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Jan. 14, 2022

ALCGPSC 007/22: Morale Well-Being Recreation (MWR) Quickbooks Standard Chart of Accounts Implementation

Guidance for the transition to the mandatory new standard Chart of Accounts (COA) implementation.

. Photo of Menhaden fishing vessels about to be converted to naval vessels for wartime service. (Naval History and Heritage Command)

Jan. 14, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “Men against the Sea”—anatomy of a Coast Guard cutter lost at sea

[This essay is adapted from the non-fiction book chapter “Men against the Sea,” Sea, Surf and Hell: The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1945), 72-78.]The Coast Guard patrol craft Wilcox was lost off the Mid-Atlantic coast Sept. 30, 1943. The following account is taken from the statement made by its commanding officer, Lt.

Jan. 12, 2022

ALCGOFF 003/22: Establishment of officer Special Experience Indicator CG-SEI-24 - operational safety specialists

Officers who earn CG-SEI-24 have experience and training in safety policy, safety risk management, safety assurance and safety promotion.

Master Chief Rashaun Morris retirement ceremony Cape Cod, October 17, 2020. Morris retired after 33 years of service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Tobon)

Jan. 12, 2022

Everything active duty senior chiefs need to know about the May 2022 MCAP

You are ready to advance to master chief...here’s what you need to do next.

Jan. 12, 2022

New system for reserves: Reserve Requirements Generation System

The forthcoming system considers Coast Guard operational plans, authorities, policy, and strategy to conduct a mission-based quantitative calculation of workload and workforce capacity for the reserve.