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Sept. 10, 2025

“I saw them hang on with one hand and break ice with the other”—the Coast Guard’s Greenland Patrol

"To the officers of the Greenland Patrol vessels: This is your command. Your first command. Your first great chance. It is hard, responsible, vital duty. War duty. Don’t fail your country or your ship or me." RDML Edward Smith (USCG), Commander Task Force 24.8 (“Greenland Patrol”), 1944

Sept. 9, 2025

Coast Guard leaders lay out changes coming with the Force Design 2028 Technology Campaign

Final town hall focuses on harnessing technology to better execute missions and meet future demands.

Sept. 8, 2025

Modernizing homeports

Coast Guard is building up in Seattle and Charleston – What does that mean for you?

Sept. 8, 2025

Op Restore Habitability is bringing a Rapid Infrastructure Project Implementation Team (RIPIT) to a unit near you!

The Coast Guard is improving your workplace to increase your readiness and comfort.

Sept. 5, 2025

Elmer Stone—Coast Guard Aviator #1 set the world record over 100 years ago!

Coast Guard aviators have always been at the forefront of technological change and put themselves in harm’s way to complete the mission. Many have risked their lives pioneering the development of the helicopter, initiating the rescue swimmer program, and serving as astronauts in the Space Shuttle Program. Coast Guard aviation crews have flown

Sept. 4, 2025

Take the personal fitness assessment

We’re upping our personal readiness to up our overall mission readiness!

Sept. 4, 2025

The Sign: How a Hurricane Katrina artifact found its way to the National Coast Guard Museum

Air Station New Orlean's sign became a beacon of hope during 2005. It was battered, bruised and leveled by Hurricane Katrina, but it was never counted down and out.

Sept. 4, 2025

Learning from Disaster: How Katrina helped us prepare for future catastrophes

20 years after Hurricane Katrina, the Coast Guard has undergone sweeping changes in readiness, technology, and interagency collaboration.

Sept. 4, 2025

Revenue Cutter E.A. Stevens—the service’s Civil War gunboat 160 years ago!

The E.A. Stevens was a groundbreaking gunboat that embodied the experimental spirit of 19th-century naval innovation.