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Members of the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conduct a regular workout while at sea in the South Atlantic on Jan. 19, 2021. Maintaining physical fitness is key to performing operations safely. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)

March 2, 2021

Coast Guard announces April 2021 Body Composition Screening process

The Coast Guard will conduct Body Composition Screenings (BCS) in April

A crew form U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Sabine, Texas hangs new a dayboard on Lake Charles, Louisiana, Aug 31, 2020. The crew has been working to repair aids to navigation in the tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Laura.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Hodges)

March 2, 2021

Coast Guard's first Data Strategy guides the way forward for data readiness and well-informed decision making

The first in our service history, the Coast Guard Data Strategy is a critical step for improving data quality and decision making in the Coast Guard for years to come.

Photo of events during the Ombudsman of the Year celebration at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington March 27, 2012. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

March 1, 2021

Coast Guard Ombudsman Program turns 35 years old

Celebrating our Coast Guard Ombudsmen.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - A U.S. Coast Guardsman stands on the stern of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vessel after the boat was launched to provide a security zone around the Soo Locks in the St. Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., as part of a maritime security exercise there Sept. 15, 2011. Representatives from various federal, state and local and Canadian agencies, tribes, and stakeholders participated in the exercise, built around a scenario involving a bomb placed at the Soo Locks and designed to strengthen partnerships among all those involved. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen)

March 1, 2021

Best Places to Work: The Soo

Learn more about Sault Saint Marie "The Soo", Michigan.

Cmdr. Jeff Barnum discusses “How to Vote while at “A” school” in a video presentation. U.S. Coast Guard video.

March 1, 2021

Coast Guardsman selected for Federal Voting Assistance Award

Coast Guard Voting Assistance Officers help members vote; meet the service's 2020 VAO of the Year.

Coast Guard service members receive their initial dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Jan. 8, 2021.

Feb. 26, 2021

Training centers lift restrictions for vaccinated students

Vaccinate before training, to avoid Restriction of Movement (ROM) requirements

Feb. 26, 2021

State of the Coast Guard: Live from San Diego

How will you watch the SOTCG March 11?

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

Feb. 26, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard's Fifth District—Home of Founders, Firsts and Flight for over 230 years!

Coast Guard men, women and assets associated with the Fifth District began playing a vital role in Coast Guard history the year the Constitution was signed.

Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay cuts through ice on February 10, 2021 on the St. Clair River in support of Operation Coal Shovel. Operation Coal Shovel is an annual domestic ice-breaking mission conducted on Lakes Huron, Ontario, Erie, St. Clair, the St. Clair/Detroit river system and St. Lawrence Seaway.

Courtesy photo by Gary Baumgarten.

Feb. 26, 2021

Icebreaking on the Great Lakes requires great partnerships

Icebreaking operation keeps the economy moving on the Great Lakes.

Feb. 25, 2021

Submit your applications for upcoming education opportunities

The Civilian Career Management Team (CCMT) and the DHS Learning and Engagement Officer, would like to remind you all of some upcoming academic programs.