June 20, 2025

15th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon and the Coast Guard’s spill response mission

"Even Exxon Valdez pales in comparison to the volume, scale, number of Coast Guard resources, how much time has been devoted to [Deepwater Horizon]—all far exceed any previous event." — CAPT Duke Walker, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard, 2012

June 18, 2025

CG-OWL hits one year, brings multiple new capabilities to the Coast Guard 

Easier access, e-service wide exam, new course library, competency management, and more!

June 17, 2025

Parents: Try these Coast Guard-themed books for the Second Lady’s Summer Reading Challenge

The Second Lady is leading a 2025 Summer Reading Challenge, and we've got you (and your kids) covered.

June 13, 2025

Bags of clams? Not likely. Here’s how a Coast Guard Seaman Recruit altered the course of World War II

Jack Cullen, 21, thwarted a Nazi plan to sabotage America’s shoreside infrastructure.

June 10, 2025

Coast Guard releases Estate Planning & Final Affairs Handbook for military members

First ever guide designed to help Coast Guard members and their families manage final affairs.

June 6, 2025

Eddy Priestly and D-Day’s Saviors

Over the course of the Normandy invasion, Flotilla One’s cutters saved 1,438 men.

June 5, 2025

Honoring Our Finest Leaders of 2025

Coast Guard names winners for Inspirational Leadership Awards.

May 30, 2025

Death, destruction at Galveston Lifesaving Station

Hurricane season is fast approaching (June 1st). Today we take a look back at one of the deadliest hurricanes in U.S. history, the 1900 Galveston Hurricane.

May 23, 2025

Reflecting on the 1961 Triumph-Mermaid tragedy

“There was no sign of anybody inside. I just hung on and prayed as the ship filled with water.”

May 20, 2025

New matchmaking algorithm helps assign Cadets to their first job

How OPM used an algorithm to help assign Coast Guard Academy cadets and OCS candidates to their first assignments.