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The U.S. Steamboat Inspection was one of the predecessor services to the U.S. Coast Guard and merged with the U.S. Coast Guard in 1936.

Aug. 4, 2022

Coast Guard Day – Completing Jigsaw Puzzle Picture Part 2

Second part of the Coast Guard's origin story.

Coast Guard Seal

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.

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy held Eclipse 2021, an annual cadet-run tradition, April 8-10, 2021. Eclipse is designed to equip leaders with tools to lead in a diverse workforce and sessions embrace identity related topics encompassing race, gender, ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by First Class Cadet Jordan Park)

Aug. 2, 2022

Employees say Coast Guard performed well during the Covid pandemic

2021 Organizational Assessment Survey results released

Coast Guardsmen set up floating command post tied to a lamppost and dispatch personnel by dinghy to the flooded town. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 29, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Ohio River, 1937—Coast Guard’s largest flood response 85 years ago! 

Rescue in the Heartland

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 

Many state and local government officials are also elected on Election Day as a matter of convenience.

July 27, 2022

A step-by-step to cast your absentee ballot 

Election season is around the corner; exercise your right to vote. 

Coast Guard Art Program Award 2022

July 21, 2022

Artist Debra Keirce Wins the art program's 2022 George Gray Award

"Debris cleanup in Hawaii" painting depicts Coast Guard grit.

Memebers of the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference gather for a photo on Base Boston in Massachusetts, Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2017. The JCOC is meant to educate and inform participants about the strength and readiness of the U.S. Armed Forces through the personal observation of Army, Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force, and Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicole J. Groll)

July 20, 2022

Coast Guard expands tuition to civilian employees  

Qualified employees can now submit applications to receive up to $4,500 in annual aid  

Two graduating Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadets from Camden High School in Camden, N.C., receive appointments to the Coast Guard Academy and one to the CGA Scholars Program, May 6. (USCG photo by Lucille Vogel, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.)

July 12, 2022

Increased participation in Coast Guard JROTC signals opportunity to grow workforce and develop excellence

3 students receive Coast Guard Academy appointment certificates

Members of the Coast Guard’s Office of Safety and Environmental Health presents the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute with the 2021 Excellence in Afloat Safety Award, June 7, 2022.

July 12, 2022

Coast Guard’s Office of Safety and Environmental Health recently presented the crew from Coast Guard Cutter Resolute with the 2021 Excellence in Afloat Safety Award

The award was presented at a ceremony held in early June. 

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