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USCG now allows braids, ponytails.

July 15, 2021

NEW: Coast Guard allows braids, ponytails for women

“First and foremost, my hope is that women around the Coast Guard will consider this a load off their minds,” said Rear Admiral Joanna Nunan.

Volunteers gather at Bread for the City on June 29 to support the needy during Feds Feed Families. This year's annual government-wide campaign highlights a summer of giving to local food banks and pantries like Bread for the City. Photo by Kyah Campbell, volunteer coordinator, Bread for the City, SE.

July 15, 2021

Bravo Zulu: Coast Guard employees demonstrated a spirit of giving through the Feds Feed Families program, and more

Feds Feed Families, Coast Guard Lady selected for the Spirit of Hope Award, CG Foundation new shipmate fund

The Coast Guard Cutter Thetis’ crewmembers deploy the cutter’s small boat to rescue people in the water approximately 32 miles southeast of Key West, Florida, July 7, 2021. The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued 13 people from the water. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Coast Guard Cutter Thetis crew)

July 15, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard and Good Samaritan rescue 13 from water off Key West

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Thetis, good Samaritan rescue 13 from water off Key West, and more

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

July 14, 2021

Fully vaccinated? Here are updated guidelines about required PPE

Here’s what you need to know about current PPE guidelines if you are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 

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July 14, 2021

DoD 365 update: Your files will soon migrate to OneDrive

OneDrive lets you access and share your files from anywhere, instantly.

Chief Petty Officer Maureen Potratz, a member of the Coast Guard Base Rockmore-King Clinic staff, receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot by Petty Officer 2nd Class Qarina Orlowski, in Kodiak, Alaska, on Jan. 8, 2021. Coast Guard 17th District personnel are working diligently to vaccinate servicemembers to combat the spread of COVID-19. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Capt. Charles Truncale.

July 14, 2021

The latest about COVID and its long term effects—a Wellness Wednesday discussion 

Join us for Wellness Wednesday July 14, at 3 pm EDT

Vice Adm. Scott Buschman, deputy of Coast Guard operations, speaks at the annual Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Innovation Idea Submission Review (ISR), Oct. 21, 2020. The ISR is a collaborative meeting that involves leadership from the deck plate to the flag suite, where the ideas submitted are ranked, and the potential list of RDT&E Projects for the next fiscal year is built. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

July 14, 2021

Operation Innovation: Get to know your District Innovation Action Officer 

New officers will serve as connectors between the field and the Innovation Council  

Vice Adm. Steven Poulin, Coast Guard Atlantic Area Commander, interacts with Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown’s current technological training equipment, March 23, 2021. Poulin studied the equipment inside one of the training center’s server rooms during a recent tour. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Santiago Gomez.

July 13, 2021

State of Capabilities Report is available now  

See how the Coast Guard ensures capabilities meet mission needs 

CAPE MAY, N.J. - Senior Chief Petty Officer Frederick Clay, a Recruiter School instructor, teaches virtual modules to prospective recruiters, June 24, 2021, at Training Center Cape May. Recruiter School has been held virtually since early 2020 due to COVID. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer 2 Timothy Tamargo

July 13, 2021

Recruiter school goes virtual

Like so many things these days, learning to be a recruiter can be done virtually

A crew member from one of Sector Houston-Galveston's underlying units lays a rose to commemorate a fallen crew member of the Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn during the 41st-anniversary memorial service Jan. 28, 2021, at Base Galveston in Galveston, Texas. The Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn sank after colliding with the tanker vessel Capricorn in Tampa, Florida, near the Sunshine Skyway Bridge Jan. 28, 1980 and lost 23 of its 50 crew members in the Coast Guard’s worst peacetime disaster. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ryan Dickinson)

July 12, 2021

Auxiliary chaplains prove to be essential to the Coast Guard 

Learn how the Auxiliary Chaplain Support Program can benefit you