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Petty Officer 2nd Class Noah Colburn, an aviation survival technician stationed at Air Station San Francisco, tends to a simulated individual during cliff rescue training Pacifica, Calif., March 30, 2021. Cliff rescue training is one of many exercise crews use to stay proficient in all mission capabilities. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor Bacon)

May 12, 2021

Chaplain’s Corner: Understanding how your spiritual fitness contributes to your successful military service 

Chaplains column

Research assistant, Kayla Enochs, directs BACH physical therapist Dr. Lee Webb, to raise his leg during a physical therapy session demonstrating exercises performed by Soldiers enrolled in a research study at BACH. Physical therapists at BACH partnered in a research project aimed at finding effective methods to treat service members with patellofemoral pain syndrome (PFPS), commonly known as runner’s knee. Their research found that Soldiers who used a neuromuscular electrical stimulation device, like the one Webb is wearing, in addition to an active home exercise program over a 9-week period experienced more improvement than Soldiers who only performed active home exercise. The study may help impact the methods used across the Army to treat PFPS. U.S. Army photo by Maria Yager.

May 12, 2021

Tactics to prevent or help heal knee pain

A Wellness Wednesday discussion all about the knees

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May 12, 2021

Solicitation: 2020 John J. Jaskot Governmental Affairs Officer of the Year Award

Full-time and collateral-duty active duty, civilians, reservists and auxiliarists are eligible.

Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year, Seaman Theodore Kirkbride, spends time surfing and skateboarding with his Little Brother from the Big Brother Big Sister program. He has dedicated more than 100 hours volunteering with the Big Brother Big Sister of Maui program. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

May 11, 2021

Coast Guardsman assigned to Coast Guard Station Maui receives Enlisted Person of the Year award

The Coast Guard named Seaman Theodore Kirkbride as the service's Enlisted Person of the Year.

The crew aboard the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conducts firefighting training on Jan. 12, 2021, off the Gulf Coast of the United States. Stone departed on their maiden voyage in December. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)

May 10, 2021

Military to Mariner program issues first course completion certificate

Use your military experience to become a Merchant Mariner

The 2020 Wanda Allen-Yearout Ombudsman of the Year Awardee, Jennifer Walker, is shown (top right) with her husband, Petty Officer 1st Class Bradley Walker (top left) and their two children: Anderson (bottom left) and Trent (bottom right).

May 7, 2021

Honoring the Coast Guard Ombudsman of the Year

National Military Spouses Day—Congratulations to all of our Ombudsmen volunteers

Montgomery Grace Norton, daughter of Seaman David and Allie Norton, gazes at her surroundings as her father holds her before she is to be dedicated during a ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Greenbrier in Natchez, Miss., May 25, 2013.

May 6, 2021

Parental Leave Program beta test is renewed through September

Surge Staffing program has provided more than 18,000 days of active duty coverage for new parents.

Chart showing location of District 5 within Atlantic Area and the states within its boundaries. (U.S. Coast Guard)

May 6, 2021

New travel system coming soon

Learn about the new travel system 

Petty Officer 2nd Class Andrew Guthrie, an information systems technician at the Base Seattle Electronic Support Detachment, works at his desk at Coast Guard Base Seattle, March 3, 2015. Guthrie was one of three Coast Guard members presented with the Copernicus Award in 2015, for his work in fiscal year 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Norcross)

May 6, 2021

Coast Guard rolls out new electronic health record system soon

Pacific Area units are scheduled to start using MHS GENESIS this summer

Petty Officer 3rd Class Samantha Waialae, a culinary specialist, poses for an environmental portrait in the galley of Coast Guard Station Cape Charles in Cape Charles, Virginia, March 21, 2019. Culinary specialist is one of four critical ratings for Coast Guard recruiting efforts. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Matt Sprague.

May 6, 2021

A culinary career worth serving

Coast Guard culinary specialist: the keeper of a cutter's soul