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Mr. Tony Goodloe, the Training Center Yorktown ESO, received the 2024 Full-time ESOY award, and LT Joseph McGinnis, the Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Lafayette Commanding Officer and collateral ESO earned the Collateral Duty ESOY recognition.

April 29, 2025

Coast Guard recognizes 2024 Education Services Officer of the Year Award recipients 

Mr. Tony Goodloe and Lt. Joseph McGinnis were honored for excellence in educational leadership and academic achievement.

Rear Adm. Christopher Bartz, the 27th Golden Coast Guard Ancient Albatross, places the Ancient Albatross ceremonial flight jacket on Rear Adm. Carola List, the 28th Golden Ancient Albatross, during a visit to Kitty Hawk, North Carolina April 24, 2025. Kitty Hawk is known as the location where the Wright Brothers had the first flight in history, but Coast Guard Life Saving Station crews where also there to help the brothers during that historic event. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Jonathan Lally)

April 28, 2025

Rear Adm. Carola List receives title of Ancient Albatross

The Ancient Albatross award is presented to the longest-serving active-duty Coast Guard aviator, representing a lifetime of devotion to flight operations, rescue missions, and maritime safety.

The overcrowded decks of the paddle-wheeler Sultana just before her fiery explosion.

April 25, 2025

Sultana Fire - A maritime disaster that helped shape the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety mission

April 27, 2025, marks the 160th anniversary of the Sultana Fire. These are excerpts taken from the article Written in Blood: Maritime disasters that shaped the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Mission.

The Special Needs Program accommodates specific needs for dependents when the member is being reassigned.

April 25, 2025

Coast Guard members, here’s how to enroll in the Special Needs Program

The Special Needs Program accommodates specific needs for dependents when the member is being reassigned.

Members of Coast Guard Cutter Munro conduct Chemical, Biological, Radiological, and Nuclear (CBRN) training (U.S. Coast Guard Photo Courtesy of Petty Officer 1st Class Kenneth Wiese).

April 23, 2025

Units, make sure to do your CBRN training!

Annual chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear drills are required for all CBRN-equipped units.

2024 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator of the Year.

April 23, 2025

Honoring the 2024 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator of the Year

Mr. Jason Graham of Training Center Cape May is the Coast Guard’s SARC of the Year.

PIE Program has resumed activities.

April 21, 2025

More PIE for America’s youth

The PIE Program has resumed activities.

Artwork of the night the Marine Electric shipwreck and the incident’s lasting impact on the Coast Guard. The converted WWII-era ship capsized 30 miles off the Virginia coast on Feb. 12, 1983, and brought about drastic changes in the Coast Guard, including revamped marine safety procedures and the implementation of rescue swimmers. (U.S. Coast Guard illustrations by Petty Officer 2nd Class Corinne Zilnicki)

April 18, 2025

The shipwreck that changed the Coast Guard forever

The Coast Guard continues to improve its marine safety program to this day to ensure a safe marine environment. This article originally appeared in the Coast Guard Compass in 2019.

A few of this year's military kids' submissions.

April 18, 2025

Coast Guard youth: Submit your best creative work to the Military Kids Creative Showcase

USO Military Kid Creative Showcase is open for submissions through April 30, 2025, 11:59 pm EST.

Master Chief Petty Officer Grant Heffner, Rating Force Master Chief, talks about new incentives for BM1s who want to become Officers-in-Charge (OIC).

April 18, 2025

BM1s: Here is how you could get 20 points on the SWE

Master Chief Petty Officer Grant Heffner, Rating Force Master Chief, talks about new incentives for BM1s who want to become Officers-in-Charge (OIC).