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Jan. 19, 2024

Montgomery GI Bill (MGIB) Program new requirement

The opt-out timeline for the MGIB Program has been extended. Here’s what you need to know.

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Jan. 19, 2024

January is OPSEC Month

We all have responsibilities to help maintain operations security.

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Jan. 18, 2024

Data Team One’s robotic process automation

Revolutionizing resource operations

Jan. 17, 2024

We need your advice! What do you want to learn about in 2024?

MyCG is here for you.

Jan. 16, 2024

MyCG 2023 Year-in-Review

We take a look back at our top articles, changes from the past year.

Coast Guard cutter Reliance conducting helicopter operations circa 1964. (U.S. Coast Guard photo).

Coast Guard cutter Diligence shown with the prototype “racing stripe” painted on the bow in December 1966. (Coast Guard Historian’s Archive).

The extensive accommodation for helicopter operations is shown by this photo of third-in-class 210 cutter Vigilant. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

A Coast Guard HH-52A launched from Diligence hovers over the Gemini III space capsule in 1965. (U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo)

Jan. 12, 2024

Built to Last - The early days of the 210-foot cutter fleet

The two leading ships of the 210-foot Reliance-class cutters, Coast Guard cutters Reliance and Diligence, will turn 60 years old in June and August of this year, respectively.

Jan. 12, 2024

Seeking nominations for the 2023 Captain Niels P. Thomsen Innovation Awards

Nominations can be submitted through a challenge on the Coast Guard’s crowd-sourcing platform, CG_Ideas@Work, before Jan. 31, 2024.

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Jan. 10, 2024

When Plans Change: Facing Medical Separation in the Coast Guard

Office of Member Advocacy is your lifeline when faced with medical separation challenges.

Lt. Lena “Lexie” Royster, a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center, was selected as the 2023 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year. The award recognizes Coast Guard military and civilian engineers for their accomplishments and achievements. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center)

Jan. 9, 2024

The 2023 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year winner!

Lt. Lena “Lexie” Royster serves as a member of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Center’s Salvage Engineering Response Team (SERT) which provides 24/7 support to Coast Guard field commanders responding to emergent marine casualty situations.

Boarding officers in an interceptor boat from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton take suspected smugglers into custody during the boarding of a suspected smuggling vessel in international waters in the drug transit zone of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Feb. 23, 2017. The Stratton seized a total of 3,700 pounds of cocaine during their counter-smuggling patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney)

Jan. 8, 2024

From Mission Analysis Report to action: Reshaping Coast Guard maritime enforcement

Changing times means changing missions - expectations for safety remain.