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July 17, 2026

The Long Blue Line: Leveraging and Honoring Yesterday’s Heroes to Motivate Today’s Lifesavers

The first Fast Response Cutter (FRC) USCGC Bernard Webber (WPC-1101), was commissioned in 2012, commencing a legacy of Coast Guard Patrol Boats honoring and preserving the legacy of Coast Guard enlisted heroes. Upon Commissioning of the Webber, the plank owner commanding officer, CDR Herb Eggert, started a tradition of gifting copies of Michael

A title card for the Revenue Cutter Service Academy Story featuring the USRC Chase in the late 1800s.

July 10, 2026

The Long Blue Line: Revenue Cutter Service School of Instruction

Life at the Academy 150 years ago!

A Long Blue Line Title Card for the history of the Coast Guard Reserves.

July 3, 2026

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard Reserve—making 85 years of history!

The Coast Guard Reserve was established by the passage of the Coast Guard Reserve and Auxiliary Act of February 19, 1941. That act also established the Coast Guard Auxiliary under its present name (the Auxiliary had originally been called the “Coast Guard Reserve”). The new Coast Guard Reserve was modeled after the Naval Reserve as a military

Those familiar with Coast Guard history know that the service’s development has been shaped by the nation’s natural and man-made disasters. Many Coast Guard missions were written in blood. Nowhere is that clearer than the Marine Safety mission.

June 26, 2026

“Written in Blood”: Maritime disasters that shaped the Coast Guard’s Marine Safety Mission

Those familiar with Coast Guard history know that the service’s development has been shaped by the nation’s natural and man-made disasters. Many Coast Guard missions were written in blood. Nowhere is that clearer than the Marine Safety mission.

A photo compilation of images in regards to the Marion Expedition.

June 19, 2026

The Long Blue Line: The Marion Expedition

The Coast Guard’s pioneering oceanographic expedition to Greenland

Enlistment photograph of Combat Artist Norman Millet Thomas. (U.S. Coast Guard)

June 12, 2026

The Long Blue Line: Norman Thomas—famed combat artist of World War II

Learn how his wartime work provided a unique visual record of the Coast Guard's contributions in the European and Arctic theaters.

A title card for a Long Blue Line article featuring Robert Sargent and a few of his images.

June 6, 2026

The Long Blue Line: Service Before Self—the lost story of Combat Photographer Robert Sargent

During the assault landings, Robert F. Sargent, as official photographer, while under fire from enemy shore installations, carried out his assigned duties in a cool, intelligent and praiseworthy manner, in keeping with the highest tradition of the U.S. Naval Service.Commendation, Adm J.L. Hall, Jr., Commander Task Force 124, June 12, 1944On the