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Research and Development Center (RDC) interns (from right) Victoria Beke, Midshipman Ryan Grafman, Stephanie Searing and Connor Bluedorn learn about how search and rescue missions are conducted at Station New London before boarding a 45-foot response boat medium to see the station’s area of operation on the Thames River in July 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Sept. 8, 2022

Research interns receive crash course in Coast Guard missions

RDC internships offer research opportunities and highlight careers in the service

Painting of Alexander Fraser showing his home town of New York and the cutter Harriet Lane in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

Sept. 2, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Captain Fraser—Coast Guard’s forgotten visionary and first commandant

. . . [Captain] Fraser opposed an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and this official’s hostility proved fatal to the Captain’s long career: by an arbitrary abuse of power, the administration in 1856 revoked his commission summarily. Both indefensible and stupid, this action resulted wholly from personal animosity and cost the government one of

Retired Coast Guard Capt. Daniel C. Burbank, former NASA astronaut, is returning to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to serve as a Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering program. Burbank is one of two Coast Guard officers to have ever served as an astronaut. As a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and one long duration mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), he has logged a total of 188 days in space. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

Aug. 30, 2022

Former astronaut returns to teach at U.S. Coast Guard Academy 

After walking in space, former CGA graduate returns to teach future Coast Guard officers.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Smith, a marine inspector from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF), inspects flares during a dockside commercial fishing vessel safety exam in Naknek, Alaska, June 15, 2022. MSTF members conducted exams throughout the Bristol Bay region June 13 - 24 focused on safety equipment such as flares, navigational signals, fire extinguishers, and the serviceability of immersion suits. Each vessel that passed a dockside exam earned a decal. U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa E. F. McKenzie.

Aug. 29, 2022

Coast Guard beefs up protection for fast evolving Marine Transportation System  

Here's how we are planning to train and retain our prevention workforce.

A Coast Guard military working dog was honored during a retirement ceremony held by members of the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) San Francisco on Base Alameda July 22, 2022. Feco, a nine-year old Hungarian Vizsla, joined the MSST San Francisco Canine Explosive Detection Team (CEDT) in 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West)

Aug. 26, 2022

Coast Guard retired working dogs receive financial support 

Celebrating National Dog Day, CGMA provides funds for retired dogs

Lisa Parks in front of Coast Guard Cutter 37 (formerly Coast Guard Cutter Taney) on Pier 5 of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Parks, who works at the nearby Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) as chief of the Information Services Branch, began her Coast Guard career 33 years ago as a high school intern.

Aug. 26, 2022

How the SFLC’s Lisa Parks advanced from GS-1 to GS-15  

Building a successful civilian career at the Coast Guard. 

Official photograph of Chief Canine Sinbad featuring the Coast Guard crest in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 26, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Chief Canine Sinbad—the Coast Guard’s Four-Legged Sailor 

Life of a cutter dog.

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Maple lay a wreath at the sight of a sunken Coast Guard Cutter in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, June 15, 2022. The crew of the Maple commemorated lives lost by visiting two sunken Coast Guard Cutters and a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)

Aug. 18, 2022

The Graveyard of the Atlantic: Exploring history aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Maple 

Here's a story about maritime archaeology and honoring the past.

Chief Petty Officer George Soto calculates points for the Female Armed Platoon drill competition at Monarch High School, Coconut Creek, Florida, Jan. 22. Soto is the Coast Guard recipient of the 2022 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Excellence in Service Award. (USCG Courtesy Photo)

Aug. 17, 2022

George Soto wins the LULAC Excellence in Service Award 

Advancing diversity in underrepresented populations.

Chatham, Massachusetts - Massachusetts Maritime Academy Auxiliary University Program (AUP) Cadets Mitchell Campbell, Jacob Bolles, Alexa Smith, Abigail LeLievre, and Cole Francavilla stand in front of retired Motor Life Boat CG 36500 during spring commissioning work. The cadets learned more about the history of the boat and the Pendleton Rescue made famous by the Disney movie, "The Finest Hours” and then painted the entire hull including the bottom and topsides. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Photo by Auxiliarist Lisa Goodwin.

Aug. 9, 2022

Preparing college students for public service in the U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program prepares students for officer candidate school

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