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Feb. 28, 2023

Contracting officials: Learn how AbilityOne products and services can support the Coast Guard 

Two-day conference in March to highlight benefits of buying from non-profits that employ people with disabilities. 

Petty Officer 1st Class Bradley Martin, a marine science technician, wears enhanced hearing protection while conducting an exam in a high-decibel environment on a ship in Boston in January 2022. The Coast Guard continues to evaluate these electronic earbuds as a safety measure, using seed funding and resources from the Science and Technology Innovation Center (STIC). (Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 28, 2023

Coast Guard tests high-tech hearing protection 

Marine inspectors testing electronic earbuds that block damaging noise, but let you communicate.

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Feb. 28, 2023

Meet your new leadership coach

Charlie Coiro offers 5 foundational leadership lessons.

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Feb. 24, 2023

Commandant unveils first-ever Coast Guard Climate Framework 

A new strategy for the service to tackle climate change.

Commissary Steward First Class Alphonzo F. Barbour dressed in his steward uniform including medals he received during his Coast Guard career. (Courtesy of Vince Patton)

Feb. 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Remembering centurium Alphonzo Barbour—eyewitness to African American history

The Coast Guard's 8th MCPOCG shares his time with a centenarian.

Capt. Breanna Knutson (left), commander Coast Guard Sector North Bend, Oregon, reads an award with Chief Warrant Officer Beth Slade (right) during Coast Guard Station Coos Bay's change of command ceremony in Coos Bay, Oregon, Jun. 10, 2022. Slade was congratulated for her efforts in helping a pregnant member who assisted in the betterment of women's retention in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Diolanda Caballero)

Feb. 21, 2023

All-female command makes history at Sector North Bend 

Capt. Breanna Knutson and her team a first for a Coast Guard aviation unit 

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Feb. 21, 2023

Coast Guard announces 2022 Engineer of the Year Award 

Andrew Lawrence honored for outstanding achievements.

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Feb. 21, 2023

Know your retaliation protections 

The Coast Guard continues with the Anti-Retaliation campaign.

A rare image of River Cutter Yocona’s crew in 1925 shows her black enlisted men, and white officers and non-commissioned officers posed aboard the cutter. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

Feb. 17, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The mystery of “River Cutter” Yocona the Coast Guard's first desegregated cutter homeported in the Deep South.

Homeported in Vicksburg, Mississippi, the Cutter Yocona’s achievement remains an important chapter in American minority history.

Feb. 16, 2023

Coast Guard members: lace your shoes—the 2023 Coast Guard Marathon, Half Marathon & 5K is nearly here

Registrations for the race now to join in-person or virtually. 

Last reviewed on: 09/21/2023