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Sept. 19, 2025

Special Duty Pay (SDP) and Assignment Pay (AP) updated for 2026

While some SDP/AP pay levels decline, Coast Guard adds three new types.

Two Coast Guard MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crews assigned to Coast Guard Air Station Barbers Point, hover over the water while conducting training.

Sept. 19, 2025

USCG Surface and Aviation Capabilities: Tip of the Spear

The Coast Guard's integrated surface and aviation assets provide unmatched maritime security, rescue, and defense capabilities.

FRC Terrell Horne underway in its home waters of Southern California. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 19, 2025

Remembering BMCS Terrell Horne—father, friend, hero, mentor, and FRC namesake

"We need selfless patriots who will make the decision every day to answer the nation’s call, to throw themselves into the breach against every manner of evil that might confront us, and will state to their fellow citizens, ‘I will be your shield, I will stand the watch.’ Terrell Horne was such a patriot.” - Adm. Bob Papp Robert J. Papp Jr. (24th Commandant).