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Service photo of Anthony Pettit, the Chief Petty Officer in charge of the Scotch Cap station during the disaster. (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 1, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Standing a deadly watch 75 years ago—final hours of Scotch Cap Lighthouse

Chief Sanford broadcast stating “we had been struck by a tidal wave and might have to abandon the station, and that I believed Scotch Cap Lightstation was lost.” He worried that his transmissions might be taken as an April Fool’s joke.

March 31, 2021

Will recent tax law changes help you save money?

Learn about new tax law changes that may help you keep money in your pocket during tax season.

Ensign Kirk M. Eastman from Sector Puget Sound, Enforcement Division holding the framed Maritime Security and Response Operations Excellence Award in February 2021.

March 31, 2021

MSRO Excellence awardees recognized

The Captain Carden and Boatswain's Mate First Class Cullen Maritime Security and Response Operations (MSRO) Excellence awardees recognized

Our deckplate leader of the week is Senior Chief Petty Officer William ‘Benny’ Harris, a boatswain’s mate and the officer in charge at U.S. Coast Guard Station Montauk, New York.

March 31, 2021

Deckplate Leader of the Week: Senior Chief Petty Officer William ‘Benny’ Harris

Our deckplate leader of the week is Senior Chief Petty Officer William ‘Benny’ Harris, a boatswain’s mate and the officer in charge at U.S. Coast Guard Station Montauk, New York.

March 30, 2021

'We've been told we're too nice.'

You won't want to miss CGC Hamilton's video celebrating its female crew members.

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Chief Petty Officer William Herr, chief of police for Training Center Cape May, and his sons browse the aisles of the new Coast Guard Market Place aboard the training center during a sneak peek for Coast Guard families Nov. 4, 2012. The new MarketPlace is a benefit for military service members, their families, authorized beneficiaries and military retirees. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska.

March 30, 2021

LAST CALL! Complete the Living Pattern Survey by Wednesday, March 31

Survey takes 30 minutes and has lasting impact to paychecks

Faculty, staff, and students from Gibson Elementary School welcome PIE program volunteers and coordinators of Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas during the PIE Kickoff event in December 2019. Lt. Mark Currier played a pivotal role in bringing the PIE program to Gibson Elementary School.

March 30, 2021

Partnership in Education presses on despite a pandemic 

Corpus Christie units find creative ways to maintain connection with their community 

U.S. Coast Guard Ombudsman Program

March 26, 2021

Spouse of retired Coast Guard officer at the heart of Coast Guard Ombudsman’s origin story  

Wanda Allen-Yearout recalls building the program 35 years ago.

Official Service photo of namesake 175-foot Keeper-Class buoy tender Coast Guard Cutter Barbara Mabrity. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

March 26, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Barbara Mabrity—Long-time Lighthouse Keeper and Hurricane Heroine

Barbara Mabrity, or someone from her family, kept the Key West Light for 82 of its 89 years of manned operation. And, for most of the Mabrity years, a female family member oversaw operation of the light.

The 82-foot patrol boats of Squadron One (RONONE) deploying from Subic Bay in the Philippines to the theater of operations in Vietnam. (U.S. Coast Guard)

March 26, 2021

The Long Blue Line: The Coast Guard in Vietnam-a remembrance

Fifty-five years after the Coast Guard joined the fight in Vietnam, we commemorate those servicemembers who went in harm’s way, several of whom paid with their lives in a land far from home.

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