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U.S. Coast Guard Academy cadet 1/c Juan Acevedo-Perez poses for an environmental portrait, here, April 27. Acevedo-Perez was being celebrated for his outstanding academic and military performance during his four year cadet experience. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

May 11, 2022

CGA Graduation: Future Leaders 2022

Members of this year’s graduating class will soon be heading out to take their place in the fleet

A small boat from Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma ferries Haitians from the ship to Cap-Haitien, Haiti, March 22, 2022. 188 Haitians were repatriated following an interdiction on March 19, 2022.

May 10, 2022

FSMS: Weekly progress report from the Incident Command

Three new initiatives you need to know about this week

May 10, 2022

Enlisted members: Here’s what you need to know for the upcoming assignment year

Getting ready for transfer season

May 10, 2022

TSP: There’s an app for that

TSP at your fingertips

USCGC Maple (WLB 207) crew participate in the Danish Joint Arctic Command's annual joint large-scale Exercise Argus in Southern Greenland, June 23, 2021. Deployed forces demonstrated U.S. Coast Guard capabilities to build partner capacity and expertise in search and rescue, incident management, and marine environmental response. These efforts solidify key strategic relationships while achieving mutual Danish, Greenlandic, and U.S. goals in the North American Atlantic Arctic and Northwest Atlantic Ocean. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez)

May 6, 2022

Action required: Civilian GS employees and supervisors must complete their ePerformance plan by May 31

The new DHS performance management system establishes a more specific, measurable approach to civilian ratings

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

May 6, 2022

Learn about prevention assignments during upcoming OPM virtual roadshow

Don’t miss opportunity to get your questions answered on May 11

Portrait of William Tatham in 1779. Tatham was a contemporary and frequent correspondent of the president. He was universally acknowledged as brilliant, but could be abrasive and arrogant. He quickly alienated the other two commissioners, Jonathan Price and William Coles, working on the 1806 survey. They ended up submitting separate reports, and only Coles and Price produced the chart. (North Carolina Historical Review, July 1972)

May 6, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Death by hurricane of Coast Survey Cutters Diligence and Governor Williams 216 years ago

A busy hurricane season of 1806.

Jay Glover (right), a quality control inspector from the Fort Knox Transportation office, inspects some boxes being packed during a move-out recently. Glover said they are getting prepared for the adjusted peak PCS season, set to begin by July 1 and go into November this year.

May 6, 2022

Change in household goods calculations: gun safes

A recent change allows the weight of empty gun safes to be excluded from your HHG weight calculation.

International partners gather to discuss how to to globally strengthen cyber resiliency against threats to the Marine Transportation System, May 10-12, 2022 in Long Beach, Calif.

May 5, 2022

EVENT: Register for the first ever Global MTS Symposium

Hosted by USCG and the DHS Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, in partnership with Denmark and the Netherlands

A good Samaritan notified Sector Key West watchstanders of a migrant vessel at approximately 9:00 a.m., about 17 miles south of Marathon, April 18, 2022. The people were repatriated to Cuba April 27, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

May 5, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard seizes 168 pounds of marijuana near South Padre Island, Texas, and more

Coast Guard seizes 168 pounds of marijuana near South Padre Island, Texas; Coast Guard Sector Miami holds change of command ceremony, Miami; Sector St. Petersburg will receive first 154-foot fast response cutter; Coast Guard, partners rescue missing mariners near Chuuk State, Santa Rita, Guam; and Coast Guard repatriates 84 people to Cuba.

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