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High resolution photograph of Danmark in 1945 under a full spread of canvas. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 30, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Danmark—the friend-ship between Denmark and the Coast Guard

How did a ship without a nation become a training platform for the U.S. Coast Guard?

July 29, 2021

Make your voice heard! RDT&E wants workforce ideas for FY23 research projects

Submit your "FY23 Research and Development Project Ideas” via CG_Ideas@Work

The US Coast Guard Cutter Maple crew participate in a towing exercise with the HDMS Ejnar Mikkelsen (P571), a Royal Danish Navy Knud Rasmussen-class patrol vessel and the FNS Fulmar (P740), a French Navy patrol vessel, near Greenland, June 21, 2021. Deployed forces demonstrated U.S. Coast Guard capabilities to build partner capacity and expertise in search and rescue, incident management, and marine environmental response. These efforts solidify key strategic relationships while achieving mutual Danish, Greenlandic, and U.S. goals in the North American Atlantic Arctic and Northwest Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez)

July 29, 2021

Frontline Focus: U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel in Newport, Ore., and more

Frontline Focus: U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard medevacs man from fishing vessel in Newport, Ore., The U.S. Coast Guard participated in Exercise Argus, strengthened Arctic partnerships, The Coast Guard First District responds to report of dielectric fluid leak in New Rochelle, N.Y., Coast Guard Air Station Sitka aircrew rescued three individuals from Chilkat River in Kodiak, Alaska, Coast Guard searching for two overdue mariners off Santa Rita, Guam

Retired Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Vince W. Patton III, addresses members and employees of Coast Guard Training Center Cape May during a leadership brunch held Thursday, May 28, 2015. Patton spoke about the importance of mentorship and congratulated the training center on establishing a mentorship program that helps junior members assigned to the training center. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Chief Warrant Officer John Edwards)

July 29, 2021

BZ: Mentoring Project’s Core Team receives Meritorious Team Citation, and more

BZ: Mentoring Project’s Core Team receives Meritorious Team Citation, Bravo Zulu to the winners of the Congressman James Sener Award for Excellence in Marine Investigations, Winner of the 2020 Cmdr. Ray Evans Outstanding Coxswain Trophy selected, Solicitation: Members for the Boat Forces Advisory Council, USCG voted the best place to work in the Department of Homeland Security, Be sure to check out the upcoming Mentoring Program Road Show

Menhaden fishing vessel W.T. James prior to World War I and conversion to the naval minesweeper, USS James. (Naval History and Heritage Command)

July 23, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Last of the Coast Guard fishing fleet— Hurricane San Calixto and the loss of EM Dow

During World War I and World War II, the Menhaden fishing fleet became a ready reserve for the Navy and Coast Guard.

The crew of the Coast Guard Joseph Tezanos offloads nearly $15 million in cocaine and transfers custody of two suspected smugglers at Coast Guard Base San Juan July 12, 2021. Cutter Joseph Tezanos, with the assistance of a Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations (AMO) Multi-Role Enforcement Aircraft (MEA) aircraft, interdicted a go-fast vessel in Mona Passage waters July 10, 2021, which resulted in the apprehension of the smugglers and seizure of 502 kilograms of cocaine. The interdiction resulted from multi-agency efforts in support of U.S. Southern Command's enhanced counter-narcotics operations in the Western Hemisphere and coordination with the Caribbean Corridor Strike Force (CCSF). (U.S. Coast Guard photo).

July 22, 2021

Frontline Focus: Sector Delaware Bay hoists three from grounded vessel near Cape May, N.J., and more

Frontline Focus: The U.S. Coast Guard Sector Delaware Bay hoists three mariners from grounded vessel near Cape May, New Jersey,Coast Guard offloads $15 million in seized cocaine, transfers custody of two smugglers in San Juan, Puerto Rico, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Liberty crew holds change-of-command ceremony, DHS Science and Technology Directorate and USCG solicit innovative tech solutions to respond to mass-casualty events at sea