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NEW YORK, New York (Sept. 15)--The World Trade Center complex continues to burn, while the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma controls vessel traffic in New York harbor September 15. USCG photo by PAC Brandon Brewer

Sept. 10, 2021

The Long Blue Line: 20 years after 9/11—a day that changed the Coast Guard forever

How the Coast Guard has evolved over the past 20 year

Official Coast Guard photograph of Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Palazzo early in his Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 9, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Jeffrey Palazzo—a 9/11 Coast Guard hero’s story

After her husband perished saving lives on 9/11, Lisa Palazzo adopted a son who now carries his name - and continues his tradition of Coast Guard service.

Chaplain Andrew Hoyle (standing, back left), Coast Guard headquarters’ Partnership in Education (PIE) coordinator, along with Coast Guard and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) volunteers, pose in front of a table full of backpacks stuffed with school supplies at Anita J. Turner Elementary School during a back-to-school night event, August 26th. Hundreds of Coast Guard and DHS volunteers donated equipment or helped pack backpacks with schools supplies to support the D.C. community through St. Elizabeth’s Back-to-School backpack and supply drive (Coast Guard photo by Patrick Ferraris).

Sept. 9, 2021

BZ: USCG and DHS partners hold successful local back-to-school backpack drive helping nearly 300 children, and more

BZ: USCG and DHS partners hold successful local back-to-school backpack drive helping nearly 300 children, and more USCG and DHS partners hold successful local back-to-school backpack drive helping nearly 300 children; Summer joint service cyber event proves to be a success; Military to Mariner (M2M) program issued the first set of course completion certificates for Lifeboatman Limited and Able Seaman endorsed ratings in August; Labor Day offered an opportunity to remember the strength, resilience, and contributions of the Coast Guard workforce

Photo of Coast Guard personnel attending a Mentoring Program information session

Sept. 1, 2021

Attend a mentoring program September road show event in Boston, South Florida or Cape May

Learn how the Mentoring Program can advance your career

Official emblem for the Ninth Coast guard District. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 27, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s Ninth District--Guardians of the Great Lakes!

Within an area occupied by the states bordering the Great Lakes is located the U.S. Coast Guard’s Ninth District. The service’s presence on the Great Lakes began in the 19th century with the appearance of four Coast Guard predecessor agencies. These included the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, U.S. Lighthouse Service, Steamboat Inspection Service and

Aug. 26, 2021

Engineering your success: Dr. Sharon Zelmanowitz

CGA celebrates the first permanent female faculty member in engineering who also became the first female Dean of Engineering.

A Coast Guard air crew member helps transport a critically injured child from the helicopter to awaiting emergency medical services at Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard forward deployed Jayhawk helicopter crews are from Air Station Clearwater, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. David Steele)

Aug. 26, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake; USCG Cutter James offloads nearly 51,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth approximately $1.4 billion at Port Everglades; USCG, good Samaritan rescue 3 in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina; USCG completes Operation Nanook 2021; USCG rescues 3 from boat fire 150 miles south of Golfito, Costa Rica after their boat caught fire.

Auxiliarist Patrick M. Brown, recipient of the 2020 Auxiliarist of the Year Award, developed innovative solutions for Auxiliary elections during Covid-19. Brown also made significant contributions following the March 2020 tornado that devastated several middle-Tennessee communities.

Aug. 26, 2021

BZ: Congratulations to Patrick M. Brown for earning the 2020 Auxiliarist of the Year Award, and more

BZ: Congratulations to Patrick M. Brown for earning the 2020 Auxiliarist of the Year Award; Bravo Zulu to the recipients of the 2020 Civilian Employee of the Year (CEOY) and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year (NAF EOY) Awards; Solicitations: Reserve commander off-season assignment.

Jolie Z. – 7th grade, Wang Qi Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA, is the grand prize winner of grades 6-12.

Aug. 24, 2021

Young artists spotlight the vital role of seafarers in the 2021 Student Art Contest

View winning student artwork from around the Americas

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which facilitates leadership development across all programs at the Academy. Ray is expected to begin his duties later this year after relieving Adm. Thad Allen, who served as the 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2006 to 2010 and has held the chair since 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Aux. David Lau)

Aug. 19, 2021

Admiral Ray named next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at CGA

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.Ray, who retired as the vice commandant of the Coast Guard earlier this year, previously served as the Pacific Area commander and has held flag assignments as the Deputy Pacific Area commander, and commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard