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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jake Flores, maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Safety & Security Team Houston and 2022 USO Service Member of the Year honoree, beams during a ceremony in Houston, Texas, Dec. 1, 2022. Flores’s command nominated him for the award for jumping into the Rio Grande to save a drowning baby during a patrol on June 2, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki)

Dec. 26, 2022

‘Heroic, humble’ Coast Guardsman selected as 2022 USO Service Member of the Year 

Putting others' lives before his own, a true Coast Guardsman

U. S. Life-Saving Service Keeper Benjamin Dailey. Credit: USCG.

Dec. 22, 2022

Lifesaving crew rescue 9 from the barkentine Ephraim Williams just before Christmas 1884 

Cape Hatteras Station performs one of the most heroic feats of the Life-Saving Service. 

Graduates from recruit company P-202 complete basic training at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Sep. 16, 2022. Training Center Cape May staff members look forward to continuing the Coast Guard’s Long Blue Line of developing fleet-ready women and men, who are eagerly ready to make a difference in our Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Christian Lower)

Dec. 21, 2022

Now earn $1,000 for getting a friend to join the Coast Guard 

New “Scout Talent and Refer” (STAR) program expands eligibility, awards for recruiting help  

An unfinished common area located between housing units at the Marina Village Housing Complex in the sunlight, Tuesday, Feb. 1, 2011. Mrs. Linda Papp, spouse of Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Robert J. Papp, accompanied her husband on a visit to the West Coast and toured housing units in the San Francisco Bay Area to evaluate the needs of Coast Guardsmen and their families as part of the Year of the Coast Guard Family program. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Levi Read.

Dec. 19, 2022

2023 BAH rates are out and will take effect New Years Day

On average, BAH rates will increase 12. 1% 

The crew and science team aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Healy conclude a morale day with a cook out in the hangar Sept. 2, 2009. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Patrick Kelley)

Dec. 19, 2022

Military members will see an 11% increase in BAS for 2023

Both enlisted and officers will see a rise in their benefit beginning Jan. 1.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton (WMSL 752) crew prepare to moor as the Stratton returned to homeport on Base Alameda, Calif., Nov. 23, 2022. Stratton recently concluded a 97-day multi-mission deployment to the Arctic Ocean and the Bering Sea. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Justin Upshaw).

Dec. 19, 2022

Special Duty Pay updates announced  

Read on about changes to the SDP/AP list.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Adam Shelton’s contribution to the 2022 MyCG Holiday Menu, Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Pear, Nuts, and Scallions, Washington, D.C., Dec. 9, 2022. (Photo courtesy of Senior Chief Petty Officer Shelton)

Dec. 15, 2022

MyCG Holiday Menu: The first side dish

Brussels sprouts you and your family will love.

Chaplain Capt. David Morris speaks at an Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training shop at the Lowery A. Woodall Advanced Technology Center in Hattiesburg, Miss., on Jan. 25, 2017. Morris was one of three chaplains to speak to the group. Morris has been teaching at the ASIST shop since he commissioned. (Mississippi National Guard photo by Spc. Christopher Shannon, 102d Public Affairs Detachment)

Dec. 15, 2022

Members learn to teach peers about suicide intervention

Building a network of support through training to teach the skills to prevent suicide and intervene if needed.

Photos like these, shared by individual Coast Guard members and posted to unit social media accounts during 2022, could earn members public affairs awards. The Coast Guard Public Affairs Program is accepting submissions for the 2022 Chief Journalist Alex Haley awards until Feb 15, 2023.

Dec. 14, 2022

Your photos and videos could earn you awards

Make sure your products are uploaded in DVIDS to be competitive.

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Dec. 14, 2022

Announcing new civilian WPT incentives 

The Coast Guard unveils bonuses for civilian members.

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