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The Champions of Commerce wing will explore the Coast Guard’s history in facilitating the near endless flow of goods and materials in and out of the United States from the earliest lighthouse to modern day polar operations. (USCG photo)

April 8, 2022

Coast Guard to join sister service branches by getting its own national museum

Groundbreaking expected to take place late summer or early fall 2022

Volunteer tax preparer Lisa McCrary does a return for Sgt. Michael D’Arcy of the Army Materiel Command Band.

April 7, 2022

Reset your financial plans during Financial Capability Month

April is Financial Capability Month and it is a good time to rethink how you manage your finances and prepare for the future. 

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless' (WMEC-624) crewmembers offload bales of illegal narcotics on to pallet at Base Miami Beach, Florida, April 1, 2022. The Dauntless is homeported in Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez)

April 7, 2022

Frontline Focus: Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics, and more.  

Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics; Kimball crew offloads more than 11,300 pounds of cocaine, more than 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth $223 million; Coast Guard rescues 3 mariners; and Cutter Tampa returns home. 

A Coast Guard MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter pilot from Air Station Elizabeth City, N.C., flies a Jayhawk on a training mission June 14, 2016. Jayhawk aircrews typically consist of two pilots, a flight mechanic and rescue swimmer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Auxiliarist David Lau)

April 6, 2022

Coast Guard bringing on reserve pilots 

Reserve aviators to take to the skies.

Coast Guard boat crew members receive domestic egress training Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at Training Center Cape May. Instructors from Joint Emergency Training Associates conducted a two-day training exercise to ensure proficiency in combating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef)

April 6, 2022

New change in safety manual updates mishap thresholds, categories 

Safety and Environmental Manual receives an update 

A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

April 5, 2022

FSMS: Progress report from the incident command

Update 2: Progress made through April 5, 2022

Kathryn Alonso won this year's Operation Homefront - Military Child of the Year® award for the Coast Guard. Alonso is the daughter of Capt. Ricardo Alonso and Michelle Alonso; they are located in Vienna, Va.

April 5, 2022

Recognizing their resilience during the Month of the Military Child

The Coast Guard honors our children throughout April and beyond; we also congratulate Kathryn Alonso, Operation Homefront, 2022 Military Child of the Year ® awardee for the Coast Guard.

U.S. Air Force graphic displaying facts related to Alcohol Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Jacob Dastas)

April 4, 2022

April is Alcohol Awareness Month—abstaining from alcohol is a wise health decision

In his first State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden spoke to the difficulties and challenges of overcoming the worst pandemic in over 100 years, and its effects on both the nation’s physical health and the nation’s mental [behavioral] health. At the close of the address, the President put forth a four-step “Unity Agenda” asking Congress to

Rare photograph of a Civil War-era tugboat. USS Daisy, a tugboat converted for Union naval may have been similar in design and construction to USRCS Hercules and Reliance. (www.history.uscg.mil)

April 1, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “The last full measure of devotion”—the life and death of Revenue Cutter Capt. Thomas Dungan

A story about the Coast Guard's predecessor service in the Civil War.

Recruits from company Sierra-199 do sit-ups in the gym at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., as part of their modified training schedule, Jan. 7, 2021. Training Center Cape May’s mission is to deliver dynamic training that sets the foundation for the Coast Guard’s professional culture and develops job-ready skills in our recruits to build our workforce for generations to come. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Josalyn Brown)

March 31, 2022

Updated instruction: See the new updates to the Body Composition Standards Program  

Updated Body Composition Standards Program Instruction includes physical fitness test and more