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Petty Officer 1st Class Eric Crouse, stationed aboard the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Eagle participates in the May 2010 Service Wide Examination (SWE) during the Eagle's transit to Puerto Rico Tuesday, May 4, 2010. The SWE is a competition, which certain enlisted rates must take in order to advance based on their raw score, sea time, time in service, time in rank, and award points. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.

Oct. 22, 2021

1SWE is coming beginning May 2022

The service is moving from a semi-annual service wide exam to an annual exam for active duty enlisted advancements

SAN DIEGO - U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew Fritchey, a marine science technician assigned to Sector San Diego, does pushups on the parade field at the sector, Monday, Feb. 7, 2010. Fritchey is building up points, which will be converted to miles in hopes of his team winning the D11 Admiral's physical fitness challenge. U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Jetta H. Disco.

Oct. 22, 2021

Military workout planning for beginners

Use the Resistance Training Pyramid as a guide to your beginner workout plan

Posed professional photograph of Tampa’s captain, Charles Satterlee, taken in London in April 1918, just a few months before the loss of the Tampa. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Oct. 22, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Satterlee—the last full measure of devotion

Captain Satterlee was a particularly competent and efficient officer and made a record of which the best might well be proud.    “Official Record of Charles Satterlee,” Coast Guard Personnel Office, October 18, 1918Charles Satterlee was born in Essex, Connecticut, in 1875. His naval career began after completing the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service’s

A Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew recovers their gear from the water after rescuing five people whose 20-foot pleasure craft starting sinking 1 mile off Freeport, Texas, Oct. 17, 2021. When the boaters called for help, all five were standing on the swamped vessel, wearing life jackets and preparing to enter the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station Freeport)

Oct. 21, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues five from water offshore Freeport, Texas, and more. 

Coast Guard rescues five  from  water  offshore Freeport, Texas; Coast Guard, good Samaritan crew rescue three from fishing vessel taking on water near Cape Flattery, Wash; Coast Guard medevacs man 80 miles off Montauk, N.Y.; Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel near Sitka, Alaska; the Costa Rican national guard service (SNG), working with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Joint Interagency Task Force – South located and escorted a suspicious commercial fishing vessel in their waters to a local pier; Mobile Training Branch is providing training and support to foreign coastal authorities; and Coast Guard TRACEN Yorktown’s International Division

2021 LATINA Style Distinguished Military Service Award recipients

Oct. 20, 2021

Coast Guard announces 2021 LATINA Style Distinguished Military Service Award recipients 

Congratulations to all 2021 LATINA Style Distinguished Military Service Award recipients 

Alumni from the United States Coast Guard Academy Class of 1981 commemorate their fallen classmate Lt. j.g. Keith Culver with the dedication of an accessibility ramp entering Billard Hall on campus, Friday Oct. 1, 2021. The ramp is the first project in a new accessibility initiative being undertaken by the Class of 1981. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Austin Gao)

Oct. 19, 2021

No classmate left behind

Nestled amongst the 103-acre campus of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are a variety of memorials and plaques, each with its own story about a moment or person in the service’s history. Recently a plaque was added recognizing a different story, one of a bear keeper and a class’ continued commitment to each other.During a recent alumni reunion, retired

Photograph of Radarman Sy Siegel with shipmates aboard the Aquarius. (Courtesy of Siegel Family)

Oct. 15, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Pacific War veteran Sy Siegel, 101 years strong and still Semper Paratus! 

Sy Siegel is one of many distinguished combat veterans of the long blue line.

World War II underway photo of the Coast Guard-manned USS Durant (DE-389) sporting its haze gray paint scheme. (U.S. Navy)

Oct. 5, 2021

The Long Blue Line: USS Durant—Coast Guard and Navy warship of World War II and Cold War

Surprisingly, in the Coast Guard’s 230-year history, the service has operated very few purpose-built naval warships. However, during World War II, Coast Guardsmen operated a number of smaller classes of warships, including sub chasers, patrol gunboats, patrol craft, patrol frigates, and destroyer escorts. The USS Durant (DE-389) was one of several

Take the Rock swimmers and the support crew cross the San Francisco Bay during the Alcatraz swim on Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021. Photo by James Leedy

Oct. 4, 2021

Coast Guard members “Escape from Alcatraz” in recent swim challenge

A group of more than 20 Coast Guard veterans, active duty, and reservists team up with a veterans swim group to train and swim from Alcatraz Island to San Francisco.

Deputy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Master Chief Charles “Rob” Bushey mentors the recruits of Charlie and Delta 200 inside of the Ida Lewis Auditorium during their visit to U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Feb. 27, 2021.

Sept. 30, 2021

Enlisted members: New branch will help you build a successful career

Master chiefs, senior chiefs and chiefs can apply for a rewarding special assignment as an Enlisted Career Advisor.

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