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Coast Guard expands Critical Housing Area (CHA) policy to include more members as shortages persist.

Oct. 10, 2024

Coast Guard expands Critical Housing Area (CHA) policy to include more members as shortages persist

Unaccompanied members, and all members assigned to a location subsequently designated a CHA, can now request benefits.

Updated Tattoo Policy

May 14, 2024

Coast Guard updates tattoo policy

Size limits, placement of tattoos adjusted.

An American flag located at the intersection of Highway 282 and Orange Avenue, which welcomes visitors driving in to the city of Coronado, flies at half-staff. The flag will remain at half-staff through July 25 to honor each service member killed by a gunman in Chattanooga, Tenn. (Navy photo by Yeoman 2nd Class Anthony Ardisone/Released)

March 30, 2023

New bereavement leave policy for military members offers Coast Guard families support

Members now have 14 consecutive calendar days following the death of an immediate family member.

Senior Chief Jason Burgos his wife Ashley Burgos and their son Kaysen, whom they adopted in 2022.

Jan. 5, 2023

Parental leave policy update for military members

12 weeks for all parents, plus additional convalescence leave for birth mothers

Mountain Home Family Housing is made up of 844 housing units. The 366th Fighter Wing of Mountain Home AFB provides mission-ready Gunfighters to conduct military operations anytime, anywhere. (U.S. Air Force photo by 1st Lt. Daniel Barnhorst)

June 29, 2022

Update on Safe Homes Initiative

Keeping our people safe and complying with new federal standards

Lt. Kristen Zelman, Sector Anchorage, with her (then) 6-month-old daughter, Brooke, Aug. 5, 2021. Zelman breastfed Brooke for 16 months.

April 27, 2022

Nursing mothers on temporary orders to be reimbursed for breast milk shipping and storage 

Active duty and reservists to receive same benefit approved for civilians.

Coast Guard tattoo policy graphic

Oct. 28, 2021

Expanded tattoo policy for military members

Policy change affects behind-the-ear and finger tattoos

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