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Chief Petty Officer Academy instructors Senior Chief Petty Officer Jacob Zorbaugh Chief Petty Officer Keith Impey test the new Leadership Competency Facilitator Guide in October 2022. (U.C. Coast Guard photo.)

Oct. 12, 2022

New training tool offers engaging way into leadership for military members and civilians 

Guide provides structure and straight talk for developing leaders.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathaniel Bracero and Petty Officer 2nd Class Neisha Torres recruiting for the Coast Guard at an event in Puerto Rico during the week of June 21, 2022. The couple, who grew up in Puerto Rico, put together and hosted a week-long series of recruiting events in their home country. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

Oct. 11, 2022

Portsmouth members take “Everyone is a Recruiter” back home to Puerto Rico

Two members spend a week recruiting potential applicants on the island where they grew up.

After World War I, the Navy returned the Coast Guard Cutter Manning to the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, which stationed it in Norfolk, Virginia. The cutter was assigned to annual “winter cruising” from December through March each year. (digitalcommonwealth.org)

Oct. 7, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Saving Sunbeam—a deadly human trafficking case over 100 years ago

Chinese non-citizens rescued from the icy waters after the ship they were aboard sank into the sea at the beginning of the 20th century.

Capt. Troy Glendye, Chief Director of Auxiliary, and the second wave of Auxiliarists stand outside of Eagle Pass Station in Eagle Pass, Texas. (Coast Guard Auxiliary Photo by COMO Tracy DeLaughter)

Oct. 6, 2022

Auxiliarists deploy to the Southwest Border

Author’s note: Additional contributions to this article were made by: Commodore Rick Saunders, ANACO Response-Prevention Group and CommodoreTracy DeLaughter Immediate Past District Commodore District 8 Western Region.Working on the southwest border wasn’t anything like Auxiliarist David Soderholm expected. “Some days there were 20-30 people being

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

Oct. 6, 2022

Policy update: Opportunities for officers to opt out of promoting at certain pay grades

Officer Opt Out is set for PY2024

U.S. Coast Guard recruits (left to right), Madelin Germosen Santos, Pedro Reyes Rivera, Jose Nunez Planell, Fernando Rivera Perez, and Omar Perez Torres arrived at Defense Language Institute English Language Center's Echo Company Aug. 30, to be embedded with the U.S. Army trainees to being their English Language Training. The DLIELC's Language Center English Language Training for 10–24 weeks at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Once they are proficient enough in English to pass the English Comprehension Level test, they will ship to Boot Camp at Cape May, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Spencer Berry)

Oct. 6, 2022

Coast Guard recruits join DLIELC’s Echo Company for English Language Training 

Four Coast Guard recruits attend English classes prior to attending boot camp.

USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) is seen from the left side of a formation during a photo exercise (PHOTOEX) as a part of Operation Nanook, Northern Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 6, 2022. Bear is partaking in the Tuugaalik phase of Operation Nanook, an annual exercise that allows the United States and multiple other partner nations to ensure security and enhance interoperability in Arctic waters. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

Oct. 5, 2022

Coordinating combat exercise operations from the inside of the cutter 

The role of a combat information center during a multinational military exercise 

Coast Guard recruits in company Delta-201 receive orders to their first duty stations at the Fisherman’s Memorial in Cape May, N.J., Sept. 8, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May serves the American public by leveraging the talent and passion of our staff to produce high quality, mission-ready recruits, and delivering professional and customer-focused services to enable missions for our units, tenants, and region. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Kearney)

Oct. 3, 2022

High Year Tenure is suspended until Jan. 1, 2025 

New changes to HYT have been made in efforts to offer career flexibility

Coast Guard Cutter Adak of PATFORSWA provides escort for aircraft carrier USS Nimitz through the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 30, 2022

The Long Blue Line: LANTAREA’s PATFORSWA Managers—over 15 years of leadership!

The present-day Contingency Operations Branch (LANT-39) formed out of the need to provide contingency support to a few cutters deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Initially viewed as a contingency operational need to support those cutters, a solicitation for a handful of Coast Guard reservists was made in 2005. Those reservists would

Dr. Victor Connell, a doctor at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, gives a medical exam to an active duty Coast Guardsman. Dr. Connell is one of over 100 auxiliarist, medical professionals who volunteer their time and skills to assist the U.S. Coast Guard. USCG photo.

Sept. 28, 2022

Coast Guard will begin new physician training to help staff clinics

Applications to new programs that put selected officers, enlisted personnel through medical school due Oct. 12