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Emblem for the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center

Feb. 22, 2022

ALCGENL 012/22: Critical fill re-solicitation - Officer in Charge (OIC) - STA St. LOUIS

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Chief Louis Etheridge near the end of his honorable and productive Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Feb. 18, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Louis Etheridge—Gun captain and African-American war hero

Read about the courageous actions resulting in the Coast Guard’s first military medal bestowed on an African American Coast Guardsman for combat heroism.

Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, Seventeenth District commander, and Capt. Darwin Jensen, Coast Guard Sector Juneau commanding officer, participates in an advancement ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Allysia Helton at Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Sitka, December 16, 2021. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston.

Feb. 17, 2022

Meritorious Advancement Program; Coast Guard Foundation honors Eighth District; Swarigen Award winner

Bravo Zulu!

Coast Guard reserve members support Operation Allies Welcome, Feb. 10, 2022. USCG photo.

Feb. 16, 2022

Coast Guard members demonstrate character, commitment assisting refugees

Service members support Operation Allies Welcome

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Lauren Kowalski, assistant operations officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), stands in front of the Polar Star during ice liberty as the cutter transits toward Antartica, Jan. 7, 2022. Kowalski is the recipient of the Hopley Yeaton Superior Cutterman of the Year Award and was selected for her efforts in the ice pilot program, which saw her deploy aboard several U.S. Coast Guard and Royal British Navy icebreakers. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)

Feb. 14, 2022

Combining a passion of science with a career of ice breaking

How one junior officer is keeping science at the helm of her career.

Feb. 11, 2022

ALCGENL 09/22 Critical fill solicitation - Boatswain's mate command cadre

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John and Carol Witherspoon pose for a photograph near the conclusion of the captain’s distinguished career. (Courtesy of the Mariners’ Museum)

Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: John Gordon Witherspoon—leader, mentor, minority trailblazer, and cutter namesake!

“Learn, think, then act” a mantra for excellence

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay and emergency workers embark a patient being medevaced from Mackinac Island, Mich. February 7, 2022. The ship diverted from its icebreaking mission on the St. Marys RIver to take on the case. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Feb. 10, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard icebreaker medevacs woman from icebound Mackinac Island, Michigan, and more.

Coast Guard icebreaker medevacs woman from icebound Mackinac Island, Michigan; Nation's sole heavy icebreaker arrives in Antarctica; Coast Guard rescues 18 from ice floe in Lake Erie; and Members of Coast Guard port security unit return home after nine-month deployment.