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A title card for the Revenue Cutter Service Academy Story featuring the USRC Chase in the late 1800s.

July 10, 2026

The Long Blue Line: Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction

Life at the Academy 150 years ago!

July 9, 2026

Mission-ready nutrition: Why your personal calorie number is key

Find out how to eat to meet the new fitness standards

July 7, 2026

CG-TECH Brings Digital Transformation to the Deckplate

Inaugural Workforce Engagement Tour in Miami empowers members with hands-on AI and automation training, returning vital minutes back to the mission.

July 6, 2026

Rapid recall ready: Inside the Reserve Mobilization Team Subhead:  How specialized Reserve Yeomen secure seamless pay and benefits for fellow members during mass mobilizations

During Operation River Wall last November, three families of newly mobilized Coast Guard reservists were involved in automobile accidents. The service members had already reported for duty, but their orders hadn’t reached the necessary administrative status to activate their healthcare coverage. Enter the Reserve Mobilization Team (RMT). Despite

A Long Blue Line Title Card for the history of the Coast Guard Reserves.

July 3, 2026

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard Reserve—making 85 years of history!

The Coast Guard Reserve was established by the passage of the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act of February 19, 1941. That act also established the Coast Guard Auxiliary under its present name (the Auxiliary had originally been called the “Coast Guard Reserve”). The new Coast Guard Reserve was modeled after the Naval Reserve as a military

July 2, 2026

New 'SpouseWorks' program brings free career coaching and resources to Coast Guard spouses

The Coast Guard is excited to announce that Military OneSource’s SpouseWorks (formerly MySECO) is now providing eligible Coast Guard spouses with free access to professional career coaching, job search assistance, and online courses starting July 1. Every Coast Guard spouse has unique talents, aspirations, and professional

Those familiar with Coast Guard history know that the service’s development has been shaped by the nation’s natural and man-made disasters. Many Coast Guard missions were written in blood. Nowhere is that clearer than the Marine Safety mission.

June 26, 2026

“Written in Blood”: Maritime disasters that shaped the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Mission

Those familiar with Coast Guard history know that the service’s development has been shaped by the nation’s natural and man-made disasters. Many Coast Guard missions were written in blood. Nowhere is that clearer than the Marine Safety mission.