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Macie Rae Cook is Evans Army Community Hospital’s first baby of 2022. She was born Jan. 1, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mountain Post Birthing Center at Fort Carson. She weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 18.9 inches. Macie is the third child of proud parents Air Force Capt. Danielle Cook, 50th Force Support Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, and Zachary Cook. “The staff was awesome,” said Danielle Cook. “It was a super smooth delivery.” Zachary Cook noted “It’s an easy birthdate to remember, 1-1-22.” (Photo by Norman Shifflett)

Sept. 28, 2022

There’s financial assistance for the Coast Guard workforce seeking reproductive care  

CGMA offers a zero-interest loan for the workforce in need of financial assistance during their fertility journeys. 

28 DHS Professionals Join the National Defense University Class of 2023

Sept. 15, 2022

28 DHS professionals join the National Defense University Class of 2023

DHS employees began their pursuit of a master's degree in national security studies at one of four colleges within National Defense University's

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Maple lay a wreath at the sight of a sunken Coast Guard Cutter in the Graveyard of the Atlantic, June 15, 2022. The crew of the Maple commemorated lives lost by visiting two sunken Coast Guard Cutters and a German U-boat. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)

Aug. 18, 2022

The Graveyard of the Atlantic: Exploring history aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Maple 

Here's a story about maritime archaeology and honoring the past.

The U.S. Steamboat Inspection was one of the predecessor services to the U.S. Coast Guard and merged with the U.S. Coast Guard in 1936.

Aug. 4, 2022

Coast Guard Day – Completing Jigsaw Puzzle Picture Part 2

Second part of the Coast Guard's origin story.

Coast Guard Seal

Aug. 3, 2022

Coast Guard Day – Seeing the Completed Jigsaw Puzzle Picture

Here is part one of a two-part story of the beginnings for the United States Coast Guard as we celebrate 232 years.

Trusted Workforce 2.0 and Continuous Vetting

May 25, 2022

Coast Guard implements overhaul of the background investigations process

New government-wide system aims to reduce security risk with continuous vetting of personnel

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Tchorz and Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin Krohne, stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, deploy a Surface Velocity Program Drifting Buoy over the North Atlantic Ocean on April 22, 2022. The buoy will enable the International Ice Patrol members to monitor currents and determine the extent of iceberg distribution for vessels transiting the area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)

May 17, 2022

International Ice Patrol: 11 decades of monitoring the Northern Atlantic waters

As a response to the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, the International Ice Patrol continues to track icebergs

Jay Glover (right), a quality control inspector from the Fort Knox Transportation office, inspects some boxes being packed during a move-out recently. Glover said they are getting prepared for the adjusted peak PCS season, set to begin by July 1 and go into November this year.

May 12, 2022

Did you know? If you received a PCS Travel Advance, you still may be owed money

If you received PCS travel advances, you are required to submit a travel claim for full compensation. 

Portrait of William Tatham in 1779. Tatham was a contemporary and frequent correspondent of the president. He was universally acknowledged as brilliant, but could be abrasive and arrogant. He quickly alienated the other two commissioners, Jonathan Price and William Coles, working on the 1806 survey. They ended up submitting separate reports, and only Coles and Price produced the chart. (North Carolina Historical Review, July 1972)

May 6, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Death by hurricane of Coast Survey Cutters Diligence and Governor Williams 216 years ago

A busy hurricane season of 1806.

Long-time U.S. Life-Saving Service member and keeper, Patrick Etheridge, alleged to have uttered the unofficial Life-Saving Service motto of “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back.” (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back”—origin of the old Life-Saving Service motto

The lore behind the motto