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Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew members conduct small boat testing, Dec. 2, 2024, while underway in the Florida Straits. Alert's crew conducted a 60-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Florida Straits; the deployment marked its first since the cutter shifted home ports from Astoria, Oregon, to Cape Canaveral, Florida.

May 12, 2025

Coast Guard updates boatcrew physical fitness test

All boatcrew members must transition to new test starting July 1, 2025.

Beginning May 15, 2025, the Officer Evaluation Report (OER) submission process is changing.

May 9, 2025

Streamlining OER submissions

Reduce OER processing delays, ease burden across fleet. The new OER submission tool takes effect May 15, 2025.

Official headshot of Charles William Sexton in dress blues. (U.S. Coast Guard) A 44-foot motor lifeboat powering through heavy breakers common to the West Coast. (U.S. Coast Guard)

May 9, 2025

Hero MK1 Charles Sexton

“Keep bright his memory so that next time someone asks who are your heroes, you won’t hesitate to answer Petty Officer Sexton.” - Rear Adm. Joseph Vorbach

Recruit graduation marks the first milestone achievement in an enlisted members' career. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Schell)

May 5, 2025

Transform your leadership skills by serving as a Recruit Company Commander

How you can become a better leader by shaping the next generation of Coasties.

Morgan Holden, the Coast Guard’s 2024 Ombudsman of the Year, enjoys a day on the water with her family.

May 2, 2025

Here is your Ombudsman of the Year!

Morgan Holden, District 17 ombudsman, received the Coast Guard's 2024 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year award.

Arcturus flying in formation with other USCG flying boats above a 165-foot cutter. (Coast Guard Collection)

May 2, 2025

Arcturus: A distinguished amphibian in the history of Coast Guard aviation

Read about the first aviation rescue to receive the Gold Lifesaving Medal and the Coast Guard’s Flying Lifeboats; state-of-the-art aircraft capable of performing rescues by landing on the open sea.

LCDR Andrea Psimer, Division Chief Office of Cutter Forces (CG-7511), was named the 2024 Vander Putten Inspirational Student of the Year (ISOY).

April 30, 2025

LCDR Andrea Psimer named the 2024 Vander Putten Inspirational Student of the Year (ISOY)

The ISOY award recognizes members who demonstrate sustained exceptional standards of proficiency and dedication while reflecting the service's core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty.

Mr. Tony Goodloe, the Training Center Yorktown ESO, received the 2024 Full-time ESOY award, and LT Joseph McGinnis, the Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Lafayette Commanding Officer and collateral ESO earned the Collateral Duty ESOY recognition.

April 29, 2025

Coast Guard recognizes 2024 Education Services Officer of the Year Award recipients 

Mr. Tony Goodloe and Lt. Joseph McGinnis were honored for excellence in educational leadership and academic achievement.

Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz, the 27th Golden Coast Guard Ancient Albatross, places the Ancient Albatross ceremonial flight jacket on Rear Adm. Carola List, the 28th Golden Ancient Albatross, during a visit to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina April 24, 2025. Kitty Hawk is known as the location where the Wright Brothers had the first flight in history, but Coast Guard Life Saving Station crews where also there to help the brothers during that historic event. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Lally)

April 28, 2025

Rear Adm. Carola List receives title of Ancient Albatross

The Ancient Albatross award is presented to the longest-serving active-duty Coast Guard aviator, representing a lifetime of devotion to flight operations, rescue missions, and maritime safety.

The overcrowded decks of the paddle-wheeler Sultana just before her fiery explosion.

April 25, 2025

Sultana Fire - A maritime disaster that helped shape the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety mission

April 27, 2025, marks the 160th anniversary of the Sultana Fire. These are excerpts taken from the article Written in Blood: Maritime disasters that shaped the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Mission.