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Sept. 13, 2021

Fair winds: Adm. James S. Gracey

As Coast Guard Commandant from 1982 to 1986 Adm. Gracey presided over, and drove, significant change in the service. He also led the armed forces in the integration of women, both officer and enlisted.  

Sept. 10, 2021

The faces of September 11, 2001.

Remembering 20 years 

Sept. 10, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard works to reopen ports, waterways throughout southeast Louisiana following Hurricane Ida, and more. 

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard works to reopen ports, waterways throughout southeast Louisiana. following Hurricane Ida; Coast Guard continues to support Hurricane Ida recovery efforts; Coast Guard rescues two kayakers off Maui, Hawaii; Coast Guard implements underway safety initiative for small passenger vessels operating in California waters

Sept. 10, 2021

The Long Blue Line: 20 years after 9/11—a day that changed the Coast Guard forever

How the Coast Guard has evolved over the past 20 year

Sept. 10, 2021

Three strategies to build motivation for losing weight

CHAMP shares how you can jump-start your weight loss efforts

Sept. 9, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Jeffrey Palazzo—a 9/11 Coast Guard hero’s story

After her husband perished saving lives on 9/11, Lisa Palazzo adopted a son who now carries his name - and continues his tradition of Coast Guard service.

Sept. 9, 2021

BZ: USCG and DHS partners hold successful local back-to-school backpack drive helping nearly 300 children, and more

BZ: USCG and DHS partners hold successful local back-to-school backpack drive helping nearly 300 children, and more USCG and DHS partners hold successful local back-to-school backpack drive helping nearly 300 children; Summer joint service cyber event proves to be a success; Military to Mariner (M2M) program issued the first set of course completion certificates for Lifeboatman Limited and Able Seaman endorsed ratings in August; Labor Day offered an opportunity to remember the strength, resilience, and contributions of the Coast Guard workforce

Sept. 8, 2021

Leader of the Week: Senior Chief Petty Officer Malia Chasteen

Our Leader of the Week is Senior Chief Petty Officer Malia Chasteen, officer in charge of Station Maui

Sept. 2, 2021

The Long Blue Line: “Hot Rocks”—a Coast Guardsman on the beach at Iwo Jima

[This essay was excerpted from the book chapter of the same name: “Hot Rocks,” Sea, Surf and Hell: The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1945), 276-79.]Because of the concentrated mortar fire, which the Japanese are laying down on this landing area, it is one of the bloodiest of all the assault beaches in the Pacific War to

Sept. 2, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 65 miles east of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard medevacs fisherman 65 miles east of Virginia Beach, Virginia; Coast Guard assists two from vessel taking on water near Slocum Arm, Alaska; Coast Guard and good Samaritan rescue kayaker in water near Keene Island, Alaska; Coast Guard performs CPR on 52-year-old woman at restaurant.