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The Champions of Commerce wing will explore the Coast Guard’s history in facilitating the near endless flow of goods and materials in and out of the United States from the earliest lighthouse to modern day polar operations. (USCG photo)

April 8, 2022

Coast Guard to join sister service branches by getting its own national museum

Groundbreaking expected to take place late summer or early fall 2022

Long-time U.S. Life-Saving Service member and keeper, Patrick Etheridge, alleged to have uttered the unofficial Life-Saving Service motto of “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back.” (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “You have to go out, but you don’t have to come back”—origin of the old Life-Saving Service motto

The lore behind the motto

Volunteer tax preparer Lisa McCrary does a return for Sgt. Michael D’Arcy of the Army Materiel Command Band.

April 7, 2022

Reset your financial plans during Financial Capability Month

April is Financial Capability Month and it is a good time to rethink how you manage your finances and prepare for the future. 

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless' (WMEC-624) crewmembers offload bales of illegal narcotics on to pallet at Base Miami Beach, Florida, April 1, 2022. The Dauntless is homeported in Pensacola, Fla. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Eric Rodriguez)

April 7, 2022

Frontline Focus: Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics, and more.  

Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless crew offloads more than $160 million in illegal narcotics; Kimball crew offloads more than 11,300 pounds of cocaine, more than 4,000 pounds of marijuana worth $223 million; Coast Guard rescues 3 mariners; and Cutter Tampa returns home. 

The U.S. Coast Guard Band performs during the National Veterans Day Observance in the Memorial Amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Nov. 11, 2021. (U.S. Army photo by Elizabeth Fraser / Arlington National Cemetery / released)

April 7, 2022

See the Coast Guard Band on its Southern Connections Tour 

The Coast Guard Band will be providing free performances throughout the Southeastern United States.  

Coast Guard boat crew members receive domestic egress training Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015, at Training Center Cape May. Instructors from Joint Emergency Training Associates conducted a two-day training exercise to ensure proficiency in combating chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear defense training. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Micallef)

April 6, 2022

New change in safety manual updates mishap thresholds, categories 

Safety and Environmental Manual receives an update 

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

April 5, 2022

Admiral Linda L. Fagan nominated to be first woman to serve as Commandant of the Coast Guard

Adm. Fagan has selected and the president has nominated Vice Adm. Steven D. Poulin as the Coast Guard’s 33rd Vice Commandant

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.

April 5, 2022

FSMS: Progress report from the incident command

Update 2: Progress made through April 5, 2022

U.S. Air Force graphic displaying facts related to Alcohol Awareness Month. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Senior Airman Jacob Dastas)

April 4, 2022

April is Alcohol Awareness Month—abstaining from alcohol is a wise health decision

In his first State of the Union Address, President Joe Biden spoke to the difficulties and

Rare photograph of a Civil War-era tugboat. USS Daisy, a tugboat converted for Union naval may have been similar in design and construction to USRCS Hercules and Reliance. (www.history.uscg.mil)

April 1, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “The last full measure of devotion”—the life and death of Revenue Cutter Capt. Thomas Dungan

A story about the Coast Guard's predecessor service in the Civil War.

Last reviewed on: 09/21/2023