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Kristin Scherzer, the Women, Infants and Children Overseas regional manager, points out the features of one of the hospital-grade breast pumps available at the WIC Overseas office at Ramstein Air Base, Germany, Oct. 5, 2020. Women in the program who are breastfeeding can take advantage of a breast pump loan service, available to them for the duration of breastfeeding. (U.S. Air Force photo by Airman 1st Class John R. Wright)

July 5, 2023

Coast Guard improving support for nursing mothers

PUMP for Nursing Mothers Act guides Coast Guard policy changes.

The Basic Needs Allowance (BNA) program, which launched in January, will expand member-household eligibility from those earning below 130% of the Federal Poverty Guidelines to below 150 percent of the Federal Poverty Guidelines beginning July 1, 2023.

July 5, 2023

Basic Needs Allowance (BNA) eligibility expanded

Military households making less than 150% of the federal poverty guidelines will be eligible July 1, 2023.

The CG units and individuals honored incorporated Auxiliary support and manpower to the greater benefit of the Coast Guard in innovative and impactful manners.

June 28, 2023

2022 Auxiliary Integration Award Program results

Bravo Zulu for force multiplication by Coast Guard Auxiliarists

C5I and CGCYBER are building an innovative force through upgrades.

June 21, 2023

Modernizing Coast Guard Cyber Assets: Windows 11 is coming

C5I and CGCYBER are building an innovative force through upgrades.

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June 20, 2023

Try these new tools for sharing workforce announcements via MyCG

Streamlined process to request or submit content keeps pace with growing demand for internal communications support.

Chickasha, Okla. - Petty Officer 2nd Class Caleb Gaudian, assigned to the Coast Guard Pacific Strike Team, verifies steady vaccination refrigeration temperatures, during a site visit in Chickasha, Okla., Feb. 10, 2021. The Coast Guard's National Strike Force teams deployed to Oklahoma in support of efforts organized by the Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Health and Human Services, and state, territorial, tribal health officials that support national goals for COVID-19 health and safety and vaccine distribution. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Edward Goff.

June 20, 2023

Connect directly with communicable disease experts through new site

New CG-OEM-2 resource offers information, guidance to keep you ready and safe.

Bronze sculpture of Richard Etheridge showing him later in life as Keeper of the Pea Island Life-Saving Service Station. (U.S. Coast Guard)

June 16, 2023

The Long Blue Line: 'To Never Halt or Falter'

Juneteenth witness Richard Etheridge’s service in the Battle of New Market Heights.

U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and Cmdr. James Lovenstein, Port Security Unit (PSU) 305’s commanding officer, roll the unit guidon as Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Lepage, PSU 305’s command master chief, extends it during the unit’s casing of the colors decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, June 13, 2023. PSU 305, based in Fort Eustis, Va., was the first unit in 2002 to begin the Coast Guard’s mission with Joint Task Force Guantanamo Bay and is the last to complete it. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Valerie Higdon)

June 16, 2023

Coast Guard completes mission at Naval Base Guantanamo Bay

Commandant presides over PSU 305’s historic casing of the colors ceremony.

PCS help graphic designed to assist U.S. Coast Guard members during their Permanent Change of Station.

June 15, 2023

PCS move gone off course? Find the right resource

How to get help with moving dates, contracted movers, advances, and claims.

Official logo of the 75th anniversary of the USCG training center, Cape May.

June 12, 2023

Training Center Cape May celebrates 75 years of recruit training

June 8 festivities honored the training center’s history 

Last reviewed on: 10/05/2020