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Coast Guard Cutter Alert (WMEC 630) crew members conduct small boat testing, Dec. 2, 2024, while underway in the Florida Straits. Alert's crew conducted a 60-day maritime safety and security patrol in the Florida Straits; the deployment marked its first since the cutter shifted home ports from Astoria, Oregon, to Cape Canaveral, Florida.

May 12, 2025

Coast Guard updates boatcrew physical fitness test

All boatcrew members must transition to new test starting July 1, 2025.

Beginning May 15, 2025, the Officer Evaluation Report (OER) submission process is changing.

May 9, 2025

Streamlining OER submissions

Reduce OER processing delays, ease burden across fleet. The new OER submission tool takes effect May 15, 2025.

Unit photo of Coast Guard Station Miami Beach.

May 6, 2025

Best Places to Work: Station Miami Beach

Great people, great missions, and a great city.

Recruit graduation marks the first milestone achievement in an enlisted members' career. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Gregory Schell)

May 5, 2025

Transform your leadership skills by serving as a Recruit Company Commander

How you can become a better leader by shaping the next generation of Coasties.

LCDR Andrea Psimer, Division Chief Office of Cutter Forces (CG-7511), was named the 2024 Vander Putten Inspirational Student of the Year (ISOY).

April 30, 2025

LCDR Andrea Psimer named the 2024 Vander Putten Inspirational Student of the Year (ISOY)

The ISOY award recognizes members who demonstrate sustained exceptional standards of proficiency and dedication while reflecting the service's core values of Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty.

Mr. Tony Goodloe, the Training Center Yorktown ESO, received the 2024 Full-time ESOY award, and LT Joseph McGinnis, the Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Lafayette Commanding Officer and collateral ESO earned the Collateral Duty ESOY recognition.

April 29, 2025

Coast Guard recognizes 2024 Education Services Officer of the Year Award recipients 

Mr. Tony Goodloe and Lt. Joseph McGinnis were honored for excellence in educational leadership and academic achievement.

The Special Needs Program accommodates specific needs for dependents when the member is being reassigned.

April 25, 2025

Coast Guard members, here’s how to enroll in the Special Needs Program

The Special Needs Program accommodates specific needs for dependents when the member is being reassigned.

Members of Coast Guard Cutter Munro conduct Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) training (U.S. Coast Guard Photo Courtesy of Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth Wiese).

April 23, 2025

Units, make sure to do your CBRN training!

Annual chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear drills are required for all CBRN-equipped units.

A few of this year's military kids' submissions.

April 18, 2025

Coast Guard youth: Submit your best creative work to the Military Kids Creative Showcase

USO Military Kid Creative Showcase is open for submissions through April 30, 2025, 11:59 pm EST.

Three of the 2025 Military Child of the Year winners. From left to right: Coast Guard Military Child of the Year winner Ian Lindo, Space Force winner Natalia Serna, and National Guard Winner Emily Baldeosingh. The winners were honored at Operation Homefront’s 2025 Military Child of the Year® gala held in Arlington, VA on April 10, 2025.

April 16, 2025

Ian Lindo is the Coast Guard’s 2025 Military Child of the Year Award Winner

Lindo received the Operation Homefront grant earlier this month coinciding with Month of the Military Child.

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