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A U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet, a member of the Academy's cyber team looks at his computer while participating in the National Security Agency's (NSA) annual cyber exercise (NCX), here, Mar. 31, 2022. The Academy's cyber team won third place out of 12 total teams. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

April 18, 2022

Coast Guard Academy Participates in NSA Cyber Exercise 2022

Practicing cyber security with higher institutions.

A map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) showing the State of Alaska and the epicenter of the Great Alaska Earthquake of 1964. (NOAA)

April 15, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “The land turned to liquid”—Coast Guard operations in the Great Alaska Earthquake

The land turned to liquid. A long slice of the seaward edge of the plain…a section nearly a mile long and as much as six hundred feet wide-compacted, slumped, and then slid into the bay… men tumbled into the water, grasping for anything – timbers, boxes, debris-to stay afloat. One clung to the side of the fissure before he too, fell in. In the

A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

April 14, 2022

FSMS: Progress report from the Incident Command

Travel card payment dates extended; new FSMS microsite brings all resources into a single hub.

Petty Officer Third Class Stephanie Williams and Seaman Thadeus Shudark are hard at work in the Sector Hampton Roads Command Center. Every day communications watchstanders stand ready for any event.

April 11, 2022

What you need to know about CGPAAS and the importance of updating your contact info, unblocking the CGPAAS notification numbers

Coast Guard’s Personnel Accountability and Assessment System undergoes upgrades

Coast Guard boat crew members receive domestic egress training Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at Training Center Cape May. Instructors from Joint Emergency Training Associates conducted a two-day training exercise to ensure proficiency in combating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef)

April 6, 2022

New change in safety manual updates mishap thresholds, categories

Safety and Environmental Manual receives an update

April 5, 2022

FSMS: Progress report from the incident command

Update 2: Progress made through April 5, 2022

U.S. Air Force graphic displaying facts related to Alcohol Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Jacob Dastas)

April 4, 2022

April is Alcohol Awareness Month—abstaining from alcohol is a wise health decision

In his first State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden spoke to the difficulties and challenges of overcoming the worst pandemic in over 100 years, and its effects on both the nation’s physical health and the nation’s mental [behavioral] health. At the close of the address, the President put forth a four-step “Unity Agenda” asking Congress to

A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducts a medevac for a 66-year-old Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, March 25, 2022. The mariner was suffering from abdominal pains and was transported to awaiting emergency medical services on Oahu. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West/Released)

March 31, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, and more

Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll; Coast Guard medevacs 70-year-old hiker after 200-foot fall; Coast Guard repatriates 188 people to Haiti; Coast Guard repatriates 44 people to Cuba; and Unified Command established in for tug aground in Neva Strait, Alaska.

March 28, 2022

FSMS: Coast Guard works to pay backlogged claims

Update 1: Progress made March 21 – 25, 2022

Seaman Paola Quinones Velazques poses in front of the 47-foot Motor Life Boat at Station Merrimack River for Women's History Month February 28, 2022. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Quinones Valezques recently graduated basic training and has been at Station Merrimack River the past two months where she is a qualified watchstander and breaking in crewmember. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class Amanda Wyrick/Released)

March 28, 2022

New guide catalogues policies and resources that support inclusive work environments, career progression, and family life

The Coast Guard Female Relevant Policies Resource Guide is now available.