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The logo of the Evergreen project, which uses analysis and strategic foresight to prepare Coast Guard leadership for an uncertain future. The Evergreen V report was released Nov. 30, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Cmdr. Ryan Kelley)

Jan. 9, 2023

Coast Guard completes Evergreen V strategic foresight report  

New report will help the service prepare for the future.

Senior Chief Jason Burgos his wife Ashley Burgos and their son Kaysen, whom they adopted in 2022.

Jan. 5, 2023

Parental leave policy update for military members

12 weeks for all parents, plus additional convalescence leave for birth mothers

PSC logo

Jan. 5, 2023

How to get the most out of your next Enlisted Evaluation Report (EER)

Plus other resources available from EPM-3!

Lt. Cmdr. Matt Walter is one of only 2,738 to have earned the international emergency management credential. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Jan. 4, 2023

Take the time now to transfer your files to DoD365

Also known as “P drives”, “unit shares”, “command folders”, or “local unit drives,” these drives will become read-only Feb. 1 and go offline May 1

Vintage photograph of Capt. Carl Christian von Paulsen late in his Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 30, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Capt. von Paulsen’s New Year’s Day aviation rescue near Miami

Before all was said and done, the rescue turned to survival for the rescuers.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Benjamin Slappey of Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw (WLBB 30) prepares to present a symbolic Christmas tree at Chicago's Navy Pier during the 23rd annual Christmas Ship ceremony Dec. 3, 2022.

Dec. 29, 2022

Chicago's Christmas Ship returns

Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw delivered 1,200 trees to Chicago-area families in need.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jake Flores, maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Safety & Security Team Houston and 2022 USO Service Member of the Year honoree, beams during a ceremony in Houston, Texas, Dec. 1, 2022. Flores’s command nominated him for the award for jumping into the Rio Grande to save a drowning baby during a patrol on June 2, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki)

Dec. 26, 2022

‘Heroic, humble’ Coast Guardsman selected as 2022 USO Service Member of the Year 

Putting others' lives before his own, a true Coast Guardsman

U. S. Life-Saving Service Keeper Benjamin Dailey. Credit: USCG.

Dec. 22, 2022

Lifesaving crew rescue 9 from the barkentine Ephraim Williams just before Christmas 1884 

Cape Hatteras Station performs one of the most heroic feats of the Life-Saving Service. 

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Healy crew members and science team enjoy ice liberty at the North Pole, Oct. 2, 2022. U.S. Coast Guard video photo by Chief Petty Officer Roy Mesen Scott.

Dec. 22, 2022

Dear Santa: The North Pole is really cool 

Join the Coast Guard Cutter Healy's crew on their journey north of 90 degrees. 

The crew and science team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy conclude a morale day with a cook out in the hangar Sept. 2, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Patrick Kelley)

Dec. 19, 2022

Military members will see an 11% increase in BAS for 2023

Both enlisted and officers will see a rise in their benefit beginning Jan. 1.