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Aug. 1, 2023

Changing the way we do business

Unmanned aircraft systems offer increased capabilities and reduced risks to crews.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Murphy, an avionics electrical technician at Coast Guard Air Station Houston, interacts with community members at a Girls in Aviation event at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas, Sept. 23, 2022. Air Station Houston personnel provided a static helicopter display and talked with girls about aviation career opportunities in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki)

July 26, 2023

Understanding and addressing social climate incidents in the Coast Guard

What is a social climate incident and what can I do if faced with one?

This desegregation article series is dedicated to the all-African American crews of the Coast Guard’s Pea Island Lifeboat Station located in North Carolina. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 26, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Part III “When I say Americans, I mean all Americans!” — Segregation’s take-down by President Harry Truman

Denial of employment and promotion, and separate dining and restroom facilities often characterized the experience and limited upward mobility for African American workers.

Recruits from Alpha-204 meet their company commanders and begin recruit training during a ceremony at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, June 16, 2022. Training Center Cape May staff members look forward to continuing the Coast Guard's Long Blue Line of developing fleet-ready women and men, who are ready to make a difference in our Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Schell)

July 25, 2023

You could be a company commander

The Coast Guard is looking for the next wave of recruit company commanders (CCs) to help shape the future workforce.

Major Charity Adams inspects arrivals to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, comprised of African American women serving during World War II. (National Archives (531249))

July 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Part II — “Available and needed workers have been barred from employment” — the segregated military and civil service environments

The U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (USRCS), predecessor to the United States Coast Guard (USCG), utilized both free and enslaved Black people, and restricted their roles to cooks, stewards and seamen.

July 24, 2023

JROTC makes strides with its first-ever Junior Leadership Academy and expansion to 10 units

Base Elizabeth City hosts an action-packed week for cadets from all six CGJROTC units ahead of further program growth.

The mixed-race crew of African American enlisted men, with white officers and NCOs, on board cutter Yocona in 1919, at the time of the U.S. government’s segregation policy. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 20, 2023

The Long Blue Line: “There Shall be Equal Opportunity for All” — Why President Truman’s desegregation orders were necessary

On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed a pair of executive orders, the combination of which banned racial segregation in the armed forces and federal civil service.