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U.S. Marines with Battlefield Surveillance Company, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, and U.S. Coast Guardsmen boat through channels and survey the water off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina, Aug. 31, 2016. The Marines teamed up with U.S. Coast Guardsmen at Coast Guard Station Oak Island, North Carolina, to create a topographical layout of waterways that were previously unidentifiable. The new maps will correct navigation discrepancies such as off-station buoys or extinguished lights. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kaitlyn V. Klein)

Dec. 6, 2022

Calling all engineers! The Coast Guard's Military to Mariner program has a new engineering credential course

Now the Military to Mariner program offers one more credential opportunity for engineers.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Clincy, a health services specialist, examines, Petty Officer Brandy Mock's throat during a routine exam. Clincy earned the Health Services Technician of the Year award ashore for 2004 for his work at Sector St. Petersburg's medical clinic. USCG photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Tasha Peters.

Dec. 5, 2022

Reminder: Open season closes next week; make your insurance changes now 

The annual open season to make changes to your federal health insurance closes Dec. 12. 

Recruits from boot camp company Quebec-200 graduate Coast Guard boot camp at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., June 18, 2021. Training Center Cape May’s mission is to transform the recruits of today into the Coast Guard men and women of tomorrow, while providing superior mission support to our tenant commands. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christian Lower)

Dec. 5, 2022

We take a look at the recruiting situation for the US Coast Guard

Transcript of interview with Federal News Network and Capt. Richter Tipton.

Underway Officer Ensign Katharine Braynard (right) works with Junior Oficer of the Deck, Petty Officer First Class Erin Hunter, with the plan for mooring in Milwaukee to offload buoys, Nov. 27, 2012. Braynard and Hunter were part of an all-female watch executed on the Mackinaw during the ship's transit to Chicago to offload 1,300 Christmas trees as part of this year's Chicago's Christmas Ship event. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Robert Butler.

Dec. 5, 2022

Share your New Year’s watch log entry with MyCG!

Here’s how you can publish your poem 

Radioman First Class Benjamin Bottoms in flight gear posed in front of a military trainer aircraft. (Family of Olga Bottoms Richardson)

Dec. 2, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Benjamin Bottoms—Arctic aviator, wartime hero served with Lt. John Prichard

Enlisted aviation hero and namesake for new FRC.

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Dec. 1, 2022

Thrift Savings Plan changes and 2023 IRS annual deferral limit 

Know what you are able to contribute to your TSP.

The Coast Guard Centralized Service Desk was established in October of 2011 in St. Louis and is operated by 119 personnel. Members work on phone, computer and electronics issues 24 hours a day, seven days a week for the entire Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ayla Kelley.

Dec. 1, 2022

When you need more than a FIXIT ticket

A new branch chief’s guide to getting the most out of the CSD 

Brig. Gen. Christopher Mohan, commanding general of the 3RD Expeditionary Sustainment Command in Fort Bragg, North Carolina, drinks a bottle of purified water from the Reverse Osmosis Water Purification Unit at the Roosevelt Roads water station in Puerto Rico, October 14. For survivors of Hurricane Maria who do not have access to clean, usable water, a multipronged approach is in place to ensure potable water is available to all residents. (U.S. Army photo by: Sgt. Michael Eaddy)

Nov. 30, 2022

New work group looks at preventive health measures for service members

Adm. Dana Thomas chartered the Population Health Optimization Work Group (PHOWG).

Chief Petty Officer James Henson, a culinary specialist and executive aide to the Coast Guard District Eight commander, prepares a seafood dish in New Orleans on April 20, 2022. Henson participated in a cajun seafood cook-off partnered with a local chef as part of New Orleans Navy Week 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom)

Nov. 30, 2022

Coast Guard turns to top chefs for recruiting help 

New policy asks special command aides (SCAs) to participate in demos, competitions, recruiting events 

Capt. Rick Wester and his wife Kate Wester adopted their son Ayden in February 2021. Ayden is now 16 years old.

Nov. 29, 2022

2 more Coast Guard families share their story of adoption

Second part of Coast Guard families sharing their adoption stories during National Military Adoption Month.