July 25, 2025

From local enforcer to global responder—235 years of Coast Guard transformation!

From Alexander Hamilton's fleet of ten sailing ships to a global maritime fighting force, the U.S. Coast Guard has had a remarkable 235-year journey as the nation's maritime first responder.

July 21, 2025

Build your expertise with an Emergency Management Certification

Applications are open to active duty, reserve, auxiliary, civilian members, and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) personnel.

July 18, 2025

Lost at Sea—The origins of our SAR mission

In 1915, Congress passed “An Act to Create the Coast Guard,” which merged the U.S. Revenue Cutter Service and U.S. Life-Saving Service, combining the federal government’s two agencies responsible for maritime safety into one modern agency tasked with protecting lives and property on shore and at sea.

July 16, 2025

Coast Guard introduces new Employee Assistance Program (EAP) provider for civilian employees

CG SUPRT contract to end August 25.

July 11, 2025

National Strike Force—The Coast Guard’s global responder for over 50 years!

"Crisis Leaders and Responders: any time, any place, any hazard." - National Strike Force Vision Statement

July 3, 2025

The Long Blue Line: 9/11—A Day that changed the Coast Guard forever

The service's response to the 2001 terrorist attack demonstrated the Coast Guard's flexibility, readiness, and relevance in one of the greatest transformations in Coast Guard history.

June 30, 2025

PTSD: Do you have it and how can you get help?

It’s PTSD Awareness Month. 12-million Americans suffer from post-traumatic stress disorder and here are resources that can help.

June 25, 2025

Commemorating Korean War 75th Anniversary

PBM-G5 #84738’s deadly water rescue.

June 20, 2025

15th anniversary of Deepwater Horizon and the Coast Guard’s spill response mission

"Even Exxon Valdez pales in comparison to the volume, scale, number of Coast Guard resources, how much time has been devoted to [Deepwater Horizon]—all far exceed any previous event." — CAPT Duke Walker, Federal On-Scene Coordinator, U.S. Coast Guard, 2012

June 13, 2025

Bags of clams? Not likely. Here’s how a Coast Guard Seaman Recruit altered the course of World War II

Jack Cullen, 21, thwarted a Nazi plan to sabotage America’s shoreside infrastructure.