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Oct. 4, 2022

DHS Volunteer Updates

DHS employees from across the country have demonstrated their generosity through giving.

Cybersecurity Awareness Month 2022

Oct. 4, 2022

Coast Guard Cyber offers tips for online safety 

Four simple things you can do to protect yourself.

Coast Guard recruits in company Delta-201 receive orders to their first duty stations at the Fisherman’s Memorial in Cape May, N.J., Sept. 8, 2021. U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May serves the American public by leveraging the talent and passion of our staff to produce high quality, mission-ready recruits, and delivering professional and customer-focused services to enable missions for our units, tenants, and region. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Shannon Kearney)

Oct. 3, 2022

High Year Tenure is suspended until Jan. 1, 2025 

New changes to HYT have been made in efforts to offer career flexibility

Petty Officer 2nd Class Herbert Skinner and Petty Officer 1st Class James Fickes, crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter Dependable, homeported in Cape May, signs their re-enlistment papers during all hands in the galley, 10:55 a.m., Feb. 10, 2011. Skinner re-enlisted for five years while Fickes re-enlisted indefinate. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Crystalynn A. Kneen.

Oct. 3, 2022

ENLISTED: Policy update for advancement opt out  

Revised policy grants more career flexibility for enlisted workforce.

Special images of female Coast Guard members- civilian and military - from throughout Sector New York that show the diversity of leadership at every level.

Oct. 3, 2022

Civilians: New exit survey allows you to share your voice upon separation from the service

The Office of Civilian Workforce Relations launched a new exit survey on Sep. 1. 

Coast Guard Cutter Adak of PATFORSWA provides escort for aircraft carrier USS Nimitz through the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Sept. 30, 2022

The Long Blue Line: LANTAREA’s PATFORSWA Managers—over 15 years of leadership!

The present-day Contingency Operations Branch (LANT-39) formed out of the need to provide contingency support to a few cutters deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Initially viewed as a contingency operational need to support those cutters, a solicitation for a handful of Coast Guard reservists was made in 2005. Those reservists would

Staff Sergeant LeWillie Neal, 2nd Force Support Squadron NCO in charge of outbound assignments, assists a client virtually at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., May 21, 2020. The outbound assignments team has processed orders for over 500 Airmen in the midst of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christina Rios)

Sept. 28, 2022

The PCS Assist Team will conclude Sep. 30

The Coast Guard’s Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Assist Team will soon be closing their doors.

Dr. Victor Connell, a doctor at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, gives a medical exam to an active duty Coast Guardsman. Dr. Connell is one of over 100 auxiliarist, medical professionals who volunteer their time and skills to assist the U.S. Coast Guard. USCG photo.

Sept. 28, 2022

Coast Guard will begin new physician training to help staff clinics

Applications to new programs that put selected officers, enlisted personnel through medical school due Oct. 12

Macie Rae Cook is Evans Army Community Hospital’s first baby of 2022. She was born Jan. 1, 2022 at 6:30 p.m. in the Mountain Post Birthing Center at Fort Carson. She weighed 6 pounds, 6 ounces, and measured 18.9 inches. Macie is the third child of proud parents Air Force Capt. Danielle Cook, 50th Force Support Squadron, Schriever Space Force Base, and Zachary Cook. “The staff was awesome,” said Danielle Cook. “It was a super smooth delivery.” Zachary Cook noted “It’s an easy birthdate to remember, 1-1-22.” (Photo by Norman Shifflett)

Sept. 28, 2022

There’s financial assistance for the Coast Guard workforce seeking reproductive care  

CGMA offers a zero-interest loan for the workforce in need of financial assistance during their fertility journeys. 

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - Chief Warrant Officer Jim Devane, commanding officer, Coast Guard Station Mayport, Fla., is awarded the Army Achievement Medal, Monday June 6, 2011, at a ceremony in Jacksonville. 37 members of Coast Guard Station Mayport were awarded the medal for their performance of duty in supporting the Army's Military Outload Mission in the Jacksonville area. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson

Sept. 27, 2022

REMINDER: Submit your unit, service, campaign, and expeditionary awards to the Personnel Support Division  

Help the Coast Guard maintain up to date historical award files by submitting your awards now. 

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