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Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark transits the waters of the Salish Sea alongside HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife during a joint exercise on Feb. 17, 2022. The exercise was conducted to train and prepare Royal Canadian navy crews for deployments to support United States counter-narcotics operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier)

March 3, 2022

Frontline Focus: U.S. Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy, and more.

Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy; Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns to homeport following 52-day patrol; Coast Guard discovers illegal halibut catch near Kodiak, Alaska; Coast Guard repatriates 42 Cubans to Cuba; and Coast Guard commissions 46th Sentinel-class cutter.

March 2, 2022

Military members here is your financial readiness at every turn—a new approach to your career’s financial preparedness

Congressional mandate requires military departments to provide financial literacy training.

Emblem for the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center

Feb. 25, 2022

ALCGRSV 005/22: Enlisted reserve advancement announcement (ERAA) No. 03-22

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Feb. 25, 2022

ALCGPSC 030/22: Revised cutoffs for appointment to warrant grade

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Kirkendall poses for a photo at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Friday Sept.,3, 2010. Kirkendall completed a 100-mile race May 15, 2010, almost three years to the day of his final chemotherapy treatment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Hulme

Feb. 25, 2022

Total Force Wellness: Set new military fitness goals for the year

EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is written by the Human Performance Resources by CHAMP at the Uniformed Services UniversityWe are still early in the New Year and it is still the perfect time to refocus your fitness goals. Take some time to make a plan to get back into shape or get a jump-start on prepping for the Body Composition program.Identify

Feb. 24, 2022

Commandant’s final SOTCG: Tuition support increases, cutter construction, and a workforce united in service

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Feb. 24, 2022

More support and improved process for units ordering printers

Support team will schedule, facilitate, and track unit orders placed through the DLA

The Coast Guard Cutter James' crew offloaded approximately 54,500 pounds of cocaine and 15,800 pounds of marijuana, worth approximately $1.06 billion, Feb. 17, 2022, in Port Everglades, Fla. The ship’s crew set new records during their 90-day patrol for the largest single cocaine interdiction at 10,915 pounds, worth $206.4 million, and the largest single marijuana interdiction at 3,962 pounds, worth $3.59 million, which is the greatest amount of contraband interdicted during an Eastern Pacific patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez).

Feb. 24, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter James offloads more than $1.06 billion in illegal narcotics, and more.

Coast Guard Cutter James offloads more than $1.06 billion in illegal narcotics; Station San Juan crew, research vessel Neil Armstrong assist 2 US boaters in distress in Atlantic Ocean waters north of Puerto Rico; Coast Guard repatriates 13; Coast Guard medevacs mariner near Mobile Bay, Ala.

Coast Guard helicopter in front of a mountain at sunset

Feb. 24, 2022

Stay engaged during SOTCGA: Mission Support Bingo

Stay engaged and listen closely for these Mission Support related words and phrases

Ice climbers train at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, near Munising, Mich., in preparation for Michigan Ice Fest the week of Feb. 9-13, 2022. Coast Guard members from Air Station Traverse City and Station Marquette train closely with National Park Service rangers and volunteers to hone their skills. Photo courtesy Chief Ranger Joseph Hughes, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Feb. 23, 2022

Rescuers train together, preparing for an emergency in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula

Training and teamwork help Coast Guard and other rescuers work better — together