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Coast Guard helicopter flies across colorful sunset

May 23, 2022

It’s Mental Health Awareness Month: An officer and Coast Guard spouse shares her quick-reference guide to our behavioral health resources 

Lt. Emily Ivashenko, a wellness advocate, certified yoga instructor, and meditation coach collects behavioral health resources for families. 

Lianne Casupang, District 14’s Sexual Assault Response Coordinator and the Coast Guard’s SARC of the Year for 2022, is recognized during a ceremony at the Mark Center in Washington, D.C, May 17, 2022. Pictured from left to right: Lindsay Charles, Coast Guard SAPRR Oversight & Policy Office Chief, Lianne Casupang, and Cmdr. Michael Wolfe, Coast Guard Liaison to the Department of Defense Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

May 20, 2022

Living ALOHA: D14 Sexual Assault Response Assault Coordinator receives award

Lianne Casupang named the Coast Guard’s Exceptional SARC for 2022

Prince William Sound, AK (Mar. 24)--The Exxon Valdez remains in place in Prince Williams Sound after running aground. The Exxon Valdez ran aground on Bligh Reef in Prince William Sound, Alaska, March 23, 1989 spilling 11 million gallons of crude oil, which resulted in the largest oil spill in U.S. history. U.S. COAST GUARD PHOTO

May 20, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Four Minutes after Midnight—Bligh Reef, Murphy Prefers Midnight!

Exxon Valdez tragedy...32 years later

Kirtland AFB privatized military housing

May 19, 2022

PCS season is underway. Let’s talk about housing

Here's what you need to know about BAH

The Coast Guard Cutter Decisive is moored at the Coast Guard Yard March 14, 2022. The Decisive spent seven days in dry dock at the Coast Guard Yard prior to getting underway and back to work. Coast Guard photo by Kristen Soper, Coast Guard Yard communications director.

May 19, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter Decisive completes dry dock, back to work, and more

Coast Guard Cutter Decisive completes dry dock, back to work; Coast Guard assists 2 aboard vessels taking on water; Coast Guard rescues 18-year-old from flooded vessel; Coast Guard repatriates 207 people to Haiti; and Coast Guard repatriates 75 people to Cuba. 

Military move

May 18, 2022

UPDATE to Coast Guard Leased Housing Program

Helping with your transition this transfer season 

Petty Officer 2nd Class John Tchorz and Petty Officer 2nd Class Austin Krohne, stationed at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, deploy a Surface Velocity Program Drifting Buoy over the North Atlantic Ocean on April 22, 2022. The buoy will enable the International Ice Patrol members to monitor currents and determine the extent of iceberg distribution for vessels transiting the area. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kimberly Reaves)

May 17, 2022

International Ice Patrol: 11 decades of monitoring the Northern Atlantic waters

As a response to the sinking of the Titanic in April 1912, the International Ice Patrol continues to track icebergs

First Class Cadet Manuel Gutierrez Rodriguez, an international cadet at the United States Coast Guard Academy, participates in an interview on campus in New London, Conn., March 21, 2022. Rodriguez will be returning to his home nation of Mexico after commissioning with the Class of 2022, which has the highest number of international students in history. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

May 16, 2022

A Long Way From Home: International cadets accept challenge and find support at the CGA  

Graduating international students share Academy experience.

Abbigail McCracken (middle),the winner of the Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year for the Coast Guard, stands with the Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Karl Schultz (right) and his wife Dawn (left), shortly after being presented with the Coast Guard of the Year medallion, May 5, 2022.

May 13, 2022

Abbi McCracken named Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year for the Coast Guard

Coast Guard civilian, spouse, and ombudsman is acknowledged for winning Coast Guard Spouse of the Year. 

Photograph of Keeper Samuel Amalu scanning the horizon from one of his many lighthouses. (U.S. Coast Guard Collection)

May 13, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Samuel Amalu and Manuel Ferriera—Hawaiian Keepers of the Light

Celebrating Asian American and Pacific Islander Month, here is a story about Hawaiian lighthouse keepers.

Last reviewed on: 10/05/2020