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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)

Oct. 5, 2022

Help the Coast Guard boost recruiting by sending your ideas to CG_Ideas@Work

The Coast Guard is hiring and looking for ways to find the best.

USCGC Bear (WMEC 901) is seen from the left side of a formation during a photo exercise (PHOTOEX) as a part of Operation Nanook, Northern Atlantic Ocean, Aug. 6, 2022. Bear is partaking in the Tuugaalik phase of Operation Nanook, an annual exercise that allows the United States and multiple other partner nations to ensure security and enhance interoperability in Arctic waters. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

Oct. 5, 2022

Coordinating combat exercise operations from the inside of the cutter

The role of a combat information center during a multinational military exercise

Oct. 4, 2022

Chaplain Tom Walcott joins the Auxiliary chaplain ranks

Capt. Tom Walcott becomes the 100th Auxiliary Chaplain Support member.

Blanca A. Sanchez, Director, Civilian Human Resources, Diversity & Leadership Directorate U.S. Coast Guard

Oct. 4, 2022

Coast Guard Commandant announces new Director of Civilian Human Resources, Diversity, and Leadership

Blanca Sanchez has joined the Coast Guard Senior Executive Service.

Jeremy R. Gauthier, Director, Coast Guard Investigative Service U.S. Coast Guard

Oct. 4, 2022

Coast Guard Commandant announces new CGIS Director

Jeremy Gauthier has joined the Coast Guard Senior Executive Service.

Oct. 4, 2022

Coast Guard Cyber offers tips for online safety

Four simple things you can do to protect yourself.

Coast Guard recruits in company Delta-201 receive orders to their first duty stations at the Fisherman’s Memorial in Cape May, N.J., Sept. 8, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May serves the American public by leveraging the talent and passion of our staff to produce high quality, mission-ready recruits, and delivering professional and customer-focused services to enable missions for our units, tenants, and region. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Kearney)

Oct. 3, 2022

High Year Tenure is suspended until Jan. 1, 2025

New changes to HYT have been made in efforts to offer career flexibility

Petty Officer 2nd Class Herbert Skinner and Petty Officer 1st Class James Fickes, crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, homeported in Cape May, signs their re-enlistment papers during all hands in the galley, 10:55 a.m., Feb. 10, 2011. Skinner re-enlisted for five years while Fickes re-enlisted indefinate. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.

Oct. 3, 2022

ENLISTED: Policy update for advancement opt out

Revised policy grants more career flexibility for enlisted workforce.

Special images of female Coast Guard members- civilian and military - from throughout Sector New York that show the diversity of leadership at every level.

Oct. 3, 2022

Civilians: New exit survey allows you to share your voice upon separation from the service

The Office of Civilian Workforce Relations launched a new exit survey on Sep. 1.

Coast Guard Cutter Adak of PATFORSWA provides escort for aircraft carrier USS Nimitz through the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 30, 2022

The Long Blue Line: LANTAREA’s PATFORSWA Managers—over 15 years of leadership!

The present-day Contingency Operations Branch (LANT-39) formed out of the need to provide contingency support to a few cutters deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Initially viewed as a contingency operational need to support those cutters, a solicitation for a handful of Coast Guard reservists was made in 2005. Those reservists would