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Class of 2021 Cadet Ben "Fern" Fernquist, a member of West Point's esports team, plays Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege against competitors from Ole Miss during a Collegiate Rainbow Six match April 17. Ole Miss defeated West Point 2-0 in the best of three competition. (Photo courtesy of the West Point esports team)

March 23, 2022

Active duty gamers here’s your opportunity to represent the Coast Guard 

You could represent our service in the inaugural Warrior Fest Esports Championship Series 

The Coast Guard Cutter Cushing sails past the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

March 22, 2022

Remembering Coast Guard Cutter Cushing 

A ship with a soul, finds fateful end in a watery grave 

U.S. Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vice Adm. Linda Fagan

March 21, 2022

You’re Invited to Watch Live - “Why We Serve: A Conversation with the Women who Lead DHS” 

Watch live, Tuesday, March 22 “Why We Serve: A Conversation with the Women who Lead DHS.”  

Lt. Cmdr. Meg Peters with a HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, the aircraft that she specializes in flying. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City.

March 21, 2022

LCDRs, GS-13 civilians: New leadership training is designed just for you

The Senior Leader Training Course targets mid-career active duty and reserve members, as well as civilians.

A home is shown Dec. 4, 2020, at the South Post Family Housing area at Fort McCoy, Wis. Twenty-two homes are officer homes (nine three-bedroom and 13 four-bedroom), and 91 are enlisted homes (55 three-bedroom and 36 four-bedroom). The area doubled in size in 2017 after the completion of 57 new homes. Another seven homes are nearly complete in the area. The housing area is managed by the Fort McCoy Directorate of Public Works Housing Division. (U.S. Army Photo by Scott T. Sturkol, Public Affairs Office, Fort McCoy, Wis.)

March 21, 2022

Military members: Information about moving your household goods

Know your entitlements, when and how to schedule counseling, contract the movers 

The Coast Guard will retire public files stored on the legacy servers, April 15, 2022. All files are now shared on D0D365 SharePoint in the cloud. USCG graphic.

March 18, 2022

Update: CGPortal begins moving online 

What users and site owners need to know

Vintage photograph of Miss. Harriet Lane, niece of James Buchanan, 15th President of the United States and the White House’s first First Lady. (Wikipedia)

March 18, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Harriet Lane—first lady of the Coast Guard and the U.S.!

First Lady Harriet Lane lives today through the cutter named for her.

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.

March 17, 2022

Coast Guard stands up IMT to resolve FSMS transition issues

Commandant directs team to remove barriers, streamline solutions

The Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star transits away from the Ross Ice Shelf near the Bay of Whales, Antarctica, Feb. 17, 2022. Polar Star navigated to the Southernmost navigable seas and entered uncharted waters, reaching the edge of the ice shelf. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)

March 17, 2022

Coast Guard Cutter Polar Star sets world record with voyage to Antarctica 

Icebreaker reaches southernmost navigable waters on Earth 

A 45-foot response boat from Station Key West, Fla., is alongside a rustic vessel approximately 15 miles south of Key West, March 9, 2022. Customs and Border Protection Air and Marine Operations flight crew reported the rustic vessel with people aboard to U.S. Coast Guard Sector Key West watchstanders. U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore’s crew repatriated 74 people to Cuba, March 12, 2022, following four interdictions of undocumented migrants due to safety of life at sea concerns. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 17, 2022

Coast Guard repatriates more than 200 undocumented migrants and more

Coast Guard repatriates more than 200 undocumented migrants; Coast Guard rescues 5 from capsized vessel in Port O'Connor, Texas; Coast Guard cutters return home following patrol in Oceania; and Coast Guard Cutter Midgett returns to homeport after 3-month Alaskan Patrol.