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A Coast Guard Station Freeport 45-foot Response Boat–Medium crew recovers their gear from the water after rescuing five people whose 20-foot pleasure craft starting sinking 1 mile off Freeport, Texas, Oct. 17, 2021. When the boaters called for help, all five were standing on the swamped vessel, wearing life jackets and preparing to enter the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo, courtesy Station Freeport)

Oct. 21, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues five from water offshore Freeport, Texas, and more.

Coast Guard rescues five from water offshore Freeport, Texas; Coast Guard, good Samaritan crew rescue three from fishing vessel taking on water near Cape Flattery, Wash; Coast Guard medevacs man 80 miles off Montauk, N.Y.; Coast Guard rescues man from disabled vessel near Sitka, Alaska; the Costa Rican national guard service (SNG), working with the Drug Enforcement Agency and the Joint Interagency Task Force – South located and escorted a suspicious commercial fishing vessel in their waters to a local pier; Mobile Training Branch is providing training and support to foreign coastal authorities; and Coast Guard TRACEN Yorktown’s International Division

Chief Warrant Officer Aaron Studie examines a ship’s engine room as part of his domestic vessel inspection, July 14, 2015. The evolution of marine inspection has lead to regulations that protect the environment, provide a standard for the seaworthiness of the vessel and reliability of emergency equipment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David R. Marin)

Sept. 28, 2021

Coast Guard’s Enlisted Marine Inspector Training Program offers a career boost to enlisted personnel with the right stuff

From chief petty officer to chief warrant officer, the EMITP can help you promote

NEW YORK, New York (Sept. 15)--The World Trade Center complex continues to burn, while the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma controls vessel traffic in New York harbor September 15. USCG photo by PAC Brandon Brewer

Sept. 10, 2021

The Long Blue Line: 20 years after 9/11—a day that changed the Coast Guard forever

How the Coast Guard has evolved over the past 20 year

Official Coast Guard photograph of Petty Officer 1st Class Jeffrey Palazzo early in his Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 9, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Jeffrey Palazzo—a 9/11 Coast Guard hero’s story

After her husband perished saving lives on 9/11, Lisa Palazzo adopted a son who now carries his name - and continues his tradition of Coast Guard service.

Coast Guard women are assigned the same operational duties as men, whether its aboard cutters, small boats or as aircrew members.

Aug. 19, 2021

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes, and more

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes; Bravo Zulu to the 2020 CAPT Godfrey L. Carden and BM1 John C. Cullen Maritime Security Response Operations (MSRO) Excellence Award; Solicitation for FY21 Special Command Aide of the Year

The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser rescues 48 Haitian migrants stranded on Monito Cay, Puerto Rico in the Mona Passage Aug. 12, 2021. The migrants were transported to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where they transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody and assisted by Emergency Medical Service personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 19, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico; Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska; Coast Guard Cutter Finback shifts homeport to Portland, Maine; Coast Guard Cutter Midgett holds change of command ceremony; Coast Guard, County of Kauai partners complete successful search and rescue exercise off Kauai, Honolulu

Aug. 18, 2021

Best Places to Work: Station Ketchikan

The Salmon Capital of the World offers once-in-a-lifetime career development.

Aug. 13, 2021

Leased housing program offers choices in a tight housing market

When Petty Officer 3rd Class Brady Ashment started looking for a place to live in Rockland, Maine, a few months ago, the nationwide housing shortage became all too real for his soon-to-be family of six. Not only was military housing unavailable in the area, two-bedroom apartments were renting for more than $2,000 a month. This exceeded his basic

Architectural rendering of the future Maritime Center of Excellence (MCOE) at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The future MCOE will enhance the waterfront facilities at the Academy by offering interactive and high-tech classrooms for a variety of educational and leadership development courses. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association)

Aug. 5, 2021

Frontline Focus: Future Maritime Center of Excellence to transform U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Academy waterfront in New London, Connecticut, and more.

Frontline Focus: Future Maritime Center of Excellence to transform CGA waterfront; U.S. Coast Guard commissions 3 Fast Response Cutters in Guam; USCG, Royal Bahamas Defense Force conduct international port security engagement; Coast Guard breaks ground on new cutter support facility at Base Los Angeles/Long Beach; Coast Guard Cutter Dependable crewmembers return home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, following 29-day patrol.

Serving aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, U.S. Coast Guard officer Lt.j.g. Rebecca Edmonds holds a sample of plankton that is submerged in a preservation fluid

Aug. 2, 2021

Sardines and science: How an Lt. j.g. talked her way onto a NOAA ship's crew

Along the way, Lt. j.g. Rebecca Edmonds earned the qualification for underway officer of the deck - and the trust of a very skeptical chief scientist.

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