My Coast Guard
Painting of Alexander Fraser showing his home town of New York and the cutter Harriet Lane in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

Sept. 2, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Captain Fraser—Coast Guard’s forgotten visionary and first commandant

. . . [Captain] Fraser opposed an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, and this official’s hostility

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Aug. 31, 2022

Best Places to Work: Pay and Personnel Center (PPC) Topeka 

PPC celebrates 40 years of great customer service.

The Health and Wellness Center at Langley Air Force Base, Va., offers portion control plates to assist in healthier eating practices. Each meal should include protein, vegetables, fruits and a grain, with each serving approximately the size of a fist. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Paerschke-O'Brien/Released)

Aug. 31, 2022

A healthy diet leads to a healthy lifestyle throughout the year

Here are some healthy eating tips, and join CHAMP dietitians discussing healthy diets for members during today's Wellness Wednesday.

Official photograph of Chief Canine Sinbad featuring the Coast Guard crest in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 26, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Chief Canine Sinbad—the Coast Guard’s Four-Legged Sailor 

Life of a cutter dog.

Lisa Parks in front of Coast Guard Cutter 37 (formerly Coast Guard Cutter Taney) on Pier 5 of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Parks, who works at the nearby Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) as chief of the Information Services Branch, began her Coast Guard career 33 years ago as a high school intern.

Aug. 26, 2022

How the SFLC’s Lisa Parks advanced from GS-1 to GS-15  

Building a successful civilian career at the Coast Guard. 

A Coast Guard military working dog was honored during a retirement ceremony held by members of the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) San Francisco on Base Alameda July 22, 2022. Feco, a nine-year old Hungarian Vizsla, joined the MSST San Francisco Canine Explosive Detection Team (CEDT) in 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West)

Aug. 26, 2022

Coast Guard retired working dogs receive financial support 

Celebrating National Dog Day, CGMA provides funds for retired dogs

Lt. Orly Naum, the assistant engineering officer, at Aviation Training Center (ATC), Mobile Alabama, is the Coast Guard’s recipient of the Federally Employed Women (FEW) 2022 Military Meritorious Service Award.

Aug. 26, 2022

Congratulation to the Coast Guard's 2022 Military Meritorious Service Award recipients 

Bravo Zulu to Lt. Orly Naum and other women in leadership.

Young artists illustrate greener shipping

Aug. 25, 2022

Young artists illustrate greener shipping  

Winners announced for 2022 Student Art Contest.

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Aug. 23, 2022

Simplified printing coming to the Coast Guard 

New app will help to reduce costs, enhance workforce mobility.

Coast Guardsmen Petty Officers Second Class Charles Vilamere and Mike Kaszuba and Petty Officer First Class Steven “Sleepy” Franks, stand in front of a Coast Guard C-130 with “Policia” markings on the fuselage. (Coast Guard Aviation Association)

Aug. 19, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Operation “Jester”--Coast Guard counterdrug ops in Peru

The Coast Guard's role in Operation Jester.

Last reviewed on: 09/21/2023