NOTICE: A lapse in appropriations has occurred. Military members will continue to report for duty as per normal operations. Excepted and exempt civilian employees will report to work as usual. Managers and supervisors of non-exempt/non-excepted civilian employees must begin conducting orderly shutdown on the next scheduled workday. FAQs and resources regarding the lapse operations will continue to be posted here and the internal lapse site. 
Results:
Keyword: FY25 OR MCON OR PROJECT OR P-1181, OR HARDEN OR CRITICAL OR FEEDERS OR NAVAL OR BASE, OR GUAM

PFM offers these events because we all must understand how to maximize our benefits in retirement and the more planning you can do today will only set yourself up for success,

Sept. 22, 2023

Coast Guard Retirement and Benefits Service Center helps civilians prepare for life after government service

Webinar presents everything you need to know about FERS and Medicare but didn’t know you needed to ask

Eddie Hernandez’s black and white service portrait showing him prior to his tour in Vietnam. (Courtesy of the Hernandez Family)

Sept. 22, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Eddie Hernandez and smallboat operations in Vietnam

Hernandez was assigned to the 82-foot Coast Guard patrol boat Point Cypress, which served along the Cau Mau Peninsula on the southern-most tip of South Vietnam. 

Villarreal in flak vest and combat helmet standing beside Point Banks’s deck gun. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 15, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Villarreal - Silver Star savior of Vietnam 55 years ago

"It was one of those things. I just didn’t think we were going to, . . . we just weren’t going to survive. We just weren’t going to survive. It was just too much."

Auxiliary Chaplain Support chaplain Rev. Benjamin Shambaugh readies for a Sunday service for cutter personnel returning from an Operation Valiant Shield assignment. (U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary photo, courtesy of Rev. Benjamin Shambaugh)

Sept. 4, 2023

Auxiliary Chaplain Support proves vital for Operation Vigilant Sentry operational crews during mission and journey home

These Auxiliary chaplains aided personnel during the mission and on their return from Homeland Security Taskforce-Southeast’s Operation Vigilant Sentry response.

Photograph of the 75-foot patrol boat CG-249 from around the time of the James Alderman incident. (From The Hanging at Bahia Mar by Hal Caudle)

Sept. 1, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The infamous James Alderman and redemption of CG-249 100 years ago

The next morning, they would return to Fort Lauderdale and resume the grind of chasing rum runners. 

A 1942 photograph of German submarine U-123 attacking the steamship Cyclops. (uboatarchives.net)

Aug. 25, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s “Corsair Fleet” of World War II

Volunteer crews aboard a fleet of civilian sailing yachts hunted U-boats in the Atlantic.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Liam Coleman, a boatswain's mate assigned to Coast Guard Station Destin, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabe Waldrop, a machinery technician assigned to Station Destin, participate in tow training near Destin, Florida on June 23, 2022. Station Destin personnel performed tow training in the weeks prior to Fourth of July weekend. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom)

Aug. 23, 2023

Brilliant at the basics: Full tours at first rated assignment

Some petty officers in their first job out of A-school will no longer be considered tour complete upon advancement.

Mr. Mike Emerson, director of marine transportation systems, meets with Todd Muehlenbeck, acting deputy director of marine transportation systems on detail from Customers & Border Patrol, during a mentoring session at Coast Guard headquarters.

Aug. 21, 2023

Civilian supervisors’ annual leadership development requirements

Here are some ways to meet the October deadline

Long Blue Line Marine Electric series part 1 photo highlights.

Aug. 18, 2023

The Long Blue Line: A tragedy remembered — SS Marine Electric sinking 40 years ago, Part One

The shipwreck that prompted the creation of the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Program is recalled by the pilot of one of the helicopters sent to rescue survivors on that fateful night.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Logan Venero, a qualified coxswain at Station Islamorada, controls the throttles of a 45-foot response boat-medium, here, March 2, 2023. Venero excels in boat driving and was recently awarded the 2021 Cdr. Ray Evans Outstanding Coxswain Trophy. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Abban)

Aug. 17, 2023

Training Center Yorktown modernizes learning through new Coxswain Core Course

New course delivers “best-in-class” training, reflecting CG’s commitment to a Total Ready Workforce

Support and partner resources