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Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Lopez del Castillo stands with her crewmembers at Station Miami Beach, Fla. Photo courtesy Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Lopez del Castillo.

Jan. 4, 2022

Reserve on active duty orders: Speaking both languages of operations

Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Lopez del Castillo, a member of Station Miami Beach, Fla., is a veritable trove of local knowledge for her unit.  

Coast Guard Cutter Victory in heavy surf.

Dec. 24, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Lest we forget—the Triumph-Mermaid tragedy 60 years ago

At approximately 4:15 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961, Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, at the mouth of the Columbia River, received a radio call from Roy Gunnari, skipper of the fishing vessel Jana Jo. Gunnari advised that he was relaying a mayday call from the fishing vessel Mermaid, a 34-foot crab-fishing boat from Ilwaco, Wash., owned

Senior Executive Gary Rasicot is one of the recent winners of the Presidential Rank Award. He has served with distinction in numerous leadership positions within the Department of Homeland Security, including the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, and is currently serving as the acting assistant secretary for DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office.

Dec. 16, 2021

2 Coast Guard civilians receive highest award for senior executives; the perfect fit—how the Industrial Production Facility at Alameda collaborated to help Coast Guard Cutter Waesche get underway; meritorious advancement.

2 Coast Guard civilians receive the highest award bestowed upon senior executives. Congratulations to Coast Guard civilian senior executives Gary Rasicot and Calvin Lederer who were recognized for the 2021 Presidential Rank Award (PRA) program. The PRA program was established in 1978 and is one of the highest awards the President of the United

The 2020 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year awardee, Jenifer Walker, is shown (top right) with her husband, Petty Officer First Class Bradley Walker, and their two children Andersen (left) and Trent (right).

Dec. 15, 2021

Calling all Coast Guard ombudsmen: you could be nominated for the 2021 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year Award 

Solicitations now open until Jan. 18, 2022 

African-American trailblazer, Lt.j.g. Clarence Samuels, in an official Coast Guard photograph during World War II. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 10, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Teenage Coast Guardsman Morris Dankner, the African-American experience in World War II

When the United States entered World War II, it became clear that for the nation to prevail, it would take a whole national effort. Understanding that the need to draw from all elements of society, a drive to recruit underrepresented elements of our society to the cause was of the utmost importance.When it came to the Coast Guard and its

Astronaut Candidate Andre Douglas individual portrait

Dec. 8, 2021

Coast Guard Academy alum selected for NASA Astronaut Candidate Program

The Coast Guard alum heads to the moon

Secretaries Cup football game high fives

Nov. 24, 2021

BZ: United States Merchant Marine Academy wins Secretaries Cup, and more

BZ: United States Merchant Marine Academy wins Secretaries Cup, Nominations for 2021 DHS Chief Financial Officer Awards due, MOCTC article appears in Journal of Military Learning, Crew of the Coast Guard Station St. Louis

Chief Petty Officer Brian Sorensen and his children, Alexis and Blake, participate in the 12th annual Coast Guard Flags Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery Nov. 6, 2010. Members of FAA place flags at the graves of fallen Coast Guardsmen as part of the event. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley.

Nov. 18, 2021

BZ: Putting training to the test, 2021 recipients of the Captain Frank A. Erickson and Commander Elmer F. Stone Aviation Awards, Coast Guard honors fallen, Apply for grants

Bravo Zulu to A-school students at TRACEN Yorktown! Boatswain’s mate A-school students and instructors at Training Center (TRACEN) Yorktown diverted from their studies Oct. 20 to respond to two search and rescue cases. While conducting two-boat towing operations, on the York River, students and crew of a 38-foot training boat observed a pontoon

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Nov. 17, 2021

Coast Guard Inspirational Leadership Awards seeking 2022 nominations

Resources for how to submit the most impactful nomination package for your shipmates 

Petty Officer 1st Class Krystofer Murray (left) and Chief Petty Officer Jeston Whitacre, along with students of North Jefferson Elementary School in Kearneysville, West Virginia, stand by the school’s flagpole during flag training on Oct. 21. Murray and Whiteacre taught students the history of our nation’s flag and the importance of the traditional colors ceremony. Photo taken by Amy Dinges, North Jefferson Elementary School teacher.

Nov. 11, 2021

BZ: Coast Guard Partnership in Education, Coast Guard Exchange Systems Scholarship Program 

Way to Go Coast Guard Partnership in Education (PIE) volunteers! PIE volunteers of Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center (C5ISC)-Kearneysville recently led fifth grade flag training at North Jefferson Elementary School in Kearneysville, West Virginia. Chief Petty Officer Jeston Whitacre and Petty

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