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A Coast Guard air crew member helps transport a critically injured child from the helicopter to awaiting emergency medical services at Port au Prince, Haiti, Aug. 15, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard forward deployed Jayhawk helicopter crews are from Air Station Clearwater, Florida. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. David Steele)

Aug. 26, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard responds to Haiti for humanitarian aid following 7.2 earthquake; USCG Cutter James offloads nearly 51,000 pounds of cocaine and marijuana worth approximately $1.4 billion at Port Everglades; USCG, good Samaritan rescue 3 in Oregon Inlet, North Carolina; USCG completes Operation Nanook 2021; USCG rescues 3 from boat fire 150 miles south of Golfito, Costa Rica after their boat caught fire.

Jolie Z. – 7th grade, Wang Qi Art Institute, San Francisco, California, USA, is the grand prize winner of grades 6-12.

Aug. 24, 2021

Young artists spotlight the vital role of seafarers in the 2021 Student Art Contest

View winning student artwork from around the Americas

Petty Officer 2nd Class Monique Gilbreath and Petty Officer 2nd Class Kristen Allen prepare to take part in a diving exercise at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, March 25, 2021. Gilbreath and Allen are the only two active female divers in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)

Aug. 23, 2021

Less than one percent of military divers are women, the U.S. Coast Guard has two

The Coast Guard is the smallest of the military branches. Being a diver in the Coast Guard is rare and being a female diver, even more so. There are only two active female divers in the Coast Guard. It is a small club.Diver (DV) is a unique job, or rating, in the Coast Guard. For the majority of ratings, you enter the Coast Guard as a seaman

Coast Guard women are assigned the same operational duties as men, whether its aboard cutters, small boats or as aircrew members.

Aug. 19, 2021

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes, and more

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes; Bravo Zulu to the 2020 CAPT Godfrey L. Carden and BM1 John C. Cullen Maritime Security Response Operations (MSRO) Excellence Award; Solicitation for FY21 Special Command Aide of the Year

The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser rescues 48 Haitian migrants stranded on Monito Cay, Puerto Rico in the Mona Passage Aug. 12, 2021. The migrants were transported to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where they transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody and assisted by Emergency Medical Service personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 19, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico; Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska; Coast Guard Cutter Finback shifts homeport to Portland, Maine; Coast Guard Cutter Midgett holds change of command ceremony; Coast Guard, County of Kauai partners complete successful search and rescue exercise off Kauai, Honolulu

Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephanie Williams and Seaman Thadeus Shudark, both operations specialists, are hard at work in the Sector Hampton Roads Command Center, July 7, 2015. Every day communications watchstanders stand ready for any event.

Aug. 18, 2021

How to use clear communication strategies while at work—a Wellness Wednesday conversation

This Wellness Wednesday, learn about resources for effective interpersonal and professional communication

: Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher Hinote wears the traditional Ancient Keeper’s hat, June 17, 2021. Hinote took over the position of Ancient Keeper June 17, 2021, at a change of watch ceremony at Station Grand Haven, Michigan, that was followed by the retirement of the former Ancient Keeper, Master Chief Petty Officer Kirk Mckay.

Aug. 16, 2021

The Coast Guard has a new Ancient Keeper

Master Chief Petty Officer Christopher Hinote is now upholding the tradition and legacy of overseeing boat operations

An official photograph showing Surfman Rasmus S. Midgett in uniform. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 13, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Rasmus gets the Gold for individual heroism in a hurricane rescue!

A heroic rescue adapted from the U.S. Life-Saving Service Annual Report of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1900, pp. 25-28.

A Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) 26-foot Over The Horizon (OTH) pursuit crew and a cutter James 35-foot Long Range Interceptor boat crew interdict a 26-foot smuggling panga with three suspected smugglers aboard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2020. Cutter James is a National Security Cutter with robust capabilities for maritime homeland security, law enforcement and national defense missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)

Aug. 12, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter James conducts largest illegal narcotic offload in Coast Guard history worth more than $1.4 billion at Port Everglades, and more.

Also: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to downed aircraft near Ketchikan, Alaska; Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue six after vessel sinks 60 miles off Chincoteague, Virginia; Coast Guard medevacs 57-year-old man suffering from heart complications near Point Loma, California; MHS GENESIS Pacific Wave deployment “go-live” event, AUGUST 21st.

A 47-foot rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Destin makes preparations today for a basket hoist with an HH-65B Dolphin rescue aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. Coast Guard boatcrews are required to perform hoisting drills in order to prepare for search and rescue missions. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

Aug. 12, 2021

BZ: The United States Coast Guard celebrates 231 years of outstanding service, and more!

BZ: The United States Coast Guard celebrates 231 years of outstanding service; The Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) honors three outstanding Coast Guardswomen; 2021 Federally Employed Women (FEW) Military Meritorious Award winner named