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The crew and science team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy conclude a morale day with a cook out in the hangar Sept. 2, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Patrick Kelley)

Dec. 19, 2022

Military members will see an 11% increase in BAS for 2023

Both enlisted and officers will see a rise in their benefit beginning Jan. 1.

An unfinished common area located between housing units at the Marina Village Housing Complex in the sunlight, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Mrs. Linda Papp, spouse of Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp, accompanied her husband on a visit to the West Coast and toured housing units in the San Francisco Bay Area to evaluate the needs of Coast Guardsmen and their families as part of the Year of the Coast Guard Family program. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Levi Read.

Dec. 19, 2022

2023 BAH rates are out and will take effect New Years Day

On average, BAH rates will increase 12. 1% 

Members from Station Eaton’s Neck, New York, review tactical procedures with Suffolk County, New York Police Department prior to clearing the ferry PT Barnum, during Sector Long Island Sound’s AMSTEP exercise in October 2022.

Dec. 19, 2022

Building partnerships through required area exercises to keep the port safe

Sector Long Island Sound and port partners exercises how to respond to an emergency on the water, put that plan to use! 

Staff Seargent Benjamin Hastings, a shift supervisor at McChord Air Force Base's Space-A terminal, assists John Brunslik, a retired Coast Guard first class petty officer, check in for his flight. Brunslik and his family have traveled using Space-A accommodation once a year since his retirement from the Coast Guard reserve. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer Second Class Shawn Eggert)

Dec. 16, 2022

Your discounted travel option that earns dollars for Coast Guard MWR programs 

American Forces Travel provides commissions to Morale, Well-being, and Recreation programs based on workforce’s use of its site for travel, lodging, events and more. 

Ray Evans receiving his Navy Cross Medal for action seen at Point Cruz. Evans had already received a battlefield advancement to chief petty officer and later received an officer’s commission. (Coast Guard Collection)

Dec. 16, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Ray Evans—Hero of Guadalcanal who enlisted and served with Douglas Munro 80 years ago

Chief Ray Evans served with the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, and is now FRC namesake!

Chaplain Capt. David Morris speaks at an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training shop at the Lowery A. Woodall Advanced Technology Center in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Jan. 25, 2017. Morris was one of three chaplains to speak to the group. Morris has been teaching at the ASIST shop since he commissioned. (Mississippi National Guard photo by Spc. Christopher Shannon, 102d Public Affairs Detachment)

Dec. 15, 2022

Members learn to teach peers about suicide intervention

Building a network of support through training to teach the skills to prevent suicide and intervene if needed.

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Dec. 14, 2022

Announcing new civilian WPT incentives 

The Coast Guard unveils bonuses for civilian members.

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Dec. 13, 2022

Support Equipment Program marks its first anniversary 

Why equipment is the backbone of Coast Guard success 

The aftermath of Typhoon Merbock in the village of Golovin, Alaska, Sept. 27, 2022. More than 130 members of the Alaska Organized Militia, which includes members of the Alaska National Guard, Alaska State Defense Force and Alaska Naval Militia, were activated following a disaster declaration issued Sept. 17 after the remnants of Typhoon Merbok caused dramatic flooding across more than 1,000 miles of Alaskan coastline. (Alaska National Guard photo by Pfc. Bradford Jackson)

Dec. 12, 2022

Lessons from the Typhoon Merbok response in Alaska

And how you can get funding from the Office of Emergency Management (OEM) 

Second Lt. Harry G. Hamlet (top row, left) standing above another future commandant, Ellsworth Bertholf, aboard Revenue Cutter Bear during its famous Overland Rescue deployment, 1897-98 (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 9, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Harry Hamlet’s rescue of Navy convoy 100 years ago!

Shortly after World War I, a remarkable event demonstrated the caliber of Coast Guard officers.

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