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Boat crews from Coast Guard Station Washington aboard two 29-foot Response Boat-Smalls train in the Potomac River near Alexandria, Virginia, Thursday Apr. 6, 2016. Boat crews train to remain proficient in their skills and abilities. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala)

March 5, 2021

Best Places to Work: Station Washington

Learn more about Station Washington

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10) crewmember Seaman Eli Madison, a native of Northwood, New Hampshire, stands watch on the bridge while underway in the Bering Sea, Monday, Feb. 1, 2021. The Polar Star is underway in the Arctic to protect the nation’s maritime sovereignty and security throughout the region. U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham.

March 5, 2021

Calling all enlisted writers

Deadline for the U.S. Naval Institute's Enlisted Prize Essay Contest 

2019 AFS Tournament Coast Guard Rugby Team

March 4, 2021

Try out for the 2021 Women’s Armed Forces Rugby Sevens Championship

Time to try out for the Coast Guard's AFS Rugby team

Coast Guard members with Port Security Unit 307 load magazines before completing weapons training at Pinellas County Sheriff's Office firing range in Clearwater, Florida, Nov. 16, 2019. Members with the Clearwater-based unit conduct training to maintain readiness in order to deploy anywhere in the world within 96 hours. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson.

March 4, 2021

Reservists: new Selected Reserve bonus of up to $10k

If you are a reservist, you may be eligible for a bonus of up to $10,000.

Velma Vining, from Base Kodiak, is shown in a still image from a video about the virtual education fair.

March 3, 2021

Join the Coast Guard's first Virtual Education Fair, March 10-11

Check out hundreds of college degree and academic certificate programs!

Megan Atkinson pins a rank insignia Dec. 12, 2020, on Petty Officer 2nd Class Trevor Atkinson of Winter Haven, Florida, during a virtual meritorious advancement ceremony at Coast Guard Port Security Unit 307 in Clearwater, Florida. Atkinson, is a tactical boat crewman at PSU 307 and became the second Coast Guard reservist to be meritoriously advanced under a new program established by the commandant in March 2020. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Lt. Glenn Sanchez

March 3, 2021

Enlisted members: New policy creates more time to plan advancement ceremonies

New policy gives members the option to be ceremoniously advanced on a date most conducive to their desires and the unit’s operational schedule. 

The PRTF team works to solve challenges facing the workforce. (From left to right) PFRT team members for calendar year 2020 Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Boehmer, Capt. Thomas Kaminski, Cmdr. Russ Mayer, Lt. James Lord, Petty Officer 1st Class Angelique Limongell are the team members that served throughout calendar year 2020.

March 3, 2021

Here’s how the Personnel Readiness Task Force is working for you

The team creates innovative solutions pulled from research, field input, and from the other services. 

Members of the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conduct a regular workout while at sea in the South Atlantic on Jan. 19, 2021. Maintaining physical fitness is key to performing operations safely. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)

March 2, 2021

Coast Guard announces April 2021 Body Composition Screening process 

The Coast Guard will conduct Body Composition Screenings (BCS) in April

SAULT STE. MARIE, Mich. - A U.S. Coast Guardsman stands on the stern of a U.S. Customs and Border Protection vessel after the boat was launched to provide a security zone around the Soo Locks in the St. Marys River near Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., as part of a maritime security exercise there Sept. 15, 2011. Representatives from various federal, state and local and Canadian agencies, tribes, and stakeholders participated in the exercise, built around a scenario involving a bomb placed at the Soo Locks and designed to strengthen partnerships among all those involved. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen)

March 1, 2021

Best Places to Work: The Soo

Learn more about Sault Saint Marie "The Soo", Michigan.

Cmdr. Jeff Barnum discusses “How to Vote while at “A” school” in a video presentation. U.S. Coast Guard video.

March 1, 2021

Coast Guardsman selected for Federal Voting Assistance Award

Coast Guard Voting Assistance Officers help members vote; meet the service's 2020 VAO of the Year.