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Category: Enlisted

Thinking that someone else must have already reported suspicious behavior can lead to no one calling in an important tip that could prevent a terrorist attack.

Sept. 21, 2022

Insider Threat Awareness Month is here. Are you ready?

Here are some myths and facts about insider threats.

Pictured from left to right is ITCM Nia Stemley, MKCS Sal LaMantia, MCPOCG Heath Jones, EMCM Jason Sardinas, and BMCS Brad Bishop, all posing for a photo at the Coast Guard Headquarters.

Sept. 20, 2022

EPM-4 opens its doors!

It’s time to start thinking about a session with the new Enlisted Career Advisory Branch.

A signed photo of Lt. Clarence Samuels commanding a Coast Guard vessel near the end of World War II. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

Sept. 16, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Clarence Samuels—the U.S. military’s Afro-Latino color barrier buster!

Panamanian born, here the story of Clarence Lorenzo Samuels, the first minority to command a federal ship.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Carl Taylor, an information systems technician assigned to Electronics Support Detachment Mayport, Florida, reimages newly assigned laptops delivered to Coast Guard Sector Jacksonville, Florida, April 5, 2022. Reimaging new computers involves completely wiping the hard drive, and installing the operating system along with Coast Guard-specific applications and security-related upgrades. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena)

Sept. 15, 2022

ESD supervisors will be re-programmed to senior enlisted in the upcoming assignment year

ESD supervisor positions opening up to senior enlisted ETs and ITs.

Lt. Cmdr. Samuel Pemberton (left), Petty Officer 2nd Class James Peragine, and Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Van Ginkel, the Endgame59 aircrew, received the U.S. Interdiction Maritime Interdiction Award Feb. 18, 2022, for their successful interdiction mission in August 2021. (USCG photo)

Sept. 14, 2022

HITRON received recognition at 2021 U.S. Interdiction Coordinator Awards

A seasoned crew faced a challenging drug interdiction in the Caribbean Sea.

Service members form CGCYBER 2013 CPT and Army 1st IO Brigade Read Team participate in Cyber Flag 22

Sept. 13, 2022

Cyber Flag 22: A multinational exercise aims to make defense networks safer and more secure

Keeping the cyber world safe.

Coast Guard Petty Officers Third Class Third Class Joanalicia Ramirez and Miguel Caceres, both machinery technicians, work together with their unit to build an engine on a cutter moored at Base Portsmouth, Nov. 16, 2021, in Portsmouth, Virginia. The unit, called the Maintenance Augmentation Team, or MAT, provides mechanical and maintenance support for the cutters in the area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer Third Class Emily Velez)

Sept. 13, 2022

Tools you can use to help manage conflict in the workplace

Learn about different approaches to conflict resolution.

Sept. 13, 2022

Suicide Prevention Awareness Month: Identifying people who are at risk for suicide

This month, we acknowledge Suicide Prevention Awareness Month. Many of us who have known or heard of someone who died by suicide have asked ourselves how we, or someone, might have better recognized the risk and intervened in order to prevent the tragedy. This feeling may be amplified with the knowledge, according to a national study, that in 2020