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Samantha Arnold nurses her 1.5 month-old daughter, Aria. Her husband (right), Petty Officer 3rd Class AJ Arnold, is a storekeeper stationed at Base Kodiak. Raising mothers, like raising babies, takes support from the whole community and we all have a role to play when it comes to uplifting new parents. All nursing parents benefit when breastfeeding support comes from within their existing network, but younger mothers tend to rely heavily on friends and close family members to learn parenting behaviors and norms. Asking young mothers if they know anybody who has breastfed and helping them connect to other young mothers who are breastfeeding can be valuable in helping them build a lasting support network. A new mother who is confident in her role as a caregiver and who feels connected to her baby is more likely to breastfeed. Things like early skin-to-skin, rooming-in, and highlighting how breastfeeding is something that only she can do for her baby are all likely to boost confidence and connection.

July 19, 2022

The Parental Leave Program is renewed for another year

Reservists have helped 410 members receive coverage for prenatal, convalescent, or primary caregiver leave.

New suicide and crisis lifeline – 988 – now available throughout the United States for immediate crisis care. (Graphic courtesy Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration)

July 19, 2022

New suicide and crisis line for anyone in the US to access crisis care

Dial 988 to access the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline

Hand holding mobile phone, screen showing Microsoft Teams application login

July 18, 2022

DoD365 is coming to government issued smartphones

Accessing your email will change, access to Teams files and resources will expand

Rosalen H. Becker, U.S. Coast Guard veteran and trailblazer for women's equality, poses for an undated photo. At the height of World War II, Becker volunteered for the United States Coast Guard Women’s Reserve, known as Semper Paratus Always Ready or SPARs, where she became the first woman in the radio technician rating and ultimately advanced to radio technician 2nd class. (Photo courtesy of James P. Becker)

July 15, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Remembering a trailblazer: family reflects on SPAR’s legacy of service

Remembering a Coast Guard trailblazer

A Coast Guard Officer's hat, sword, gloves and ribbons are displayed together with the American Flag.

July 13, 2022

Officers: Attend the final OPM virtual roadshow event and learn about chief warrant officer assignments  

One-hour session begins at 2 p.m. Eastern, July 20.

Members of the Coast Guard’s Office of Safety and Environmental Health presents the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute with the 2021 Excellence in Afloat Safety Award, June 7, 2022.

July 12, 2022

Coast Guard’s Office of Safety and Environmental Health recently presented the crew from Coast Guard Cutter Resolute with the 2021 Excellence in Afloat Safety Award

The award was presented at a ceremony held in early June. 

Tony Agresta in a Coast Guard band in Charleston, N.C., marches during Victory in Europe (VE) Day, May 8, 1945. Photo courtesy of the Agresta family.

July 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: A big band Coastie and his Italian prisoners go to town in WWII

Playing through the years.

The Coast Guard 2021 enlisted persons of the year

July 7, 2022

New qualification insignias will acknowledge members’ specialty accomplishments

More professional communities - including civilians - will soon be able to earn qualification insignia

The U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star passes Alcatraz as the cutter transits the San Francisco Bay, April 4, 2022. Following their 147-day Antarctic deployment, the cutter will undergo annual maintenance in a Vallejo, California, dry dock. Courtesy photo by Sachiko Itagaki.

July 7, 2022

New initiative will streamline purchasing  

The "Buy Better Revolution" effort will help modernize the service's contracting and procurement process.

Connect. Learn. Innovate at https:www.milsuite.mil

July 5, 2022

Boat Forces STAN Team Embraces Modernized Ready Learning

Learn about the New Rescue and Survival Systems on the milSuite site