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Amanda Hayman, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University adjunct instructor, reviews the course syllabus with students on the second floor of the training building, Oct. 21.

April 23, 2021

Sharpen in-demand workforce skills through the Voluntary Credentialing Program   

Advance your career through certifications  

April 22, 2021

Taking care of you by paying yourself first!

Here are some tips to become more financially stable.

Coast Guard Cutter James wins the Excellence in Safety Award: The Coast Guard Commandant, Adm. Karl Schultz, presented the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter James, a National Security Cutter, the Excellence in Safety Award March 18, 2021. The crew of the James was honored for its quick and innovative thinking during a counter-drug patrol. During the 74 days underway, the crew devised and implemented extensive operational and personal protective procedures to keep everyone free from infection and maintain its full mission effectiveness, despite interdicting three detainees that tested positive for COVID-19. Bravo Zulu to the crew of Cutter James!

April 22, 2021

Bravo Zulu

Congratulations to the 2020 Enlisted Persons of the Year: Seaman Theodore Noah Kirkbride and Petty Officer 2nd Class Cole Olvera

A team from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy participated in the National Security Agency’s 20th annual National Cyber Exercise (NCX), a three-day cyber competition that tests the offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills virtually, April 8-10, 2021. The Coast Guard Academy recently instituted a Cyber Systems degree to meet the needs of the services cyber security strategy of defending cyber space, enabling operations, and protecting infrastructure. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Medley)

April 15, 2021

Coast Guard Academy participates in NSA Cyber Exercise 2021

The National Security Agency helps prepare future military leaders to protect our critical infrastructure by conducting the NSA Cyber Exercise (NCX)

Second Class Petty Officers Casey Zachry, left, and Cody Childress, both health services technicians, prepare to depart from Coast Guard Station Port O’Connor, Texas March 24, 2021. Earlier that day, Zachry and Childress administered Covid-19 vaccinations to Coast Guard members at the station. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

April 15, 2021

Bravo Zulu

Innovation Council briefs CGA cadets on becoming agents of change

Vice Adm. Charles Ray supports FORCECOM’s modernized ready learning initiative by attending a meeting through Microsoft Teams in January 2021.

April 15, 2021

FORCECOM Receives the 2021 International Society for Performance Improvement  Award  

Force Readiness Command is scheduled to receive the 2021 International Society for Performance Improvement Award of Excellence in May.

The USCGC Alert (WMEC 127) and its crew return to homeport in Astoria, Oregon, Wednesday, April 7, 2021, following a 63-day patrol that began in early February. The cutter and crew patrolled off the coast of Mexico and in the vicinity of the United States-Mexico Maritime Boundary Line enforcing international laws and treaties to disrupt illegal narcotics and migrant smuggling. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham.

April 15, 2021

Frontline Focus Update

Coast Guard Cutter Alert returns home after 63-day counterdrug patrol in the Eastern Pacific Ocean:

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April 14, 2021

2020 Captain Neils P. Thomsen Innovation awards recipients announced 

Congratulations to all of the recipients of the 2020 Captain Niels P. Thomsen Innovation awards.

Second Class Petty Officers Casey Zachry, left, and Cody Childress, both health services technicians, prepare to depart from Coast Guard Station Port O’Connor, Texas March 24, 2021. Earlier that day, Zachry and Childress administered Covid-19 vaccinations to Coast Guard members at the station. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

April 14, 2021

Lifesaving Mission: Base New Orleans, ATC Mobile team up to deliver vaccines throughout the 8th Coast Guard District.

Coast Guard members deliver vaccinations throughout the Eight District.

NEW ORLEANS - Capt. Pete Gautier, commander of Coast Guard Sector New Orleans, gives an overview of the sector's units and missions to a group of Senior Executive Service candidates for transition training at the sector, June 13, 2012. The SES candidates toured the sector as part of the Department of Homeland Security Capstone Program. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Bill Colclough.

April 12, 2021

Webinars for federal resumes, Powerpoint, provides useful editing feedback

DHS offers free professional development courses throughout the month of April

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