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Chief Petty Officer, Rekiya Janssen (top left) of the Naval Engineering Support Unit Maintenance Augmentation Team in Alameda, Calif., speaks with attendees of the "Women in D13" workshop at the Columbia River Maritime Museum, Dec. 12, 2012, during a speed mentoring session. Guests to the event had a chance to meet with and learn from female Coast Guard members in senior leadership positions during the two-day workshop. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Shawn Eggert

June 22, 2021

 Welcome new shipmates with the New Shipmate Form

Learn how the New Shipmate Form can help your transition to a new unit.

Contraband sailors on the Union Navy receiving ship USS Vermont, moored at Port Royal, South Carolina, during the Civil War. (metmuseum.org)

June 18, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Glimpses through a mustered past—uncovering African-American cuttermen through Civil War muster rolls

For the last 10 years, NOAA and the National Archives and Records Administration have been collaborating to make a trove of historical information and data available to the public online.

Washington, D.C. -- Rear Adm. David M. Dermanelian talks about some of his favorite features in DoD 365, the Coast Guard’s secure version of Microsoft 365. The 365 product suite is now available to Coast Guard employees, to help support collaboration and productivity. U.S. Coast Guard video by Telfair Brown

June 13, 2021

New! DoD365 Teams now has phone conference lines available!

The USCG will switch completely to DoD365 Teams on Tuesday, so the added capability comes just in time.

Official Revenue Cutter Service photograph of Captain Calvin L. Hooper late in his career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

June 11, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Hooper— Arctic pioneer and founder of the Bering Sea Patrol—a son’s remembrance

Read about Capt. Calvin Hooper's contribution to the service and the country

On June 1, 2021, two members of the Jamaica Defence Force become the first-ever appointed to the United States Coast Guard Academy—soon-to-be cadet Shawna Marie Sinclair and soon-to-be cadet Nicholas Folkes. Pictured left to right: Chargé d’affaires, John McIntyre; Elaine Chambers (mother of Potential Officer, Nicholas Folkes); Senator, the Honorable Matthew Samuda, Minister without Portfolio, Ministry of National Security; Potential Officer, Shawna Marie Sinclair; and Commodore Antonette Wemyss-Gorman Jamaica Defense Force.

June 10, 2021

Bravo Zulu

Participate in the 2021 Feds Feed Families Campaign, and congratulations to Coast Guard award winners!

Seal of the USCG Reserve

June 4, 2021

COVID-19: Reserve demobilization guidance

All reservists on active duty in support of COVID-19 must demobilize by Sept. 30 or transition to a new funding string.

Seaman Apprentice George Duartes Alazar, left, 87th Security Forces Squadron master at arms, poses with family. Duartes Alazar is from Bensalem, Pennsylvania and is now stationed at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst. He is not far from home and surrounded by fellow service members within the 87th Security Forces Squadron, however he struggled with feelings of loneliness and the effects of depression. (Courtesy photo)

June 2, 2021

Discussing healthy relationships

Today’s Wellness Wednesday is a second part from last week’s discussion about healthy relationships. 

2. The only known image of Revenue Cutter Service officer William Cooke Pease. Taken in 1860, it is the oldest photograph of a cutterman that exists. (Florence Kern, Captain Pease: U.S. Coast Guard Pioneer)

May 28, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Lt. Pease recounts the Key West Hurricane 170 years ago!

Here is a historical first-hand account of the Key West Hurricane of 1846 (a.k.a. The Great Havana Hurricane).

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (March 31, 202) Sister ships USCGC Charles Moulthrope (WPC 1141) and USCGC Robert Goldman (WPC 1142) moor side-by-side March 31, 2021, at Sector San Juan as they continue their journey to their new homeport. Charles Moulthrope and Robert Goldman are en route to their new homeport in Bahrain in support of the Navy’s U.S. Fifth Fleet and U.S. Coast Guard Patrol Forces Southwest Asia. While in the U.S. Navy’s Sixth Fleet area of responsibility, the crews will support engagements with partner countries strengthening relationships and demonstrating our continued commitment to global maritime security and stability. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sydney Niemi/Released)

May 27, 2021

Don’t miss these solicitations!  

Check out the award nomination information and the Coast Guard Organizational Survey details. 

A team from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy participated in the National Security Agency’s 20th annual National Cyber Exercise (NCX), a three-day cyber competition that tests the offensive and defensive cybersecurity skills virtually, April 8-10, 2021. The Coast Guard Academy recently instituted a Cyber Systems degree to meet the needs of the services cyber security strategy of defending cyber space, enabling operations, and protecting infrastructure. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Hunter Medley)

May 27, 2021

CGCYBER keeps both Coast Guard’s networks and the Marine Transportation System safe from outside intrusions 

Current events demonstrate the importance of cyber security

The U.S. Department of Defense is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities in accordance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. 794d), as amended in 1998. DoD websites use the WCAG 2.0 AA accessibility standard.

For persons with disabilities experiencing difficulties accessing content on a particular website, please use the form DoD Section 508 Form.  In this form, please indicate the nature of your accessibility issue/problem and your contact information so we can address your issue or question. If your issue involves log in access, password recovery, or other technical issues, contact the administrator for the website in question, or your local helpdesk.