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Feb. 28, 2023
Legacy’s Shadow: The Keeper’s Lost Grave
Finding the final resting place of Keeper Capt. L.S. Wescott
Feb. 24, 2023
The Long Blue Line: Remembering centurium Alphonzo Barbour—eyewitness to African American history
The Coast Guard's 8th MCPOCG shares his time with a centenarian.
Feb. 17, 2023
The Long Blue Line: The mystery of “River Cutter” Yocona the Coast Guard's first desegregated cutter homeported in the Deep South.
Homeported in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Cutter Yocona’s achievement remains an important chapter in American minority history.
Feb. 10, 2023
The Long Blue Line: WWII recruit training at Manhattan Beach and desegregating the U.S. military
Many African American Coast Guard recruits trained in the New York facility prior to serving their country.
Feb. 3, 2023
The Long Blue Line: Keeper Richard Etheridge and the Gold Medal lifesavers of Pea Island
The first African American officer-in-charge of a military installation.
Feb. 18, 2022
The Long Blue Line: Louis Etheridge—Gun captain and African-American war hero
Read about the courageous actions resulting in the Coast Guard’s first military medal bestowed on an African American Coast Guardsman for combat heroism.
Feb. 11, 2022
The Long Blue Line: John Gordon Witherspoon—leader, mentor, minority trailblazer, and cutter namesake!
“Learn, think, then act” a mantra for excellence
Feb. 1, 2022
Message from the Commandant: Celebrate black health & wellness
ALCOAST 029/22 - Celebrate Black health and wellness in February
CSPI: Pathway to prosperity and security through service
How the Coast Guard's CSPI program can help you achieve your educational and leadership goals
March 2, 2021
Let’s talk diversity in a fireside chat
Former Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson talked about diversity and leadership with the Coast Guard Academy.