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A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

April 14, 2022

FSMS: Progress report from the Incident Command

Travel card payment dates extended; new FSMS microsite brings all resources into a single hub.

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star passes Alcatraz as the cutter transits the San Francisco Bay, April 4, 2022. Following their 147-day Antarctic deployment, the cutter will undergo annual maintenance in a Vallejo, California, dry dock. Courtesy photo by Sachiko Itagaki.

April 14, 2022

Frontline Focus: Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker returns following 147-day deployment

Nation’s sole heavy icebreaker returns following 147-day deployment; U.S., Philippine Coast Guards host maritime law enforcement forum in Guam; Coast Guard Cutter Harriet Lane returns home to Portsmouth, Virginia following 50-day patrol; and Coast Guard offloads $20 million in cocaine, following at-sea drug bust near Puerto Rico. 

Volunteer tax preparer Lisa McCrary does a return for Sgt. Michael D’Arcy of the Army Materiel Command Band.

April 7, 2022

Reset your financial plans during Financial Capability Month

April is Financial Capability Month and it is a good time to rethink how you manage your finances and prepare for the future. 

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., flies a Jayhawk on a training mission June 14, 2016. Jayhawk aircrews typically consist of two pilots, a flight mechanic and rescue swimmer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist David Lau)

April 6, 2022

Coast Guard bringing on reserve pilots 

Reserve aviators to take to the skies.

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.

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April 1, 2022

Observing Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month in April and throughout the year

April is Sexual Assault Awareness and Prevention Month.

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.