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Coast Guard Cutter Stone conducts flight operations in the Caribbean Sea in early July. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 15, 2024

Best Places to Work: CGC Stone

Always Proud, Always Professional, and Always Prepared: the Stone crew take great pride in working hard.

U.S. Revenue Cutter Wolcott. The Wolcott was a sail-steamer homeported at Port Townsend, Washington, Territory. Although her crew discovered no drugs aboard the George E Starr, a landing party from the cutter made the earliest yet-known drug seizure by predecessor agencies of the Coast Guard, finding nearly 3,012 pounds of opium hidden in barrels at a fishery in Alaska on January 14, 1886. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 12, 2024

The service’s first drug seizure at sea? The mostly mistaken case of the George E Starr

The story of the service’s first drug interdiction case (1891) and how it was misrepresented in the history books.

A portrait photo of Capt. Jennifer Bowden, 13th Chaplain of the Coast Guard.

July 11, 2024

Coast Guard welcomes first female head Chaplain to the service

Capt. Jennifer Bowden gets her dream job, becomes 13th Chaplain of the Coast Guard.

Point Fire burning actively on the west side of Lake Merlo, Sunday, June 16th 2024. (Photo Credit: Kent Porter, Press Democrat)

July 10, 2024

Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma trains fire crews to fight California wildfires

Wildfire season has started, and Coast Guard fire responders are ready.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Aiden Cook, a marine enforcement specialist, takes aim on the rifle course during the first day of the DHS Invitational in Cheltenham, Maryland on June 12, 2024. Cook was one of a team of four Coast Guard marksman from Houston MSST who competed at the two-day shooting event.

July 9, 2024

Four Coast Guard marksmen take part in DHS firearms competition

Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) from Houston gets a shot at glory and some hard training.

White background with a gold emblem across the center. Inside of the gold emblem are the words "United States Navy Senior Enlisted Academy."

July 8, 2024

Supercharge your Coast Guard career at the Navy Senior Enlisted Academy

A six-week program senior chief petty officers shouldn’t miss.

Official photograph of Charles T. Thrun in his dress uniform. (U.S. Coast Guard) The Grumman J2F “Duck” No. 162 that Thrun flew when he died. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 5, 2024

The last flight of Coast Guard Aviator #3

USCG aviator #3 Charles Thrun, the first enlisted aviator in the Coast Guard. 

Defense Civilian Personnel Advisory Service logo.

July 3, 2024

Advance your career through the DOD’s Leadership Development Programs

Don’t miss great opportunities to invest in your future.

The VA offers support to sexual assault survivors.

July 2, 2024

Top 9 things you need to know about getting care through the Veterans Affairs

The VA offers support to sexual assault survivors.

A Coast Guard small boat crew assigned to the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Resolute (WMEC 620) gets underway in the North Caribbean Sea, July 15, 2023, Resolute was deployed in support of Homeland Security Task Force Southeast and Operation Vigilant Sentry to conduct migrant interdiction, deterrence, and maritime safety and security missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class David Deal)

July 2, 2024

Coast Guard building better system to get operational decisionmakers the data they need

Project Minerva to improve Maritime Domain Awareness and accelerate ability to act.