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May 18, 2022

2 leadership podcasts you need right now

Plus seven books and a weekly newsletter that can make you a better leader

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Tchorz and Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin Krohne, stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, deploy a Surface Velocity Program Drifting Buoy over the North Atlantic Ocean on April 22, 2022. The buoy will enable the International Ice Patrol members to monitor currents and determine the extent of iceberg distribution for vessels transiting the area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)

May 17, 2022

International Ice Patrol: 11 decades of monitoring the Northern Atlantic waters

As a response to the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, the International Ice Patrol continues to track icebergs

Ready Workforce 2030

May 16, 2022

Coast Guard announces RW30 – our workforce transformation plan

‘Change must be revolutionary, pervasive and transformative’

First Class Cadet Manuel Gutierrez Rodriguez, an international cadet at the United States Coast Guard Academy, participates in an interview on campus in New London, Conn., March 21, 2022. Rodriguez will be returning to his home nation of Mexico after commissioning with the Class of 2022, which has the highest number of international students in history. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

May 16, 2022

A Long Way From Home: International cadets accept challenge and find support at the CGA  

Graduating international students share Academy experience.

Petty Officer 1st Class Lecia Mauge-Chan, an operations specialist, poses for an environmental portrait in the command center of Coast Guard Sector Hampton Roads in Portsmouth, Virginia, March 20, 2019. Operations specialist is one of four critical ratings in Coast Guard recruiting efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Matt Sprague.

May 11, 2022

Hiring and retention bonuses for operational specialists

Operations specialists keep U.S. Coast Guard executing the mission

U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet 1/c Juan Acevedo-Perez poses for an environmental portrait, here, April 27. Acevedo-Perez was being celebrated for his outstanding academic and military performance during his four year cadet experience. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

May 11, 2022

CGA Graduation: Future Leaders 2022

Members of this year’s graduating class will soon be heading out to take their place in the fleet

A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

May 10, 2022

FSMS: Weekly progress report from the Incident Command

Three new initiatives you need to know about this week

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May 10, 2022

Enlisted members: Here’s what you need to know for the upcoming assignment year 

Getting ready for transfer season

USCGC Maple (WLB 207) crew participate in the Danish Joint Arctic Command's annual joint large-scale Exercise Argus in Southern Greenland, June 23, 2021. Deployed forces demonstrated U.S. Coast Guard capabilities to build partner capacity and expertise in search and rescue, incident management, and marine environmental response. These efforts solidify key strategic relationships while achieving mutual Danish, Greenlandic, and U.S. goals in the North American Atlantic Arctic and Northwest Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez)

May 6, 2022

Action required: Civilian GS employees and supervisors must complete their ePerformance plan by May 31

The new DHS performance management system establishes a more specific, measurable approach to civilian ratings

Portrait of William Tatham in 1779. Tatham was a contemporary and frequent correspondent of the president. He was universally acknowledged as brilliant, but could be abrasive and arrogant. He quickly alienated the other two commissioners, Jonathan Price and William Coles, working on the 1806 survey. They ended up submitting separate reports, and only Coles and Price produced the chart. (North Carolina Historical Review, July 1972)

May 6, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Death by hurricane of Coast Survey Cutters Diligence and Governor Williams 216 years ago

A busy hurricane season of 1806.

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