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Coast Guard Cutter Daniel Tarr law enforcement crew members conduct a fisheries boarding aboard a shrimping vessel off the coast of Louisiana, on April 24, 2022. Fishery boardings are conducted to ensure commercial fisheries are following federal laws and regulations on the water. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alejandro Rivera)

March 30, 2023

Do you qualify for an exemption for Basic Boarding Officer Course and/or Boarding Officer Practical Course?   

Current and prior law enforcement officers can take advantage of their experience 

A Coast Guard Officer's hat, sword, gloves and ribbons are displayed together with the American Flag.

March 30, 2023

 Officers: You can make a difference in your new Officer Performance Assessment 

You have until April 7 to make your voice heard.

Then Petty Officer First Class Sharina Komen stands on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Maui while underway in 2020.

March 29, 2023

"I like a challenge" - Why CPO Sharina Komen serves at sea

"The coolest thing about going to sea," Komen says in the first installment of MyCG's new "Why I Serve at Sea" series, "is getting to know the people you work with on a different level. You’re not just going to work and leaving."

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March 28, 2023

From your Leadership Coach – 3 Thoughts on Conflict Management 

Managing conflict in the workplace is an essential leadership skill. Here are three strategies effective leaders use to manage conflict.  Seek constructive conflictToo often constructive aspects of conflict that can enhance team cohesion and decision making are overshadowed by destructive elements. The primary source of destructive conflicts in any

From left, Micki, Molly and Mary Kate Huynh, cadets at the Coast Guard Academy, pose for a group portrait in their soccer uniforms, here, Aug. 8, 2022. The teammates are also sisters in various years of cadet training. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Bradley E. Clift)

March 28, 2023

A Coast Guard Family: Three sisters follow in their father’s footsteps at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy

It seems unlikely that three sisters from the same family would all attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. What seems even more unlikely is they would all choose the same academic major to study, and the same sport to play. That all may seem improbable unless you know Molly, Micki, and Mary Kate Huynh from Grantville, Pennsylvania. The Huynh sisters

A Bloomingdale’s Department Store advertisement for pins. (The (N.Y.) Evening World, April 25, 1918)

March 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The Baker Twins—Re-searching the first female Coasties - or were they?

One historian’s investigation into the truth of the Baker Twins’ service. 

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March 23, 2023

Retirees, you may be entitled to more pay! 

Inside Combat Related Special Compensation 

Coast Guard Cutter Walnut, a buoy tender homeported in Honolulu and deployed to the Persian Gulf in February 2003, performs aids to navigation work. The cutter arrived in the Persian Gulf Feb. 27, 2003 to support U.S. Naval Forces Central Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Coast Guard Collection)

March 22, 2023

The Long Blue Line - 20 Years OIF: This is the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut's story about deploying to the Persian Gulf for buoy tender operations 

The cutter deployed to the Persian Gulf to defend against environmental warfare in the form of oil spills.

Petty Officer Second Class Paul F. Floge, a Coast Guard reservist with Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311 out of San Pedro, Ca., provides security with a .50 caliber machinegun on the Khawr al Amaya oil terminal off the coast of Iraq. Flodge, who works full time for the Los Angeles Police Department, is one of many reservists called to active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

March 21, 2023

The Long Blue Line - 20 Years OIF: Combat Operations of Port Security Units during Operation Iraqi Freedom

The role of Port Security Units during OIF.

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March 20, 2023

Coast Guard Reserve Component Action Plan released 

Strategy lays out path toward three key changes 

The U.S. Department of Defense is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998. DoD websites use the WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standard.

For persons with disabilities experiencing difficulties accessing content on a particular website, please use the form DoD Section 508 Form.  In this form, please indicate the nature of your accessibility issue/problem and your contact information so we can address your issue or question. If your issue involves log in access, password recovery, or other technical issues, contact the administrator for the website in question, or your local helpdesk.