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Caroline Leo and Holly Wilson, ombudsmen for Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley, pause for a photo with their family and Cmdr. Stephen White, commanding officer of Alex Haley, during a luncheon in Kodiak, Alaska, April 4, 2014. The luncheon was held in honor of the ombudsmen who help Coast Guard families have the information necessary to meet the challenges of a military lifestyle. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diana Honings)

March 24, 2022

Show your ombudsman how much you care

Ombudsman Appreciation Day is March 26th

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton conducts patrols in Fiji's exclusive economic zone with Fijian law enforcement personnel, February, 2022. The Coast Guard’s mission to combat IUU fishing is essential in protecting maritime governance and a rules-based international order to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton)

March 24, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returns to homeport following 97-day South Pacific patrol and more.  

Coast Guard Cutter Stratton returns to homeport following 97-day South Pacific patrol; Coast Guard hosts Community Day in Houston; Coast Guard medevacs injured man from fish processor near Dutch Harbor, Alaska; Coast Guard medevacs crew member from tanker vessel off Galveston, Texas; and Coast Guard responds to vessel collision in Pascagoula, Miss. 

Lt. Cmdr. Meg Peters with a HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, the aircraft that she specializes in flying. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City.

March 21, 2022

LCDRs, GS-13 civilians: New leadership training is designed just for you

The Senior Leader Training Course targets mid-career active duty and reserve members, as well as civilians.

Vintage photograph of Miss. Harriet Lane, niece of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States and the White House’s first First Lady. (Wikipedia)

March 18, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Harriet Lane—first lady of the Coast Guard and the U.S.!

First Lady Harriet Lane lives today through the cutter named for her.

A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

March 17, 2022

Coast Guard stands up IMT to resolve FSMS transition issues

Commandant directs team to remove barriers, streamline solutions

A 45-foot response boat from Station Key West, Fla., is alongside a rustic vessel approximately 15 miles south of Key West, March 9, 2022. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations flight crew reported the rustic vessel with people aboard to U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore’s crew repatriated 74 people to Cuba, March 12, 2022, following four interdictions of undocumented migrants due to safety of life at sea concerns. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 17, 2022

Coast Guard repatriates more than 200 undocumented migrants and more

Coast Guard repatriates more than 200 undocumented migrants; Coast Guard rescues 5 from capsized vessel in Port O'Connor, Texas; Coast Guard cutters return home following patrol in Oceania; and Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returns to homeport after 3-month Alaskan Patrol.

Crews from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Juniper and USCGC Joseph Gerczak conducted security patrol operations in Samoa’s exclusive economic zone throughout February 2022, to protect fisheries and other natural resources. The Juniper and Joseph Gerczak crews helped fill the operational presence needed to deter illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing while Samoa’s Nafanua II patrol boat underwent routine maintenance. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

March 11, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard, partner agencies continue salvage operations for grounded boat on Kehoe Beach, Calif., and more. 

Coast Guard, partner agencies continue salvage operations for grounded boat on Kehoe Beach, Calif.; Coast Guard Cutter Diligence returns to homeport after 60-Day Eastern Pacific Ocean patrol; U.S. Coast Guard patrols Exclusive Economic Zone in partnership with Samoa; and Coast Guard medevacs cruise ship passenger near New Orleans.

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March 9, 2022

ALCGPSC 036/22 - AY22 Reserve Commander Assignment Panel Results

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U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Caleb Garrett disconnects a crane hook from a small boat Jan. 22, 2020, near McMurdo Station, Antarctica.

March 8, 2022

How to spot hazardous equipment and operators

Learn more during March’s Support Equipment Safety Awareness Month

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March 4, 2022

ALCGPSC 036/22 - AY22 Reserve commander assignment panel results

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