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Painting of Alexander Fraser showing his home town of New York and the cutter Harriet Lane in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

Sept. 2, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Captain Fraser—Coast Guard’s forgotten visionary and first commandant

. . . [Captain] Fraser opposed an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and this official’s hostility proved fatal to the Captain’s long career: by an arbitrary abuse of power, the administration in 1856 revoked his commission summarily. Both indefensible and stupid, this action resulted wholly from personal animosity and cost the government one of

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Aug. 31, 2022

Best Places to Work: Pay and Personnel Center (PPC) Topeka 

PPC celebrates 40 years of great customer service.

Lisa Parks in front of Coast Guard Cutter 37 (formerly Coast Guard Cutter Taney) on Pier 5 of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Parks, who works at the nearby Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) as chief of the Information Services Branch, began her Coast Guard career 33 years ago as a high school intern.

Aug. 26, 2022

How the SFLC’s Lisa Parks advanced from GS-1 to GS-15  

Building a successful civilian career at the Coast Guard. 

Official photograph of Chief Canine Sinbad featuring the Coast Guard crest in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 26, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Chief Canine Sinbad—the Coast Guard’s Four-Legged Sailor 

Life of a cutter dog.

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Maple lay a wreath at the sight of a sunken Coast Guard Cutter in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, June 15, 2022. The crew of the Maple commemorated lives lost by visiting two sunken Coast Guard Cutters and a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)

Aug. 18, 2022

The Graveyard of the Atlantic: Exploring history aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Maple 

Here's a story about maritime archaeology and honoring the past.

Chief Petty Officer George Soto calculates points for the Female Armed Platoon drill competition at Monarch High School, Coconut Creek, Florida, Jan. 22. Soto is the Coast Guard recipient of the 2022 League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) Excellence in Service Award. (USCG Courtesy Photo)

Aug. 17, 2022

George Soto wins the LULAC Excellence in Service Award 

Advancing diversity in underrepresented populations.

Chatham, Massachusetts - Massachusetts Maritime Academy Auxiliary University Program (AUP) Cadets Mitchell Campbell, Jacob Bolles, Alexa Smith, Abigail LeLievre, and Cole Francavilla stand in front of retired Motor Life Boat CG 36500 during spring commissioning work. The cadets learned more about the history of the boat and the Pendleton Rescue made famous by the Disney movie, "The Finest Hours” and then painted the entire hull including the bottom and topsides. U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Photo by Auxiliarist Lisa Goodwin.

Aug. 9, 2022

Preparing college students for public service in the U.S. Coast Guard

Coast Guard Auxiliary University Program prepares students for officer candidate school

Petty Officer 2nd Class Veronica Rzotkiewicz and Petty Officer 3rd Class Daniela Abreu, yeomen at the Coast Guard Base Honolulu Servicing Personnel Office, enter data into an online Coast Guard system for crew members, Aug. 26, 2014. Yeomen are typically responsible for payroll certification and delivery; preparing military travel orders and arranging transportation, including shipment of household goods; preparing correspondence; and maintaining files and administrative records. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tara Molle)

Aug. 9, 2022

Update for the Coast Guard's electronic transition for the Military Human Resource Record

iPERMS will consolidate your records for increased access and support.

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Aug. 3, 2022

Coast Guard Day – Seeing the Completed Jigsaw Puzzle Picture

Here is part one of a two-part story of the beginnings for the United States Coast Guard as we celebrate 232 years.

An HC-144 Ocean Sentry taxiis down the tarmac at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod post tropical storm Henri on Monday, August 23, 2021. Tropical Storm Henri made landfall in the Northeast bringing heavy rainfall, storm surges, and heavy winds across the coast. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer Third Class Ryan L. Noel)

July 28, 2022

 Coast Guard revamps the way it delivers new aviation assets to the field  

New Aviation Projects Acquisition Center offers smoother process, better-defined career track for procurement professionals