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Emblem for the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center

Jan. 25, 2022

ALCGPSC 012/22: Promulgation of screening for overseas duty

Updated guidance includes no-cost OCONUS move guidelines and streamlined procedures.

Jan. 25, 2022

ALCGPSC 014/22: Officer promotion authorization listing (OPAL) 02-22

Commanding Officers/Officers exercising administrative control may promote the personnel listed below, effective on the dates indicated.

Jan. 21, 2022

ALCGPSC 011/22: Update 1 - Mitigating efforts for read-only access to orders functionality in Direct Access

Complications delaying the FSMS accounting data conversions directly impact orders and pay for over 130 reserve members. Reservists, commands, P&As, and SPOs shall this guidance to ensure members are paid correctly and on time.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Noah Denend (foreground) watches as his shipmates demonstrate ground escape procedures during law enforcement training at Coast Guard Station Chincoteague, Virginia, February 18, 2020. The new Coast Guard training adds a focus on ground fighting in order to keep law enforcement officers safe as they adapt to ever-changing situations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann)

Jan. 19, 2022

LEIs: Make sure you attend LEI school by Oct. 1

In order to maintain your LEI designation you must attend LEI school

Capt. Zeita Merchant, wearing the female service dress white uniform, relieved Capt. Jason Tama as the commanding officer of Coast Guard Sector New York during a change-of-command ceremony at Sector New York, May 7, 2021. A change-of-command ceremony is a time-honored tradition conducted before the assembled crew, as well as honored guests and dignitaries to formally demonstrate the continuity of the authority within a command. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ryan Schultz)

Jan. 19, 2022

Female officers: Order your SDW uniforms from CGX

SDW women’s coats available from CGX

Cmdr. Faith Schultz of Port Security Unit 309 leads her team on a mission. Coast Guard photo.

Jan. 18, 2022

Life at a Coast Guard PSU: Podcast transcription

Recruiters interview Cmdr. Faith Schultz, executive officer of Port Security Unit 309

Jan. 14, 2022

Message from the Commandant: Serving our communities on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Remember! Celebrate! Act! A Day On, Not a Day Off.

. Photo of Menhaden fishing vessels about to be converted to naval vessels for wartime service. (Naval History and Heritage Command)

Jan. 14, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “Men against the Sea”—anatomy of a Coast Guard cutter lost at sea

[This essay is adapted from the non-fiction book chapter “Men against the Sea,” Sea, Surf and Hell: The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1945), 72-78.]The Coast Guard patrol craft Wilcox was lost off the Mid-Atlantic coast Sept. 30, 1943. The following account is taken from the statement made by its commanding officer, Lt.