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A sign is posted during an all-hands bowling event at Tsunami Lanes Bowling Alley at Base Kodiak, Alaska, April 4, 2019, to encourage and support victims of sexual assault or harassment to reach out to available resources in the Coast Guard. This event was part of Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month and was accompanied by a cake-cutting ceremony with remarks from the base command and the sexual assault response coordinator in efforts to end sexual assault and harassment in the service. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Lauren Dean.

March 1, 2023

New working group aims to cultivate a harassment-free workplace 

Stay tuned for policy change and instruction. 

Rare photo showing the heroic Pea Island Lifesaving Station crew commanded by famed African American keeper Richard Etheridge. (Coast Guard Collection)

Feb. 28, 2023

Legacy’s Shadow: The Keeper’s Lost Grave

Finding the final resting place of Keeper Capt. L.S. Wescott

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Feb. 28, 2023

Contracting officials: Learn how AbilityOne products and services can support the Coast Guard 

Two-day conference in March to highlight benefits of buying from non-profits that employ people with disabilities. 

Petty Officer 3rd Class John "Branch" Walton, a rescue swimmer assigned to Air Station North Bend, Oregon, poses for a portrait at the air station Feb. 14, 2023. Walton rescued a mariner in distress Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, after the disabled, 35-foot vessel Sandpiper was capsized by a breaking wave approximately 6 miles west of the Columbia River mouth. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Feb. 13, 2023

Meet the rescue swimmer who saved a man after a massive wave capsized a yacht

Coast Guard rescue swimmer reflects on first rescue in the Graveyard of the Pacific

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Lusk, a PSU 309 tactical boat crew member, mans the aft M240B during a waterside security drill Sept. 19, 2022, as part of the training exercise Desired Effect held in Farmington, Missouri. During this evolution, an opposing force vessel began a simulated attack on two high value assets—one at anchor and one underway—initiating multiple high speed tactical maneuvers by the PSU. As the vessels dodged each other, their sharp turns and evasive maneuvers tossed up a heavy wake, and gave the boat crews a realistic training environment for boat handling and weapons employment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Frederick)

Feb. 13, 2023

Part One: Taking the PSU back to its roots

Preparing for Exercise Desired Effect

A 1942 colorized photograph of Seaman Robert E. Thompson. (Courtesy of Robert E. Thompson)

Feb. 10, 2023

The Long Blue Line: WWII recruit training at Manhattan Beach and desegregating the U.S. military

Many African American Coast Guard recruits trained in the New York facility prior to serving their country.

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Feb. 8, 2023

Best places to Work: Civil Engineering Unit Juneau

Another installment of Coast Guard Best Places to Work.

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Feb. 7, 2023

Chilling effect and its retaliation impacts

The Coast Guard's Anti-Retaliation campaign continues with the "chilling effect."

Vice Adm. Paul F. Thomas, Coast Guard deputy commandant for mission support (center), presents the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award for small units to ISVS PRO Baltimore staff in November 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Feb. 3, 2023

Here’s what’s new for the second Year of the Excellence in Customer Service Awards

Customer nominations welcome.

Rare photo showing the heroic Pea Island Lifesaving Station crew commanded by famed African American keeper Richard Etheridge. (Coast Guard Collection)

Feb. 3, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Keeper Richard Etheridge and the Gold Medal lifesavers of Pea Island

The first African American officer-in-charge of a military installation.