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Starting Oct. 24, about 15,000 independent pharmacies will no longer be in the TRICARE retail pharmacy network. Even with the departure of these community pharmacies, the network will still offer access to more than 40,000 pharmacies.

Oct. 19, 2022

TRICARE Pharmacy Network Changes May Affect Independent Pharmacy Customers

Starting Oct. 24, about 15,000 independent pharmacies will no longer be in the TRICARE retail pharmacy network.

TSA PreCheck

Oct. 19, 2022

DHS offers expedited airport screening free to Coast Guard members and civilian employees 

Getting through airport security may be a little easier with TSA PreCheck®.

Mina Sediqi, a refugee from Afghanistan, spoke to newly arrived Afghan women at the Safe Haven in Leesburg, Virginia, Sep. 27, 2022. She spoke about her resettlement experience since her evacuation to the United States from Afghanistan in August 2021.

Oct. 18, 2022

OAW Hosts Inspirational Speaker at Afghan Safe Haven in Leesburg, VA

Content from DHS Connect that initially published Sep. 29.

Oct. 17, 2022

Coast Guard mother and son reunite at LAX after three years apart 

A family reunited after three years apart.

A young Marvin Perrett in his dress blue uniform during his World War II service in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Oct. 14, 2022

The Long Blue Line: The life and times of Marvin Perrett—Portrait of a World War II coxswain and FRC namesake

[Editor’s note: This article was first published in 2005 and has been modified to meet MyCG style.

The new U.S. Coast Guard Strategy was released Oct. 12, 2022

Oct. 12, 2022

Commandant unveils new Coast Guard strategy and ethos

“Now is the time to move our service forward.”

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathaniel Bracero and Petty Officer 2nd Class Neisha Torres recruiting for the Coast Guard at an event in Puerto Rico during the week of June 21, 2022. The couple, who grew up in Puerto Rico, put together and hosted a week-long series of recruiting events in their home country. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

Oct. 11, 2022

Portsmouth members take “Everyone is a Recruiter” back home to Puerto Rico

Two members spend a week recruiting potential applicants on the island where they grew up.

After World War I, the Navy returned the Coast Guard Cutter Manning to the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, which stationed it in Norfolk, Virginia. The cutter was assigned to annual “winter cruising” from December through March each year. (digitalcommonwealth.org)

Oct. 7, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Saving Sunbeam—a deadly human trafficking case over 100 years ago

Chinese non-citizens rescued from the icy waters after the ship they were aboard sank into the sea at the beginning of the 20th century.

Florence Manchester Smith reads a letter from Admiral Linda Fagan, Commandant of the Coast Guard, presented to her in honor of her 100th birthday, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Smith enlisted in the Coast Guard in December 1943 as part of the SPARs, the all-female workforce that was mobilized during World War II. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Pamela Manns)

Oct. 7, 2022

Coast Guard SPAR celebrated and honored on 100th birthday

Celebrating a service woman's 100 years of life.

U.S. Coast Guard recruits (left to right), Madelin Germosen Santos, Pedro Reyes Rivera, Jose Nunez Planell, Fernando Rivera Perez, and Omar Perez Torres arrived at Defense Language Institute English Language Center's Echo Company Aug. 30, to be embedded with the U.S. Army trainees to being their English Language Training. The DLIELC's Language Center English Language Training for 10–24 weeks at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland. Once they are proficient enough in English to pass the English Comprehension Level test, they will ship to Boot Camp at Cape May, N.J. (U.S. Air Force photo by Spencer Berry)

Oct. 6, 2022

Coast Guard recruits join DLIELC’s Echo Company for English Language Training 

Four Coast Guard recruits attend English classes prior to attending boot camp.

Last reviewed on: 10/05/2020