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Coast Guard Academy parade event

March 4, 2022

A new, future-focused model for CGA's academic program

With its towering oaks, brick facades and federalist columns, first time visitors are often

March 4, 2022

Message from the Commandant: Celebrate women who provide healing and hope in March

Women's History Month 2022

A veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, Lt. Frank Newcomb served for over 40 years in the U.S. sea services. He was a progressive thinking man and considered one of the finest officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 4, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Revenue Cutter Hudson and the Battle of Cardenas Bay in the War with Spain

The service’s first minority members honored for heroism in combat in the War with Spain

Female Coast Guard petty officer having a conversation with a potential recruit

March 3, 2022

Coast Guard women can share their story with the Women's Leadership Initiative

(Her)story of the Coast Guard

Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark transits the waters of the Salish Sea alongside HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife during a joint exercise on Feb. 17, 2022. The exercise was conducted to train and prepare Royal Canadian navy crews for deployments to support United States counter-narcotics operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier)

March 3, 2022

Frontline Focus: U.S. Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy, and more.  

Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy; Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns to homeport following 52-day patrol; Coast Guard discovers illegal halibut catch near Kodiak, Alaska; Coast Guard repatriates 42 Cubans to Cuba; and Coast Guard commissions 46th Sentinel-class cutter. 

Financial management logo

March 2, 2022

Military members here is your financial readiness at every turn—a new approach to your career’s financial preparedness 

Congressional mandate requires military departments to provide financial literacy training.

A Coast Guard Officer's hat, sword, gloves and ribbons are displayed together with the American Flag.

Feb. 28, 2022

Reminder: Don’t miss the Officer Personnel Management’s virtual roadshow this week on officer evaluations

Virtual event will be held Mar. 2 

Emblem for the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center

Feb. 25, 2022

ALCGRSV 005/22: Enlisted reserve advancement announcement (ERAA) No. 03-22

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Emblem for the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center

Feb. 25, 2022

ALCGPSC 030/22: Revised cutoffs for appointment to warrant grade

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Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Kirkendall poses for a photo at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Friday Sept.,3, 2010. Kirkendall completed a 100-mile race May 15, 2010, almost three years to the day of his final chemotherapy treatment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Hulme

Feb. 25, 2022

Total Force Wellness: Set new military fitness goals for the year

EDITOR'S NOTE: This column is written by the Human Performance Resources by CHAMP at the Uniformed