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Seaman Dylyn Gonzales prepares Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Henry’s (WPC 1140) New Year’s 2022 watch log entry while off Saipan. Oliver Henry currently the cutter on patrol in western Oceania and first in for response should the need arise, adds their contribution to this legacy. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Joesph Suttles

Jan. 30, 2023

Here are the 2023 New Year’s Logs!

Thanks to all this year’s participants.

Seaman Apprentice William Flores’s Coast Guard portrait. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 27, 2023

The Long Blue Line: “No greater love”—Billy Flores, hero of the Cutter Blackthorn

Embodying the motto "So others may live"...

Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Lee Barrone recently received his Naval Studies Certificate as part of a degree program at the United States Naval Community College. (Photo by Alexander Gamble United States Naval Community

Jan. 26, 2023

9 Coast Guard members received a Naval studies certificate during the inaugural graduation ceremony 

The graduation marks a milestone for the new United States Naval Community College program. 

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel Dirvin runs in the Cocodona 250 race through Black Canyon City and into the Bradshaw Mountains in Arizona in 2022.

Jan. 24, 2023

Running for a cause: how one member runs for the Coast Guard community  

A Coast Guard member raises funds for CGMA through running. 

Coast Guard Anti-Retaliation logo

Jan. 24, 2023

How to spot and report retaliation

Second article in a series about anti-retaliation in the service.

Coast Guard emblem

Jan. 23, 2023

How to make your online meetings accessible

Microsoft Teams® makes it easy to comply with Section 508

Cyndy Olson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Steven Cantrell affix new collar devices to Ryan Olson's uniform during the 2014 Coast Guard Enlisted Persons of the Year Banquet at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2015. During the ceremony, Olson was recognized as the Enlisted Person of the Year - Reserve Component, an honor that comes with a meritorious advancement - in Olson's case, an advancement from petty officer first class to chief petty officer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi)

Jan. 23, 2023

Coast Guard announces supplemental advancement lists for select ratings 

Five ratings receive new lists effective Jan. 1

Enlistment photograph of Forrest Rednour at the beginning of his brief but heroic Coast Guard career. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 20, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Forrest Rednour—World War II rescue swimmer and FRC namesake

. . . his courageous disregard for his own personal safety in a situation of grave peril was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.    Navy & Marine Corps Medal citation, Ship’s Cook 2nd Class Forrest O. RednourForrest Oren Rednour was born May 13, 1923, in Cutler, Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard

Master Chief Petty Officer Aaron Turbett and then-recruit Jackson Midgett get ready for a running workout at the Coast Guard base in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in August 2022. Midgett spent eight weeks training with Turbett to meet boot camp fitness standards.

Jan. 18, 2023

How a Coast Guard recruiting liaison helped the service gain a new member  

When Jackson Midgett struggled to get fit for boot camp, Master Chief Petty Officer Aaron Turbett got creative and stepped in.

This charcoal drawing was executed by a Coast Guardsman in the Pacific Ocean during the heat of a World War II battle against Japan. (Photo by Martin Berman-Gorvine)

Jan. 18, 2023

Exhibit Center plays key role in telling Coast Guard’s story 

The little-known facility preserves irreplaceable artifacts.