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Feb. 14, 2023

Managers and supervisors: Here are the do’s and don’ts of retaliation 

What to do and what not to do if a EEO complaint is filed against you as a manager or supervisor.

Petty Officer 3rd Class John "Branch" Walton, a rescue swimmer assigned to Air Station North Bend, Oregon, poses for a portrait at the air station Feb. 14, 2023. Walton rescued a mariner in distress Friday, Feb. 3, 2023, after the disabled, 35-foot vessel Sandpiper was capsized by a breaking wave approximately 6 miles west of the Columbia River mouth. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Feb. 13, 2023

Meet the rescue swimmer who saved a man after a massive wave capsized a yacht

Coast Guard rescue swimmer reflects on first rescue in the Graveyard of the Pacific

A 1942 colorized photograph of Seaman Robert E. Thompson. (Courtesy of Robert E. Thompson)

Feb. 10, 2023

The Long Blue Line: WWII recruit training at Manhattan Beach and desegregating the U.S. military

Many African American Coast Guard recruits trained in the New York facility prior to serving their country.

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Feb. 8, 2023

Best places to Work: Civil Engineering Unit Juneau

Another installment of Coast Guard Best Places to Work.

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Feb. 7, 2023

Reminder: Email retention policy to change Mar. 1 

Coast Guard will now delete most emails after (older than) 10 years  

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rielly, a boatswain's mate stationed at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, writes out an equation used to calculate distance in Jody Levernier's sixth-grade math class at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School April 19, 2013. This event marked the fifth consecutive year that Levernier invited Coast Guard personnel to her class to show students how practical math is in the real world. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst.

Feb. 6, 2023

Part 2 Here are more 2023 New Year’s Logs!

Read PAC Area submissions below.

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Huggins, the current machinery technician rating force master chief (MK RFMC), stands with his son, Navy Seaman Michael Huggins, at Michael’s basic training graduation in Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Michigan, August 2012. Huggins has served as the MK RFMC at Coast Guard headquarters since June 2022. (Photo courtesy Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Huggins)

Feb. 6, 2023

MK RFMC connects members in the field with headquarters policies 

Teams page gives enlisted members more direct access.

Rare photo showing the heroic Pea Island Lifesaving Station crew commanded by famed African American keeper Richard Etheridge. (Coast Guard Collection)

Feb. 3, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Keeper Richard Etheridge and the Gold Medal lifesavers of Pea Island

The first African American officer-in-charge of a military installation.

Four cadets from the Topsail High School Coast Guard JROTC color guard present the colors at their Unit Establishment Ceremony at Topsail High School in Hampstead, North Carolina, Oct. 27, 2022. Representative Carson Smith from the North Carolina General Assembly (front row, left) and Rear Admiral Megan Dean, Coast Guard Director of Governmental and Public Affairs (front row, second from left) each delivered remarks during the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

Feb. 2, 2023

Coast Guard is expanding nationwide JROTC program 

The service is establishing four new units this year

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Feb. 1, 2023

Announcing MIT Seminar XXI Opportunity for Coast Guard Members

Here’s why you should apply for this unique program