All Hands Briefer: This week's top news

Ladies and Gentlemen,

Below, please find the weekly All Hands Briefer (AHB), which provides key announcements and updates from this week. Have a great weekend!

Top News

• Care, Inform, Ask: new resource to respond to victims of assault  
• National virtual event: "Bring Your Children to OUR Work Day"
• New column! Frontline Focus
• Another new column! Bravo Zulu
• “Stay Safe” using the Coast Guard’s low-risk drinking guidelines
• MSRO Excellence awardees recognized
• 2020 USCG Human Resource Management Achievement Award recipients announced
• Virtual Listening Session: Anti-Asian Sentiment  
• Updated study guide for Service Wide Exam
• MyCG app launches PCS Season tab

Features

• 'We've been told we're too nice.' You won't want to miss CGC Hamilton's video celebrating its female crew members.
• Coast Guard partners with Elizabeth City State University on pre-commissioning initiative for students
• Deckplate Leader of the Week: Senior Chief Petty Officer William ‘Benny’ Harris
• The Long Blue Line: Barbara Mabrity—Long-time Lighthouse Keeper and Hurricane Heroine
• Spouse of retired Coast Guard officer at the heart of Coast Guard Ombudsman’s origin story  
• Partnership in Education presses on despite a pandemic 
• Women of the Coast Guard share stories of service, mentorship, leadership 
• HITRON History Series: David W. Kunkel, Rear Admiral USCG (Ret.)

Poll Results

• March poll results: Sorry, pilots! 59% of MyCG poll respondents said cutters are our coolest assets, followed by helos (32%) and planes (9%).
• New poll! Tell us how often you want to telework after COVID-19. Head to the MyCG app, and click on “Poll.” (Here’s where to get the app on iOS or Google Play.)

Deadlines and Events

• 05 APR: Nominations due for Health Care Awards
• 07 APR: Virtual Listening Session: Anti-Asian Sentiment
• 13 APR: Officer Women in Leadership Symposium (OWLS) virtual event
• 16 APR: Spirit of Hope award nominations due
• 16 APR: Fireman First Class Paul Clark Boat Forces Engineering Award submissions due
• 16 APR: CDR Ray Evans Outstanding Coxswain Award nominations due
• 23 APR: Rep. James Sener Award for Excellence in Marine Investigations nominations due
• 29 APR: League of United Latin American Citizens Excellence in Public Service Award nominations due
• 30 APR: Federally Employed Women Military Meritorious Service Award nominations due
• 30 APR: Nominations due for Spirit of Service Award
• 30 APR: Maritime Security and Response Operations (MSRO) award nominations due
• 30 APR: U.S. Naval Institute’s Coast Guard Essay contest submissions due
• 30 APR: Women of Color STEM Conference Award nominations due (peer-reviewed)
• 06 MAY: Naval Postgraduate School Executive Leaders Program applications due
• 15 MAY: Women of Color STEM Conference Award nominations due (employer-reviewed)
• 01 JUN: Applications due for Diver rating
• 03 JUN: Defense Civilian Emerging Leader Program applications due