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Join the Coast Guard Golf Team for the 2025 Armed Forces Championship!

Oct. 17, 2024

Join the Coast Guard Golf Team for the 2025 Armed Forces Championship

The Service Qualifier will be held Feb. 19-24, 2025, to select six men and four women to represent the Coast Guard.

Official service photograph of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles L. Calhoun in his dress blues. (U.S. Coast Guard) The newly commissioned National Security Cutter, Charles Calhoun, steams up the Cooper River to its new homeport at Coast Guard Base Charleston. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Oct. 4, 2024

MCPOCG #1 Charles Calhoun — leader, mentor, trailblazer and NSC namesake

Calhoun's philosophy was, “You should have important goals in your life and make every effort possible to obtain those goals. Set your goals high. Believe in being the best in everything you want to accomplish.” 

Shallow-Water Response Team 3 crewmembers rescued four pit bulls, 11 beagles and their owners from rising flood waters caused by Hurricane Florence in Delco, North Carolina, September 16, 2018. The Coast Guard is conducting search and rescue operations in support of state and local emergency operation centers. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Stephen Kelly)

Sept. 27, 2024

Coast Guard’s Storm Warriors fought North Carolina’s Hurricane Florence

When Florence’s path began tracking towards the East Coast, the Coast Guard was ready once again to live up to its motto.

Puget Sound ANT crewmembers worked with Station Neah Bay to reclaim a U.S. Life Saving Service Cemetery on Waadah Island in Seattle, May 2024. Crew members from left to right: Petty Officer 3rd Class Tristan Colon, Petty Officer 3rd Class Cameron Hamilton, Petty Officer 3rd Class, Mark Shaw, Petty Officer 1st Class Jose Fonseca. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Jacob Niehaus)

Sept. 20, 2024

Reclaiming a cemetery for the U.S. Life Saving Service

How sharing a story helped the Coast Guard honor its past.

A graphic depicting the Coast Guard Core Values.

Sept. 16, 2024

Why it’s time to call out cyber harassment and bullying

Things you should know about cyber harassment and other online misconduct.

-Chief Boatswain’s Mate Pablo Valent shown later in his career in a service photograph in his dress uniform. (National Archives) -A Type “E” 36-foot motor surfboat similar to the one used by the Brazos Station crew to rescue the men aboard the schooner Cape Horn. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 13, 2024

Brazos Station’s Latino lifesavers and the catastrophic Florida Keys Hurricane

The Florida Keys Hurricane of 1919 was one of the deadliest storms in U.S. history. In its path sailed numerous unsuspecting vessels.

6 photos on a blue background celebrating the advancement of PO1 Jennaya Allen being replaced by her sister PO2 Gabriela Alongi.

Sept. 12, 2024

Sisters in Service

Petty Officer 1st Class Jennaya Allen and Petty Officer 2nd Class Gabriela Alongi get to do something only seen a handful of times within the Coast Guard, one sibling taking over the other’s position.

Photograph of a Sicilian fishermen preparing to return to sea describing to Lt. Pell the challenges of fishing in Italian waters. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Clay Pell)

Sept. 6, 2024

Celebrating the Coast Guard’s role in liberating Rome during World War II

The wartime missions demanded a rapid expansion of Coast Guard manpower. On Dec. 7, 1941, Coast Guard personnel totaled about 29,000. By June 30, 1944, the ranks had swelled to over 175,000.

Color photograph of a November 1991 Haitian migrant interdiction performed by the U.S. Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 30, 2024

Maturing, making an impact — Coast Guard Intelligence in the 1980s and 1990s

The program’s development over the next two decades had the corollary effect of helping the service’s broader transformation into a more national security-centric and -relevant entity.

FORCECOM enables mission success through leader development, training and assessment.

Aug. 28, 2024

Veteran Ventures Program empowers Coast Guard members for business success

Centenary University’s initiative offers comprehensive entrepreneurship training for veterans and their families. Fall 2024 applications are open now through Sept. 10, 2024!