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Members of Coast Guard Base Kodiak collaborate with joint services in support of the Arctic Care 2021 (AC21) program, May 1-18, 2021. AC21 provided care to remote Alaskan communities, through the Innovative Readiness Training (IRT) program, from the Office of the Secretary of Defense. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

June 8, 2021

Base Kodiak participates in joint operation bringing services to remote area in Alaska

Federal, local, and state agencies participate Arctic Care 2021

Official Coast Guard Public Affairs photo of Seaman 1st Class Eugene Edwin Oxley of Stilesville, Indiana. (U.S. Coast Guard)

June 4, 2021

The Long Blue line: “Lucky Ox”—surviving the killing fields of D-Day

Operation “Overlord” led to the defeat of Nazi Germany and end of the Second World War in Europe. "Lucky Ox" being one of the Coast Guard heroes of the operation.

Sonar image depicting a sunken vessel on the James River in Virginia, May 27, 2021. (Photo by Chesterfield County Virginia Marine Team/Released)

June 3, 2021

Frontline Focus

The Coast Guard is scheduled to make major changes to waterways, and Seventh District crews rescue diver in distress in U.S. Virgin Islands

Ensign Kathleen Spotz, stationed at Sector Northern New England in South Portland, Maine, was named the 2020 Coast Guard Female Athlete of the year in recognition of her superior performance as a runner. Recently, Spotz ran across the entire state of Maine in just over 30 hours—becoming the first person ever to do so!

June 3, 2021

Bravo Zulu

Congratulations to all our award winners, and be sure to check out the Coast Guard Reserve Policy Board Final Report! 

Our Leader of the Week nomination comes from Petty Officer 3rd Class Joe Chang, a marine science technician based out of U.S. Coast Guard New York currently on Title 10 Orders in Brooklyn, New York as part of the Covid-19 Vaccination roll out. Chang reached out to nominate his team leader, Chief Petty Officer Pedro Reyes, also a marine science technician!

June 2, 2021

Leader of the Week: Chief Petty Officer Pedro Reyes

Our leader of the week is Chief Petty Officer Pedro Reyes, a marine science technician from Sector New York.

Representing the winners in each category of the 2020 Capt. Niels P. Thomsen Innovation Awards are, from left, Auxiliarist Alvaro Ferrando, Cmdr. Joel Carse, Cmdr. Baxter Smoak, Douglas Campbell, Petty Officer 3rd Class Kristin Talbott and Petty Officer 1st Class James Lenkiewicz.

May 27, 2021

The Top Six Coast Guard Innovations of 2020

Great ideas from around the Coast Guard are recognized at the Thomsen Innovation Awards

First Class Cadet Josiah Davis, a native of Saline, Michigan, has been awarded one year of graduate school at Florida A&M to complete at the NCAA Division I level for track and field before reporting to his five-year military commitment for the U.S. Coast Guard. Davis is a three-time All-American for the Coast Guard Academy and national champion in the distance medley relay at Saline High School and a two-time national qualifier in the 400 hurdles. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

May 25, 2021

Coast Guard Academy Class of 2021 Future Leaders: Ready, Relevant, Responsive

The newest class of the Coast Guard Academy heads to the fleet

RIVIERA BEACH, Fla. - Coast Guard Auxiliary member Steve Seidman, a Coast Guard certified instructor, uses visual aids to teach recreational mariners the basics about nautical navigation during a boating safety course in Palm Beach Shores, Fla., Sep. 16, 2012. The course is designed to teach boaters the basics about boat handling and safety. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Krystyna A. Hannum

May 24, 2021

 National Safe Boating Week is May 22-27, 2021

Coast Guard Auxiliarist reminds us, that the best boating experience is safe boating

Mara Huling Langevin – A Link in the Long Blue Line

May 20, 2021

Mara Huling Langevin – A Link in the Long Blue Line

“I never thought about being the first of anything.  All I wanted to do was be a pilot and fly.”  

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May 18, 2021

CVR users: How to prepare for June 15

CVR will be decommissioned June 15. Here's what you need to do now.

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