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Coast Guard service members gather with a Coast Guard veteran in front of a helicopter to celebrate his 100th birthday

Nov. 9, 2021

Coast Guard veteran turns 100, reflects on ‘scary days’ and ‘unbelievable sights’ of D-Day invasion

Coast Guard Sector and Air Station Corpus Christie attend a centenarian birthday celebration

The first forgiveness of student loan balances under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program goes into effect for government employees in October 2017. (U.S. Air Force courtesy graphic)

Nov. 8, 2021

Changes to federal program make it easier for more public servants to receive student loan forgiveness

Some borrowers will be eligible for immediate discharge of debt

Retired Vice Adm. Manson Brown shares mentoring lessons on National Mentoring Day

Nov. 5, 2021

Retired Vice Adm. Manson Brown shares mentoring lessons on National Mentoring Day  

The mentoring program launches its mobile app and program milestones 

Coast Guard SPARS marching in formation as part of Honolulu’s V-J (Victory over Japan) Day Parade. (Courtesy of family)

Nov. 5, 2021

The Long Blue Line: “Sooner Squadron”—First Native American Women to enlist in the Coast Guard 

At least six women from Oklahoma’s tribal nations served in the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Reserves (“SPARS”) during World War II. They enlisted for the same reasons as other American women and performed the same duties, yet newspaper reporters sensationalized their stories with popular culture stereotypes. These SPARS allowed male Coast Guardsmen

The last known photograph of the Bear taken from a Coast Guard aircraft before it sank in March 1963. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Nov. 2, 2021

Captain Healy’s Cutter Bear—once lost, now found! 

As with so many forgotten Coast Guard stories of heroism, bravery, and courage, the story of Michael Augustine Healy and his trusty cutter Bear is unknown to most Americans. Healy was born in 1839 on a plantation in Georgia to a plantation owner and a slave. His father sent Healy north with his siblings so they would escape enslavement in the South

Contestants prep buoys on Season 3, Episode 4 of Tough as Nails on CBS/Paramount

Oct. 26, 2021

WATCH: USCGC George Cobb, Station Los Angeles on TV's "Tough as Nails"

12 contestants square off against four buoys, oscars, and gumby suits

The Coast Guard and the New York City Police and Fire Departments provide a security escort for the USNS Comfort’s arrival into New York Harbor. The Navy vessel was sent to assist in responding to the COVID-19 virus. Coast Guard crew from Cutters Shrike and Sitkinak, Maritime Safety and Security Team New York, Station New York and Air Station Cope Cod participated in the escort. (U.S. Coast Guard illustration by Emily Waldman)

Oct. 25, 2021

International Artist Day

Recognizing those who tell the Coast Guard story through fine art

Money Matter$

Oct. 25, 2021

How to best repay your student loans  

Student loans can be cumbersome and here’s how to get a round-turn on repayment

National Mentoring Day graphic

Oct. 22, 2021

Vice Adm. Manson Brown to speak at U.S. Coast Guard National Mentoring Day Oct 27

Join us for National Mentoring Day!

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