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Rare photograph showing a Life-Saving Service boat crew attempting to launch into heavy surf. (Courtesy of Richard Boonisar)

April 21, 2023

The Long Blue Line: “That others might live”—Ben Dailey’s Gold Medal rescue of the Ephraim Williams, 1884

From the 1885 Annual Report of the U.S. Life Saving Service about the rescue of the Ephraim Williams.

A U.S. Coast Guard Band member warms up as a boat patrols the Potomac near Ft. McNair during the U.S. Coast Guard Change of Command Ceremony, May 25, 2010. Adm. Thad W. Allen was relieved by Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in a ceremony presided over by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen (released)

April 14, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The selling of the Coast Guard service song “Semper Paratus”

[Editor’s note: This essay is reprised from the December 2015 issue of the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association Bulletin. Our thanks to the Alumni Association for permission to republish Cmdr. Pecora’s essay and imagery.]The director steps to the podium and firmly taps his baton, bringing the military band to attention in the recording studio.

Artwork promoting a solicitation for parents to submit their child's art for month of the military child.

April 12, 2023

Active-duty parents: DHS wants to spotlight your children's artwork

If you or your partner are active-duty military, please consider submitting your child's drawings, paintings, short poems, or other artwork about what your service means to them.

Haydn Jones is the Coast Guard's 2023 Military Child of the Year

April 12, 2023

Meet the USCG Military Child of the Year

Haydn Jones, 17, helped care for his younger brothers while his father fought a life-threatening illness.

A rare photograph showing Snohomish from the stern. (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 7, 2023

The Long Blue Line: A most unusual cutter—Revenue Cutter Service and Coast Guard Cutter Snohomish

One cutter, two services.

Cutline: Petty Officer First Class Miriam Lutz pipes yummy goodness into molds, March 6, 2023, while dominating in the Armed Forces Pastry Chef of the Year competition at the Joint Culinary Training Exercise Fort Lee. Lutz took home the title and a spot to compete for the title of American Culinary Federation Pastry Chef of the Year at the National Competiton in New Orleans. (Photo taken by: Master Chief Petty Officer Matthew Simolon)

April 5, 2023

Coast Guard Culinary Team 3-peats in the Joint Culinary Training Exercise 

Your Culinary Team once again took home top honors in the annual military cooking showdown.   

150th U.S. Naval Institute essay contest

April 5, 2023

Announcing U.S. Naval Institute’s essay contest 

The U.S. Naval Institute wants your proposals on what the Coast Guard can do today to be more effective tomorrow. 

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April 3, 2023

Check out the Coast Guard’s top photos, videos, and articles of 2022

Who tells the best Coast Guard story?

Posed image of Myrtle Hazard smiling for the camera in 1918 newspaper photo. (Washington Post)

March 31, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Myrtle Hazard—first woman in the United States Coast Guard

Determination led Myrtle Hazard to become an integral part of Coast Guard war communications.

An American flag located at the intersection of Highway 282 and Orange Avenue, which welcomes visitors driving in to the city of Coronado, flies at half-staff. The flag will remain at half-staff through July 25 to honor each service member killed by a gunman in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Navy photo by Yeoman 2nd Class Anthony Ardisone/Released)

March 30, 2023

New bereavement leave policy for military members offers Coast Guard families support

Members now have 14 consecutive calendar days following the death of an immediate family member.