My Coast Guard News

The Department of Defense raised the reimbursement rate for Personally Procured Moves (PPM) to 130 percent to better reflect market costs. (U.S. Transportation Command)

June 2, 2025

Reimbursement rate for Personally Procured Moves (PPM) raised to 130%

Adjustment made to better reflect market costs.

March 14, 2025

Security changes coming to Direct Access March 17

What members and retirees need to know.

Members of Port Security Unit 301from Cape Cod, Mass., and deployed to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, escort the Coast Guard Cutter Thetis in the waters of Guantanamo Bay.

Dec. 19, 2024

Share your New Year’s cutter log entries

Let’s ring in 2025 with some creativity!

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.

Nov. 26, 2024

#GiveHappy

#GiveHappy this #GivingTuesday, Dec. 3, 2024, to raise money and volunteer for your favorite charities!

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."

A graphic that encourages members to attend a brief for open season for Tricare on Nov 14 2024 from 1400-1500.

Nov. 6, 2024

Get Ready for TRICARE Open Season and 2025 Region Changes at Nov. 14 Webinar

Here’s what you need to know before the start of Open Season.

The Coast Guard established its first two reserve cyber units at a ceremony in Washington, D.C. on October 18, 2024. From left to right: Vice Commandant, Adm. Kevin Lunday, Rear Admiral Jason Tama, Capt. Ronzelle L. Green, Commanding Officer, Coast Guard Reserve Unit (CGRU) U.S. Cyber Command, Lt. Cmdr. Nathaniel Toll, Commanding Officer 1941 CPT, Lt. Cmdr. Matthew E. McGarity, USCG BNCR Chaplain.

Oct. 31, 2024

Coast Guard stands up first reserve cyber units to handle expanding mission and threats

Reserve Cyber Unit and Cyber Protection Team will assist Coast Guard and U.S. Cyber Command.

A vintage photo of a Coast Guard HH-3F “Pelican” making a hoist at sea. (Courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Aviation association)

July 26, 2024

SS Steel Executive — an impossible and heroic aviation medevac

“In honoring the Coast Guard by my selection, I really feel that you honored a service that from the helicopters very beginning — we employed it to rescue thousands of people and saved millions of dollars of property.” - Lt. Cmdr. Paul Lewis

Portrait image of Charles Jones Soong in civilian attire, photographed in 1880 at Wilmington’s 5th Street Methodist Church. (Duke University Libraries)

In early 1879, Soong signed-on to the revenue cutter Albert Gallatin under the command of Captain Eric Gabrielson and stationed in Boston. Soong served aboard the Gallatin for over a year. (U.S. Coast Guard)

May 3, 2024

Charles Jones Soong—Cutterman and powerful Chinese patriarch

Charles Jones Soong served in the Revenue Cutter Service. However, his fame is little known in the U.S. compared to his celebrity in the Far East.