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Port of San Diego Commissioner Marshall Merrifield, Rep. Mike Levin, Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister, Rep. John Garamendi, Chancellor of the University of California San Diego Pradeep Khosla, and Rep. Scott Peters take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego Jan. 24, 2020. The Coast Guard entered into an agreement with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to establish the Blue Technology Center of Expertise, which will provide opportunities for rapid identification and integration of new blue technologies into current Coast Guard capabilities. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley.)

April 6, 2021

Operation Innovation: Blue Tech Center of Expertise seeks technology solutions

What is blue technology and how is the Coast Guard using it?

Base Alameda medical clinic personnel draw a dosage of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial to administer to base medical staff in Alameda, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020. Coast Guard efforts to vaccinate its workforce, in collaboration with DoD, will be complementary to a parallel effort by states, territories, and localities, as vaccine supply allows. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi.

April 1, 2021

Information Session: The COVID-19 Vaccine and Communities of Color

Public Health Service Physicians Jaspal Ahluwalia and Swati Singh share history and information about vaccination

Rear Adm. Andrew Sugimoto currently serves as the Coast Guard’s Assistant Commandant for Intelligence. As the Coast Guard’s Chief of Intelligence, he leads the efforts of over 1,100 intelligence professionals who conduct the service’s intelligence programs, to include collection activities, analysis and production, geospatial intelligence, counterintelligence, cryptology and critical IT and security functions.

March 31, 2021

Virtual Listening Session: Anti-Asian Sentiment

Join this virtual community conversation discussing the recent increase in Anti-Asian Sentiment in the United States.

March 26, 2021

Spouse of retired Coast Guard officer at the heart of Coast Guard Ombudsman’s origin story

Wanda Allen-Yearout recalls building the program 35 years ago.

Official Service photo of namesake 175-foot Keeper-Class buoy tender Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

March 26, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Barbara Mabrity—Long-time Lighthouse Keeper and Hurricane Heroine

Barbara Mabrity, or someone from her family, kept the Key West Light for 82 of its 89 years of manned operation. And, for most of the Mabrity years, a female family member oversaw operation of the light.

Montgomery Grace Norton, daughter of Seaman David and Allie Norton, gazes at her surroundings as her father holds her before she is to be dedicated during a ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Greenbrier in Natchez, Miss., May 25, 2013.

March 25, 2021

Here's how the Coast Guard can support your fertility journey

Leaders at all levels should be familiar with these policies, resources

The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration program was created to right those wrongs. The commemoration honors all United States veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces from Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975. We are in the midst of a 50-year anniversary commemoration of that 20-year period of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 25, 2021

Mass vaccination sites are helping the U.S. honor Vietnam War veterans

Vietnam War Veteran's Day is March 29. More than 8,000 Coast Guard members served in the war.

The women of the U.S. Coast Guard's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Innovation program in a photo illustration for Women's History Month, 2021.
Pictured are:
Front row (from left): Meg Tusia, Lt. Anne Newton, Alexandra Swan, D.J. Hastings and Holly Wendelin. Second row: Shalane Regan, Monica Cisternelli, Christine Hansen, Karin Messenger, Julie Dozier, Wendy Chaves, Fideline Rosius, Kellie August, Minh-Thu Phan and Amy Cutting. Back row: Helen Carnes, Lauren Eberly, Christine Mahoney, Lt. j.g. Jennifer Hansen, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Kleinsmith, Kim Babcock, Jennifer Ibaven, Judith Connelly, Capt. Kim Guedry, Dr. Benedette Adewale and Lt. Elizabeth Murphy. Not pictured: Margaret Exton, Irene Gonin, Taylor Kall, Rae Mason, Grace Python, Gail Roderick, Anita Trombino, Christine Wadsworth and Cmdr. Michelle Noonan.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo illustration.)

March 25, 2021

Women in RDT&E and Innovation help drive Coast Guard mission success

Women’s History Month serves as a reminder of the many contributions and strengths women bring to the Coast Guard.

March 23, 2021

DHS wants your input to become more effective, efficient

The Department of Homeland Security is looking for ideas and suggestions from its stakeholders across public and private sectors familiar with or interested in improving DHS's effectiveness and efficiency. Your input can be submitted in the form of questions, hypotheses, or problems focused on any area of the department’s work.Your input will

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandra Hartman prepares to release the tether lines on one of the USCGC Stone's (WMSL 758) small boats for launch off the coast of Northern Brazil on Jan. 14, 2021. The Stone conducted training with the Brazilian navy ship Guaiba and shared rescue and law enforcement methods. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)

March 22, 2021

New: Concealed-carry credentialing program for Coast Guard law enforcement personnel

Current and former law enforcement officers can carry a personally owned firearm concealed while off-duty, not in uniform, in any jurisdiction in the U.S. with certain exceptions.

The U.S. Department of Defense is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998. DoD websites use the WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standard.

For persons with disabilities experiencing difficulties accessing content on a particular website, please use the form DoD Section 508 Form. In this form, please indicate the nature of your accessibility issue/problem and your contact information so we can address your issue or question. If your issue involves log in access, password recovery, or other technical issues, contact the administrator for the website in question, or your local helpdesk.