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Coast Guard enlisted members who attended the Computer Aided Drawing (CAD) course hold up schematics and models of parts they designed at the Coast Guard Academy, in New London, Conn., July 2026.

Sept. 3, 2026

New CAD course helps enlisted technicians turn problems into parts

Five-day course teaches the digital design skills needed to create solutions for the field

Coast Guard Sector San Diego boarding team members terminate an illegal charter operating in the vicinity of the USS Midway in the San Diego bay, on Oct. 6, 2023. U.S Coast Guard photo.

Sept. 3, 2026

Not my job! Why saving lives from illegal charters is everyone's lane

Everyone can recognize and report suspected illegal charters.

Sept. 2, 2026

Four boats in 15 minutes: How HITRON and Coast Guard Cutter Stone pulled off an unprecedented interdiction

Coast Guard helicopter crew and cutter team receive White House Office of National Drug Control Policy’s Maritime Interdiction of the Year Award for stopping four go-fast vessels and eight smugglers carrying 4,936 kilograms of cocaine.

Sept. 1, 2026

Coast Guard reinstates standard Body Composition Screenings for all members

The PFT is no longer a primary path to compliance for BCS.

Aug. 31, 2026

New Coast Guard Cyberspace Qualification Insignia unveiled

Insignia to be available by the end of October

Aug. 29, 2026

The Long Blue Line: SARWET—the Sea-Air-Rotary-Wing Evacuation Team

Sea Air Rotary Wing Evacuation Team (SARWET) was dreamed up by Aviation Electrician Third Class (AE3) Brian Lansburg and me, Bill Thrall, after a 13-year-old girl was lost in a botched rescue attempt sometime in the summer of 1970. Back then, the HH-52 was our rescue helicopter, but it only carried three people: the pilot, co-pilot, and crewman. At