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This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

July 14, 2021

Fully vaccinated? Here are updated guidelines about required PPE

Here’s what you need to know about current PPE guidelines if you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 

Vice Adm. Steven Poulin, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, interacts with Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown’s current technological training equipment, March 23, 2021. Poulin studied the equipment inside one of the training center’s server rooms during a recent tour. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Santiago Gomez.

July 13, 2021

State of Capabilities Report is available now  

See how the Coast Guard ensures capabilities meet mission needs 

The Coast Guard 8th District personnel held a change-of-command ceremony June 25, 2021 at the Port of New Orleans where Rear Adm. John P. Nadeau transfered command of the Coast Guard 8th District to Rear Adm. Richard V. Timme. Nadeau originally took command of the 8th District in June 2019 and retired after 32 years of service following the change of command. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Michelli)

July 1, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to public safety threat of explosives and hostages

Public safety response, changes of command across the service, hunters rescued in D17

A Coast Guard Auxiliary aircrew (left) stands with Brian Kamimoto (right), assistant airport superintendent Maui District at the Maui Airport Fire Station while picking up response supplies for delivery from Maui to Lanai, March 28, 2020. The pilots transported COVID-19 supplies, including temperature reading thermometers and hand sanitation equipment, from the Maui Airport Fire Station to personnel at Lanai Airport for use by airport staff. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Berry Redmayne/Released)

July 1, 2021

BZ: USCG Auxiliary turns 82, and more

Bravo Zulu!

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June 29, 2021

How you can prepare for the new travel system

As the service prepares for a new travel system, there are a couple of things you can do to help

Members with the U.S. Army and U.S. Army National Guard connect a fallen Rear Range Light to a UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter near Beaumont, Texas, May 27, 2021. The tower had become a navigational hazard after being knocked down during Hurricane Laura. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Paige Hause)

June 28, 2021

This hurricane season, be prepared to receive Coast Guard Mutual Assistance, in case you need it

Prepare yourself and your family for the next natural disaster

Cmdr. Morgan Holden with her husband Lt. Dave Holden pose with family during their vacation at Base Elizabeth City, North Carolina.

June 27, 2021

Postcards from Elizabeth City 

MWR resources across the country offer affordable lodging in unique and appealing locations

Coast Guard Academy Cadets win Humanitarian Law Competition

June 25, 2021

Uniforms have been hard to come by, this is about to change

The pandemic has wreaked havoc on nearly every aspect our lives, including uniform manufacturing

Coast Guard Cutter Pamlico moored in preparation for another deployment to fix aids-to-navigation along the Lower Mississippi River. (Coast Guard)

June 25, 2021

The Long Blue Line: In to the eye of chaos--River Tender Pamlico in Hurricane Katrina, Part II. The Clean Up

Part 2 of Pamlico's response to Hurricane Katrina

Coast Guardsmen participated in the second annual five-day flood response training course at the state-of-the-art Muscatauck Urban Training Center in May 2021. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Ames Holbrook)

June 24, 2021

State-of-the-art training center primes students for response during hurricane season

Class of 2021 graduates from the Muscatatuck Urban Training Center

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