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Members of the Migrant Interdiction Operations Application Team who attended the Innovation Awards ceremony at Coast Guard Headquarters on May 2, 2024, receive recognition for creating an app that streamlined processing of migrants. From left: Lt. Kailee Evereteze, Lt. Cmdr. Shawn Antonelli, Lt. Garen Anderson, Lt. John Roddy, Lt. Victoria Martucci, Lt. Cmdr. Nick Phillips. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Hodges Jr)

May 16, 2024

Coast Guard recognizes innovators of the year

Seven teams win 2023 Capt. Niels P. Thomsen Innovation Awards.

The Coast Guard Aeronautical Engineering Team poses for a group photo during the 2024Aerospace Maintenance Competition. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 14, 2024

Coast Guard team competes in Aerospace Maintenance Competition

Congrats Airdales!

May 6, 2024

Need help sending your child to summer camp? The Coast Guard Foundation can help.

$500 grants are available for your child’s camp registration fees and more.

Portraits of MK1 Emily Helterhoff and OS1 Leland Kimball, the 2023 Enlisted Persons of the Year. (U.S. Coast Guard photos by Moses Ward)

May 2, 2024

MK1 Emily Helterhoff and OS1 Leland Kimball are your 2023 Enlisted Persons of the Year

Each EPOY stepped up to take on roles of greater responsibility, invested in the professional development and individual well-being of their crews, and met challenging situations head-on.

Courtney Burgess, 2023 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year recipient

April 30, 2024

Coast Guard names the 2023 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year

Courtney Burgess is recognized for outstanding contributions as an ombudsman.

Adm. Poulin presented insignia #001 to Cal Lederer, current Deputy Judge Advocate General, who served as Acting Judge Advocate General during the Deepwater Horizon response.

April 23, 2024

Coast Guard Legal Program awards the first program insignia

CGJAG ceremoniously acknowledges the first ten recipients of the new insignia.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jennifer Brown and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Adam Peers were awarded golden keyboards on April 11, 2024, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, for the winning apps they created for the Power Platform Science Fair. Standing from left to right, Brian Campo, Acting Chief Information Officer of CG-6, Rear Adm. Russell Dash, Brown, Peers, Rear Adm. Chad Jacoby.

April 23, 2024

Congratulations to our award-winning Deck Plate Developers

Four Coast Guard members recognized for developing apps that make work more efficient.

Posed photograph early in the war of Joseph Gerczak in his dress blues uniform. (Courtesy of the Gerczak family)
Photo showing LST-66’s bow doors open to debark troops to the beach. (Navsource.org)

April 19, 2024

Joe Gerczak’s service and sacrifice from Philly to New Guinea

LST-66 ended the war as the most-decorated LST serving in the Coast Guard.

2023 Liz Blanc, Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and Exceptional Victim Advocate of the Year awards

April 15, 2024

Hats off to the 2023 Liz Blanc Exceptional Sexual Assault Response Coordinator, Exceptional Victim Advocate of the Year recipients

The Coast Guard honors Michael Jordy and Lt. j.g. Kirsten Carson for their work in preventing, responding to, and supporting victims of sexual assault.

2023 Coast Guard Public Affairs Awards winners.

April 12, 2024

Coast Guard announces 2023 Haley-Simpson Public Affairs Awards winners

Units, members, and employees recognized for excellence in public affairs.

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