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2024 Workforce Townhall

March 29, 2024

Attend the 2024 Workforce Townhall

Adm. Linda Fagan and Master Chief Heath Jones will be answering YOUR questions. The submission form to send in your questions will be available until April 2nd, so make sure to submit before then!

A photograph of the U.S. Life Saving Service crew posing with its surfboat in front of U.S. Life-Saving Station at St. Joseph, Michigan, from the Digital Collections of the Detroit Public Library.

March 29, 2024

Joseph Napier — Heroic Surfman, Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient and FRC namesake

For his heroism, Napier received the first Gold Lifesaving Medal issued by the U.S. Life-Saving Service, forerunner of the modern Coast Guard.

The 2024 cohort of U.S. Senate Youth Program military mentors (U.S. Senate Youth Program photo courtesy of Jakob Mosur).

March 28, 2024

Coast Guard officers mentor leaders of tomorrow in the U.S. Senate Youth Program

The U.S. Senate Youth Program “is a unique educational experience for outstanding high school students interested in pursuing careers in public service.”

U.S. Coast Guard and United States Naval Community College officials pose for a photograph with the first-ever USNCC graduate. Shown from left to right: Coast Guard Senior Chief Petty Officer Ryan Erpelding; Navy Command Master Chief Jordan Rosado; Randi Cosentino, president of USNCC; Petty Officer 2nd Class Merrill Magowan; and Capt. Taylor Lam, commander of Sector San Francisco.

March 27, 2024

U.S. Naval Community College propels Coast Guard member to reach goals

OS2 Magowan is the first servicemember to earn a degree from USNCC; now he’s off to Officer Candidate School.

A blue rectangular background with a white circular divider in the middle of the frame. Inside of the white circle is an outline of a family of four. Across the bottom of the rectangular background in white bold print is the words "Ombudsman Appreciation Day."

March 26, 2024

Coast Guard Ombudsmen, We Thank You

The Coast Guard Celebrates 38th Ombudsman Appreciation Day.

An orange and blue swirled background upon a circular backdrop. Across the middle is the words "Coast Guard" in black and orange. Then below in white bold letters is "Power Platform Science Fair."

March 25, 2024

Vote for your favorite Coast Guard deck plate developer app this Friday

Watch Coast Guard finalists present their new apps to Command, March 29 from 9 a.m. to noon at the virtual Deck Plate Developers-Power Platform Science Fair.

An official portrait photograph of BM1 Bernie Webber in his dress blues. (U.S. Coast Guard) A painting by Richard Kaiser of CG-36500 in heavy seas nearing the broken stern half of the Pendleton (depicted in the background). (U.S. Coast Guard)

March 22, 2024

Bernard “Bernie” Webber and the greatest smallboat rescue in Coast Guard history

Divine intervention, dead reckoning and plain luck have all been trumpeted as ways Bernie’s crew found the Pendleton that night.

Adm. Linda L. Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, speaks to guests during the 2024 State of the Coast Guard Address in Washington, D.C., March 20, 2024. The State of the Coast Guard Address speaks to the vision for the service. (U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Brandon Giles)

March 21, 2024

Commandant delivers the 2024 State of the Coast Guard Address

Adm. Fagan highlighted operational accomplishments while focusing on workforce and mission readiness and strengthening Service culture.

A logo of the medical industry with a subdued grey background.

March 20, 2024

Military families: Here’s how to fill medical prescriptions during the on-going pharmacy cyber-attack

Members may face delays in getting their prescriptions at civilian pharmacies and military treatment facilities.

The bonze placard is the only verified artifact from the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, which sank in September 1918 off the coast of Wales, just before the end of World War I.

March 14, 2024

The only remnant of a sunken Coast Guard cutter

The bonze placard is the only verified artifact from the Coast Guard Cutter Tampa, which sank in September 1918 off the coast of Wales, just before the end of World War I.

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