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April 3, 2023

Check out the Coast Guard’s top photos, videos, and articles of 2022

Who tells the best Coast Guard story?

Lt. Holly Harrison aboard Coalition warship USS Milius in February 2003. (Coast Guard Collection)

March 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line - 20 Years OIF: Holly Harrison—Operation Iraqi Freedom Combat Veteran and Bronze Star Recipient

First woman to command a cutter in a combat zone and the first woman in service history to receive the Bronze Star Medal.

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March 23, 2023

Retirees, you may be entitled to more pay! 

Inside Combat Related Special Compensation 

The Coast Guard’s Marksmanship Team poses for a photograph after competing in the National Trophy Pistol Match at the Civilian Marksmanship Program National Matches in Camp Perry, Ohio in July 2022. The team consisted of members all throughout the Coast Guard: (L to R) Petty Officer 3rd Class Christina MacMillan, Petty Officer 2nd Class Brent Craemer, Cmdr. Jonathan Welch, Chief Petty Officer Charlie Petrotto, Chief Petty Officer Mark Osborne, Capt. David Melton, Chief Petty Officer Wesley Koran.

March 20, 2023

Calling all sharpshooters! Now’s the time to shoot competitively 

The Competitive Marksmanship Program enables members to compete and earn points toward shooting badges 

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March 17, 2023

Civilians: Annual performance ratings due by April 30 

Now's the time to tell your supervisor what you’ve accomplished during this rating cycle 

Rare photograph of Anita Clothier in uniform with official cover. (U.S. Coast Guard

March 17, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Skipper, jeep driver, and bandmaster forgotten by history

Coast Guard women of World War II’s temporary reserve.

Rare photo showing the heroic Pea Island Lifesaving Station crew commanded by famed African American keeper Richard Etheridge. (Coast Guard Collection)

Feb. 28, 2023

Legacy’s Shadow: The Keeper’s Lost Grave

Finding the final resting place of Keeper Capt. L.S. Wescott

Petty Officer 1st Class Bradley Martin, a marine science technician, wears enhanced hearing protection while conducting an exam in a high-decibel environment on a ship in Boston in January 2022. The Coast Guard continues to evaluate these electronic earbuds as a safety measure, using seed funding and resources from the Science and Technology Innovation Center (STIC). (Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 28, 2023

Coast Guard tests high-tech hearing protection 

Marine inspectors testing electronic earbuds that block damaging noise, but let you communicate.

Commissary Steward First Class Alphonzo F. Barbour dressed in his steward uniform including medals he received during his Coast Guard career. (Courtesy of Vince Patton)

Feb. 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Remembering centurium Alphonzo Barbour—eyewitness to African American history

The Coast Guard's 8th MCPOCG shares his time with a centenarian.

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Feb. 21, 2023

Coast Guard announces 2022 Engineer of the Year Award 

Andrew Lawrence honored for outstanding achievements.