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Join the Ask Me Anything on Dec. 10 to hear from past award board members on what makes a good leadership award nomination package!

Dec. 4, 2024

Learn best practices to nominate your inspirational leader

Join the Ask Me Anything on Dec. 10 to hear from past award board members on what makes a good leadership award nomination package!

Dec. 4, 2024

The Hackathon is back: Vote for your favorite Coast Guard deck plate developer app

Join us this Friday, Dec. 6, from 10 a.m. to noon EST, when members present six time-saving apps!

BMCM Poulin is honored as part of the 2018 Memorial Day Parade for Nahant, Massachusetts. (Courtesy of the Poulin family)

Nov. 29, 2024

BMCM Maurice Poulin, World War II veteran

This essay is based on the author’s interview with retired master chief and World War II veteran, Maurice Poulin, regarding his World War II experiences.

1894 photograph of Keeper Lawson surrounded by his NWU student surfmen. (Courtesy of NWU Deering Library)

Nov. 22, 2024

Lawrence Lawson’s Thanksgiving Day rescue

"Thanksgiving Day 1889 will doubtless ever be remembered by the crew of Calumet... for on this day the student surfmen of Northwestern and their fearless keeper kept them from a watery grave."

Photograph of the U.S. Life-Saving Service crew at Neah Bay, Washington Territory. The crewmembers were predominantly Makah Tribe members. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Nov. 8, 2024

Native Americans in the Coast Guard

Native Americans have been members of the Coast Guard and its predecessor services for well over 200 years.

Petty Officer 1st Class John Toman’s award-winning Cauliflower Salad (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 1st Class John Toman)

Nov. 5, 2024

Petty Officer 1st Class John Toman wins American Culinary Federation’s 2024 Chef of the Year Award

Coast Guard culinary specialist wins top civilian cooking award.

AMM1 Gus Jablonski standing with the Gander Express after receiving his Silver Medal of the Order of Leopold II from Belgium. (Courtesy of the Jablonski Family)

Oct. 18, 2024

Chief Gus Jablonski — enlisted pioneer of helicopter flight

As one of the first Coast Guard helicopter mechanics, Jablonski helped lay the groundwork for helicopter maintenance procedures.

Official service photograph of Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles L. Calhoun in his dress blues. (U.S. Coast Guard)
The newly commissioned National Security Cutter, Charles Calhoun, steams up the Cooper River to its new homeport at Coast Guard Base Charleston. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Oct. 4, 2024

MCPOCG #1 Charles Calhoun — leader, mentor, trailblazer and NSC namesake

Calhoun's philosophy was, “You should have important goals in your life and make every effort possible to obtain those goals. Set your goals high. Believe in being the best in everything you want to accomplish.”

Lt. Victoria Castleberry (left), Capt. Mark Kuperman (top), and Ms. Megan Johns Henry (bottom), are all photographed in a collage together. Each of them have recently finished a Naval Postgraduate School’s Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) program.

Oct. 1, 2024

Make innovative, impactful change while networking & growing your career

CHDS grads share how they transformed as leaders in and out of the classroom.

Emblem of the U.S. Coast Guard Office of Human Resources on a subdued blue background

Sept. 25, 2024

Thank your colleagues with a You Rock! Award today

A peer-to-peer award available for everyone in the Coast Guard.