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Service honors Chief Warrant Officer-select Michael Horan’s life and legacy.

March 3, 2025

Coast Guard posthumously promotes Reservist killed in the line of duty

Service honors Chief Warrant Officer-select Michael Horan’s life and legacy.

A November 1991 Haitian migrant interdiction performed by the U.S. Coast Guard.

Feb. 28, 2025

Making an Impact — Coast Guard Intelligence in the 1980s and 1990s

In the early 1980s, the Coast Guard recognized increase demand, complexity of law enforcement missions, and the need for an intelligence program.

Flag designed and sewn by the late Petty Officer 3rd Class Frederick LePalm while aboard Coast Guard Cutter SPAR in 1957. The flag was donated by his children, Beverly, Gary, and Bonnie, to the United States Coast Guard (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Stanley Contrades).

Feb. 27, 2025

How you can help preserve Coast Guard history

An original flag's journey back to the service shows how your artifacts can make a difference.

Presidential Executive Order and DHS Directive opens path for rejoining the Service.

Feb. 27, 2025

Coast Guard reinstates COVID-19 discharged servicemembers

Presidential Executive Order and DHS Directive opens path for rejoining the Service.

USCG recipient RADM Cari Thomas. Acting Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel and Readiness Ashish S. Vazirani hosts the 2024 Spirit of Hope awards in the Pentagon’s Hall of Heroes in Arlington, Virginia, Sept. 18, 2024. Since 2000, the SoH Award has been awarded by the Office of the Secretary of Defense (OSD), Military Departments (MilDeps) and the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to individuals or organizations that epitomize selfless service and dedicated commitment to our military. The SoH Award, named after Mr. Bob Hope, characterizes the values he embodied: Duty, Honor, Courage, Loyalty, Commitment, Integrity, and Selfless Dedication. (U.S. Army photo by Christopher Kaufmann)

Feb. 26, 2025

Nominations are now being accepted for the Spirit of Hope Award

Submit your nomination before Apr. 16, 2025.

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Feb. 26, 2025

Coast Guard military members can now set up tax-free flexible spending accounts for health and dependent care

Special military-only enrollment period for Health Care Flexible Spending (HCFSA) and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (DCFSA) runs from Mar. 3 - 31, 2025.

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Feb. 25, 2025

Reminder: Tricare’s patient portal sunsets in April

Verify all of your records have been downloaded and transferred to MHS Genesis by April 1, 2025.

2. After World War I, the Navy returned Manning to the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, which stationed it in Norfolk, Virginia. The cutter was assigned to annual “winter cruising” from December through March each year. (digitalcommonwealth.org)

Feb. 21, 2025

Saving Sunbeam — a deadly human trafficking case over 100 years ago

The 1919 Sunbeam rescue and its role in exposing early challenges of illegal immigration.

Coast Guard member comes home to her family after a deployment, with the whole family sharing a warm embrace. (U.S. Coast Guard illustration by Lt. j.g. Gary Rodriguez)

Feb. 20, 2025

How one officer combines a passion for art and service

Lt. j.g. Gary Rodriguez’s illustrations do more than decorate a website, they convey the Coast Guard’s mission in a way words cannot.

Coast Guard Reserve established Feb. 19, 1941.

Feb. 19, 2025

Happy 84th Birthday, Coast Guard Reserve!

Dedicated surge force celebrates more than eight decades supporting Service.