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Rare photograph of landing craft from the Samuel Chase landing the first wave of troops on Omaha Beach on D-Day. Frank DeVita may have manned one of these landing craft. (National Archives)

May 31, 2024

“Love your Freedom, because that’s what we fought for” — D-Day Gunner’s Mate Frank DeVita

“There’s a cemetery right above Omaha Beach with 9,400 dead GIs. I go there every year and I cry, and I cry. They made the biggest sacrifice. They gave their lives so that we have freedom today.” - Frank DeVita

Coast Guard adjusts enlisted assignment year timeline for delayed Servicewide Exams (SWEs)

May 29, 2024

Coast Guard adjusts enlisted assignment year timeline for delayed Servicewide Exams (SWEs)

Changes to give members more time to make decisions, enable Personnel Services Center (PSC)/Enlisted Personnel Management (EPM) to meet deadlines

Strengthening Service Culture

May 24, 2024

Strengthening Service Culture SITREP: Initial progress to make the Coast Guard a better workplace

The Coast Guard is strengthening Service culture through multiple initiatives.

2024 first quarter report

May 24, 2024

Good Order and Discipline: FY24 first quarter report

Leaders throughout the Coast Guard are encouraged to share this message with their units and talk about the importance of adhering to the Coast Guard’s core values.

A painting by Peter Rindlisbacher of the Cutter James Madison capturing the British merchantman Shamrock. (Coast Guard Collection)

May 24, 2024

Rogue cutter Madison — remembering our first POWs 210 years ago

Filth, disease, vermin, overcrowding and lack of fresh air and water made life on hulks a battle for survival.

Graphic with a blue background and bold white print across the middle of the graphic saying "Strengthening Service Culture."

May 21, 2024

Strengthening service culture – Full speed ahead

Working together we will ensure our culture reflects our core values.

A crew member from Coast Guard Station Portsmouth looks over the radar while underway for two-boat tactical coxswain training in Portsmouth, Virginia on Aug. 22, 2023. Tactical Coxswains and crew members normally attend a two week developmental course at Special Missions Training Center at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, where they practice and perform until the member demonstrates proficiency in the mission requirements. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan L. Noel)

May 17, 2024

Coast Guard rolls out modernized Coxswain Core Course

The Coxswain Core Course is an example of tailored, on-demand training that is helping to transform our ready workforce.  

Painting of U.S. Revenue Cutter Bear, circa 1890, on patrol off Alaska by James A. Mitchell III. (U.S. Coast Guard)

May 17, 2024

Bear Hunt — the search for Healy’s legendary cutter

Finding a shipwreck is like solving any mystery.

Members of the Migrant Interdiction Operations Application Team who attended the Innovation Awards ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters on May 2, 2024, receive recognition for creating an app that streamlined processing of migrants. From left: Lt. Kailee Evereteze, Lt. Cmdr. Shawn Antonelli, Lt. Garen Anderson, Lt. John Roddy, Lt. Victoria Martucci, Lt. Cmdr. Nick Phillips. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Hodges Jr)

May 16, 2024

Coast Guard recognizes innovators of the year

Seven teams win 2023 Capt. Niels P. Thomsen Innovation Awards.

A subdued background in cream color, with a lighthouse encircled in the center of the graphic. The Coast Guard logo is on the circle below the lighthouse. The words Decisive Keeper appear in bold and caps across the bottom of the graphic.

May 15, 2024

Coast Guard warns members: Adversaries using LinkedIn, Indeed, and Facebook to recruit spies

DECISIVE KEEPER campaign urges careful social media use.