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Staff Sgt. Adam Owings from Mankato, Minn., a construction supervisor with the 492nd Engineer Company also out of Mankato, hands a local child a package of crayons during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission. BTH is a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise that lasts for several months and provides construction and medical assistance to the people of El Salvador. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cliff Coy)

Feb. 18, 2022

Total Force Wellness Column: Practice kindness, gratitude, and connectedness every day in 2022

Editor's note: This column is written by the Human Performance Resources by CHAMP at the Uniformed

Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, Seventeenth District commander, and Capt. Darwin Jensen, Coast Guard Sector Juneau commanding officer, participates in an advancement ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Allysia Helton at Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Sitka, December 16, 2021. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston.

Feb. 17, 2022

Meritorious Advancement Program; Coast Guard Foundation honors Eighth District; Swarigen Award winner

Bravo Zulu!

The Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) crew approaches a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Aldebaran (GC-104) crew in the Caribbean Sea during a 30-day patrol Feb. 11, 2022. The Valiant crew transferred migrants to the Aldebaran crew for repatriation. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Feb. 17, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after 30-day patrol, and more

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after 30-day patrol; Coast Guard interdicts lancha crew observed illegally fishing US waters; oast Guard Cutter visit highlights partnership with Fiji to combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing; Coast Guard rescues 2 from sinking vessel near Sitka, Alaska

U.S. Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Lauren Kowalski, assistant operations officer aboard Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star (WAGB 10), stands in front of the Polar Star during ice liberty as the cutter transits toward Antartica, Jan. 7, 2022. Kowalski is the recipient of the Hopley Yeaton Superior Cutterman of the Year Award and was selected for her efforts in the ice pilot program, which saw her deploy aboard several U.S. Coast Guard and Royal British Navy icebreakers. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)

Feb. 14, 2022

Combining a passion of science with a career of ice breaking

How one junior officer is keeping science at the helm of her career.

John and Carol Witherspoon pose for a photograph near the conclusion of the captain’s distinguished career. (Courtesy of the Mariners’ Museum)

Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: John Gordon Witherspoon—leader, mentor, minority trailblazer, and cutter namesake!

“Learn, think, then act” a mantra for excellence

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay and emergency workers embark a patient being medevaced from Mackinac Island, Mich. February 7, 2022. The ship diverted from its icebreaking mission on the St. Marys RIver to take on the case. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Feb. 10, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard icebreaker medevacs woman from icebound Mackinac Island, Michigan, and more.

Coast Guard icebreaker medevacs woman from icebound Mackinac Island, Michigan; Nation's sole heavy icebreaker arrives in Antarctica; Coast Guard rescues 18 from ice floe in Lake Erie; and Members of Coast Guard port security unit return home after nine-month deployment.