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Sept. 7, 2021

Share the Coast Guard story online—new Social Media Handbook and website show you how

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EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN – Seaman Apprentice Tatiana Muniz Guzman, a crewmember aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Sherman, stands ready to raise the morning colors, Jan. 9, 2017. Sherman, homeported in Honolulu, is on a counter narcotics mission in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. Cutters like Sherman routinely conduct operations from South America to the Bering Sea conducting alien migrant interdiction operations, domestic fisheries protection, search and rescue, counter-narcotics and other Coast Guard missions at great distances from shore keeping threats far from the U.S. mainland. (FOR RELEASE U.S. Coast Guard photo Chief Warrant Officer Allyson E.T. Conroy)

Sept. 2, 2021

Creating more opportunities for women to serve underway

Small changes to assets and policy have big impacts, expanding opportunities for women afloat

From the crest of Mount Suribachi, the Stars and Stripes wave in triumph over Iwo Jima after U.S. Marines had fought their way inch by inch up its steep lava-encrusted slopes. Ca. February 1945. PhoM3c. John Papsun. (Coast Guard) NARA FILE #: 026-G-4140 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1222

Sept. 2, 2021

The Long Blue Line: “Hot Rocks”—a Coast Guardsman on the beach at Iwo Jima

[This essay was excerpted from the book chapter of the same name: “Hot Rocks,” Sea, Surf and Hell: The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1945), 276-79.]Because of the concentrated mortar fire, which the Japanese are laying down on this landing area, it is one of the bloodiest of all the assault beaches in the Pacific War to

Photo of Coast Guard personnel attending a Mentoring Program information session

Sept. 1, 2021

Attend a mentoring program September road show event in Boston, South Florida or Cape May

Learn how the Mentoring Program can advance your career

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Aug. 31, 2021

Money Matter$: Knowing how to prevent and respond to identity theft

Obtain a credit report, file a fraud alert

Official emblem for the Ninth Coast guard District. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 27, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s Ninth District--Guardians of the Great Lakes!

Within an area occupied by the states bordering the Great Lakes is located the U.S. Coast Guard’s Ninth District. The service’s presence on the Great Lakes began in the 19th century with the appearance of four Coast Guard predecessor agencies. These included the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, U.S. Lighthouse Service, Steamboat Inspection Service and

Petty Officer 2nd Class Monique Gilbreath and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristen Allen prepare to take part in a diving exercise at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, March 25, 2021. Gilbreath and Allen are the only two active female divers in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)

Aug. 23, 2021

Less than one percent of military divers are women, the U.S. Coast Guard has two

The Coast Guard is the smallest of the military branches. Being a diver in the Coast Guard is rare and being a female diver, even more so. There are only two active female divers in the Coast Guard. It is a small club.Diver (DV) is a unique job, or rating, in the Coast Guard. For the majority of ratings, you enter the Coast Guard as a seaman

Official photo of Capt. Charles Ward “Tommy” Thomas, who patrolled cutters on the top of the world, on the bottom of the world, while also studying the contents of the world. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Aug. 20, 2021

The Long Blue Line: A Coast Guard scientist, maritime war hero, and polar icebreaker skipper

Tommy Thomas patrolled cutters on the top of the world, on the bottom of the world, while also studying the contents of the world. 

Coast Guard women are assigned the same operational duties as men, whether its aboard cutters, small boats or as aircrew members.

Aug. 19, 2021

BZ:  Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes, and more

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes; Bravo Zulu to the 2020 CAPT Godfrey L. Carden and BM1 John C. Cullen Maritime Security Response Operations (MSRO) Excellence Award; Solicitation for FY21 Special Command Aide of the Year

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which facilitates leadership development across all programs at the Academy. Ray is expected to begin his duties later this year after relieving Adm. Thad Allen, who served as the 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2006 to 2010 and has held the chair since 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Aux. David Lau)

Aug. 19, 2021

Admiral Ray named next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at CGA 

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.Ray, who retired as the vice commandant of the Coast Guard earlier this year, previously served as the Pacific Area commander and has held flag assignments as the Deputy Pacific Area commander, and commander of the Fourteenth Coast Guard