

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