Dec. 27, 2021

2-in-1 devices aid recruitment efforts 

In an effort to improve recruiting initiatives, the Coast Guard recently supplied 56 recruiting offices with 2-in-1 devices that will provide greater mobility to 380 recruiters throughout the service.  The 2-in-1 devices are handheld computers that can easily switch from a laptop to a tablet and have the same functionality as a traditional Coast

Dec. 24, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Lest we forget—the Triumph-Mermaid tragedy 60 years ago

At approximately 4:15 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961, Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, at the mouth of the Columbia River, received a radio call from Roy Gunnari, skipper of the fishing vessel Jana Jo. Gunnari advised that he was relaying a mayday call from the fishing vessel Mermaid, a 34-foot crab-fishing boat from Ilwaco, Wash., owned

Dec. 21, 2021

Time to weigh in on cutter workloads 

Editor's Note: link has been fixed.Here’s your chance to tell it like it is, cutter crews: How do you feel about your inport workloads? The Sea Duty Readiness Council (SDRC) has put out a new survey to gather feedback on this much-discussed issue, and they want to hear from you.  It’s part of the Coast Guard’s effort to find ways to lessen the load

Dec. 20, 2021

New Workstations coming to the Coast Guard

If you’re still struggling to do your job on a clunky old workstation, here’s a gift for the holidays: Modern laptops are on the way. The Coast Guard has ordered 20,460 new laptop computers which it hopes to have in workers’ hands as early as January 2022, the C5I Service Center announced recently. It’s the beginning of a four-year, service-wide

Dec. 17, 2021

New: Access DoD365 on your personal computer

All you need is a standard CAC reader and the Microsoft Edge browser.

Dec. 17, 2021

The Long Blue Line: The Persian Gulf War—a female officer’s experience 30 years ago

During 1990, I was assigned as the training officer for Reserve Unit Syracuse, New York. One of my responsibilities was to ensure that each member of the unit had committed to an appropriate two-week training period. That year, the district office in Cleveland, Ohio, forwarded a request to fill 25 billets at Marine Corps Base Quantico, Va., for a

Dec. 16, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs man suffering from heart attack symptoms, Portsmouth, Virginia and more. 

A Coast Guard aircrew hoisted 4 fishermen from a disabled fishing vessel off the coast of Duck, NC; Coast Guard rushed to a car near edge of Niagara Falls; Coast Guard buoy tender departs Bay Area for last time as San Francisco-based cutter.

Dec. 16, 2021

Money Matter$: The ABC’s of Budgeting: Budgeting Basics

Many of you who are reading this may not like what you hear! You may get grumpy or even trigger a headache when I say this, but “You need a Budget!”It doesn’t matter if you are a civilian, new recruit, or an officer with 20 plus years of service; it’s important to know where your money is going if you want to have a handle on your finances. Many

Dec. 14, 2021

The Total Force Wellness Assessment Tool: How are you doing…really?

The tool launched this fall; open to members and their families

Dec. 13, 2021

Reserve Aviation Crews arrive at Air Station Savannah

The three newest reserve enlisted aviation Coast Guardsmen arrived at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Oct. 16, and are ready to add their skill and expertise to the unit known as the, “Low Country Lifesavers.”Petty Officer 2nd Class Doug Scherer, an avionics electrical technician, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Forrest Coltham and Schuyler Chervinko,