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Long-time U.S. Life-Saving Service member and keeper, Patrick Etheridge, alleged to have uttered the unofficial Life-Saving Service motto of “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back.” (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back”—origin of the old Life-Saving Service motto

The lore behind the motto

Kathryn Alonso won this year's Operation Homefront - Military Child of the Year® award for the Coast Guard. Alonso is the daughter of Capt. Ricardo Alonso and Michelle Alonso; they are located in Vienna, Va.

April 5, 2022

Recognizing their resilience during the Month of the Military Child

The Coast Guard honors our children throughout April and beyond; we also congratulate Kathryn Alonso, Operation Homefront, 2022 Military Child of the Year ® awardee for the Coast Guard.

Rare photograph of a Civil War-era tugboat. USS Daisy, a tugboat converted for Union naval may have been similar in design and construction to USRCS Hercules and Reliance. (www.history.uscg.mil)

April 1, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “The last full measure of devotion”—the life and death of Revenue Cutter Capt. Thomas Dungan

A story about the Coast Guard's predecessor service in the Civil War.

A Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point HC-130 Hercules aircrew conducts a medevac for a 66-year-old Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, March 25, 2022. The mariner was suffering from abdominal pains and was transported to awaiting emergency medical services on Oahu. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West/Released)

March 31, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll, and more

Coast Guard medevacs Ukrainian mariner from Palmyra Atoll; Coast Guard medevacs 70-year-old hiker after 200-foot fall; Coast Guard repatriates 188 people to Haiti; Coast Guard repatriates 44 people to Cuba; and Unified Command established in for tug aground in Neva Strait, Alaska.

Lt. Brianna Townsend is the final Coast Guard commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Wrangell, which was decommissioned March 22, 2022, after approximately 33 years of service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 30, 2022

Inspiration and experiences shared from a new generation   

Women share their experiences of mentorship, leadership, and service.   

Petty Officer 1st Class Truman N. Skang with the Pacific Strike Team replaces the sensors inside the AreaRae multi-meter Nov. 8, 2011. Skang and the other technicians on the National Strike Force's teams used some of their time during the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation to conduct functional checks on their gear to make sure it was ready for deployment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Matthew Schofield.

March 30, 2022

2021 Annual Safety Report: Uncorrected hazards are precursors to mishaps  

 The Health, Safety and Work-Life directorate recently released the Annual Safety Report. 

Seaman Paola Quinones Velazques poses in front of the 47-foot Motor Life Boat at Station Merrimack River for Women's History Month February 28, 2022. Born and raised in Puerto Rico, Quinones Valezques recently graduated basic training and has been at Station Merrimack River the past two months where she is a qualified watchstander and breaking in crewmember. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer First Class Amanda Wyrick/Released)

March 28, 2022

New guide catalogues policies and resources that support inclusive work environments, career progression, and family life 

The Coast Guard Female Relevant Policies Resource Guide is now available.  

Yo-yo dieting and weight management

March 25, 2022

Keep your diet on track even when those around you aren’t

Here are a few tactics to avoid social influences that can deter you from healthy eating

The Coast Guard Cutter Stratton’s (WMSL 752) crew relieves the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) in the Bering Sea, March 12, 2021. The Douglas Munro was the Coast Guard’s last 378-foot high endurance cutter and was relieved by Stratton concluding their final patrol prior to being decommissioned April 24, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

March 25, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Alaska Ranger—the historic Bering Sea rescue that defied the odds and saved 42 souls!

A once in a career rescue, all in the cold waters of the Bering Sea.

The Coast Guard Cutter Cushing sails past the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

March 22, 2022

Remembering Coast Guard Cutter Cushing 

A ship with a soul, finds fateful end in a watery grave 

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