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Coast Guard Cutter Active pictured with an interdicted “fastboat.” By 1990, smugglers had shifted to long-range fastboats as the primary transport platform for cocaine smuggling. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 13, 2024

Enforcing the law at sea

With a seizure of opium near San Francisco Bay in 1886, the fight against maritime drug smuggling began, and continues to this day.

Coast Guard Reserve logo.

Dec. 12, 2024

Reserve junior officers: Are you ready for the next selection board?

Here’s what you need to know to make the most informed decisions for your career.

Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro poses aboard a 270-foot Medium Endurance Cutter (MEC) while serving as Situation Unit Leader during Operation Vigilant Sentry (OVS) (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer Third Class Elizabeth Montoro).

Dec. 11, 2024

From facility inspections to a Fulbright Scholarship

Inside the journey of Coast Guard Reservist Petty Officer 3rd Class Elizabeth Montoro.

How Crucial Conversations training is helping Coast Guard members improve communications when stakes are high.

Dec. 9, 2024

Rx for those tough work conversations

How Crucial Conversations training is helping Coast Guard members improve communications when stakes are high.

Grimy marines return to the Arthur Middleton for rest and recovery after the Battle of Eniwetok. (National Archives)

Dec. 6, 2024

Hoyle’s Hell

Coast Guardsman masters the bloody beaches of the Pacific.

Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda L. Fagan and Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Vice Adm. Thomas G. Allan, Jr. recognize winners of the 2023 Civilian Employee of the Year (CEOY) and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year (NAF EOY) Awards during the Fall 2024 Senior Leaders Conference at Coast Guard Headquarters, Nov. 6, 2024 (U.S. Coast Guard photo).

Dec. 5, 2024

Coast Guard announces winners of Civilian and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year Awards

Eight employees honored for outstanding performance.

ADM Linda Fagan reminds Special Board members that they “bear a sacred trust for both the future of our Service and those officers under consideration.”

Dec. 3, 2024

Commandant issues clear guidance to Special Boards

ADM Linda Fagan reminds Special Board members that they “bear a sacred trust for both the future of our Service and those officers under consideration.”

U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Tina Pena, chief of staff of the Seventh District, assesses the damage in western Florida caused by Hurricane Ian from an HC-144 airplane, Oct. 1, 2022. Crews in the air and on the ground continue to conduct search and rescue, damage assessment, and pollution assessment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Hodges)

Dec. 2, 2024

How I Got Here: Lessons from Capt. Tina Peña

From the comptroller’s office to admiral-select: inside a unique Coast Guard journey.

BMCM Poulin is honored as part of the 2018 Memorial Day Parade for Nahant, Massachusetts. (Courtesy of the Poulin family)

Nov. 29, 2024

BMCM Maurice Poulin, World War II veteran

This essay is based on the author’s interview with retired master chief and World War II veteran, Maurice Poulin, regarding his World War II experiences.

#GiveHappy this #GivingTuesday, Dec 3, 2024. YOU will make this worldwide movement the biggest online giving day of the campaign!

Nov. 26, 2024

#GiveHappy

#GiveHappy this #GivingTuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, to raise money and volunteer for your favorite charities!