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An official Coast Guard photograph of Pharmacist’s Mate Third Class Christine Valdez in dress uniform. (U.S. Coast Guard

Sept. 23, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Latina SPARs—Minority trailblazers of World War II

Women all over the country volunteered to serve during World War II. Here are a few Latina SPARs who answered the call.

A signed photo of Lt. Clarence Samuels commanding a Coast Guard vessel near the end of World War II. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

Sept. 16, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Clarence Samuels—the U.S. military’s Afro-Latino color barrier buster!

Panamanian born, here the story of Clarence Lorenzo Samuels, the first minority to command a federal ship.

At the Academy, Lt. Thomas James”Jimmy” Eugene Crotty excelled in leadership and athletics. During his senior year, he served as class president, company commander, and captain of the football team. Graduation in 1934 proved to be the last time many of his classmates and friends would see him. (Coast Guard Academy Tide Rips, 1934)

Sept. 16, 2022

The Long Blue Line: LT Crotty and the Battle for Corregidor

Sep. 16 we remember all POWs, here is the story of the Coast Guard's first POW since the War of 1812

28 DHS Professionals Join the National Defense University Class of 2023

Sept. 15, 2022

28 DHS professionals join the National Defense University Class of 2023

DHS employees began their pursuit of a master's degree in national security studies at one of four colleges within National Defense University's

Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Pemberton (left), Petty Officer 2nd Class James Peragine, and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Van Ginkel, the Endgame59 aircrew, received the U.S. Interdiction Maritime Interdiction Award Feb. 18, 2022, for their successful interdiction mission in August 2021. (USCG photo)

Sept. 14, 2022

HITRON received recognition at 2021 U.S. Interdiction Coordinator Awards 

A seasoned crew faced a challenging drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea.

Service members form CGCYBER 2013 CPT and Army 1st IO Brigade Read Team participate in Cyber Flag 22

Sept. 13, 2022

Cyber Flag 22: A multinational exercise aims to make defense networks safer and more secure

Keeping the cyber world safe.

Chief Petty Officer Charles McKenzie, an avionics electrical technician at Air Station Sacramento, counsels recent arrival, Petty Officer 2nd Class Tyler Koch on his Individual Development Plan (IDP). McKenzie says having direct reports complete an IDP once they get settled is a good way for commanders to get to know their new unit.

Sept. 7, 2022

Why now might be a great time to complete your IDP

Streamlined IDP is a great tool for new supervisors, members, employees post PCS

Members serving aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Venturous used a 3D printer to replace broken and cracked handles on the Y-gate, which is a part which allows a fireplug to feed two separate hoses. The handles are used to direct the flow of water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

Sept. 6, 2022

Tell the Coast Guard how 3D Printing could help your mission 

Send your ideas to the Pilot 3D Printing Shop via CG_Ideas@Work by Sep. 30.

Painting of Alexander Fraser showing his home town of New York and the cutter Harriet Lane in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

Sept. 2, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Captain Fraser—Coast Guard’s forgotten visionary and first commandant

. . . [Captain] Fraser opposed an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and this official’s hostility proved fatal to the Captain’s long career: by an arbitrary abuse of power, the administration in 1856 revoked his commission summarily. Both indefensible and stupid, this action resulted wholly from personal animosity and cost the government one of

Lt. Orly Naum, the assistant engineering officer, at Aviation Training Center (ATC), Mobile Alabama, is the Coast Guard’s recipient of the Federally Employed Women (FEW) 2022 Military Meritorious Service Award.

Aug. 26, 2022

Congratulation to the Coast Guard's 2022 Military Meritorious Service Award recipients 

Bravo Zulu to Lt. Orly Naum and other women in leadership.

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