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Aug. 13, 2021

Leased housing program offers choices in a tight housing market

When Petty Officer 3rd Class Brady Ashment started looking for a place to live in Rockland, Maine, a

An official photograph showing Surfman Rasmus S. Midgett in uniform. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 13, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Rasmus gets the Gold for individual heroism in a hurricane rescue!

A heroic rescue adapted from the U.S. Life-Saving Service Annual Report of the U.S. Life-Saving Service, 1900, pp. 25-28.

A Coast Guard Cutter James (WMSL-754) 26-foot Over The Horizon (OTH) pursuit crew and a cutter James 35-foot Long Range Interceptor boat crew interdict a 26-foot smuggling panga with three suspected smugglers aboard in the Eastern Pacific Ocean Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2020. Cutter James is a National Security Cutter with robust capabilities for maritime homeland security, law enforcement and national defense missions. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Erik Villa Rodriguez)

Aug. 12, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter James conducts largest illegal narcotic offload in Coast Guard history worth more than $1.4 billion at Port Everglades, and more.

Also: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to downed aircraft near Ketchikan, Alaska; Coast Guard, good Samaritan rescue six after vessel sinks 60 miles off Chincoteague, Virginia; Coast Guard medevacs 57-year-old man suffering from heart complications near Point Loma, California; MHS GENESIS Pacific Wave deployment “go-live” event, AUGUST 21st.

A 47-foot rescue boatcrew from Coast Guard Station Destin makes preparations today for a basket hoist with an HH-65B Dolphin rescue aircrew from Coast Guard Air Station New Orleans. Coast Guard boatcrews are required to perform hoisting drills in order to prepare for search and rescue missions. U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 2nd Class NyxoLyno Cangemi

Aug. 12, 2021

BZ: The United States Coast Guard celebrates 231 years of outstanding service, and more!

BZ: The United States Coast Guard celebrates 231 years of outstanding service; The Women in Federal Law Enforcement (WIFLE) honors three outstanding Coast Guardswomen; 2021 Federally Employed Women (FEW) Military Meritorious Award winner named

Aug. 11, 2021

RAND completes URM study

Improving the Representation of Women and Racial/Ethnic Minorities Among United States Coast Guard Active-Duty Members (URM) Study

Aug. 10, 2021

Preventing injuries and promoting wellness

Join us for Wellness Wednesday

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Aug. 9, 2021

DHS experts host live virtual vaccine Q&A

Session will cover common questions like, How was the vaccine developed so quickly? Is it dangerous?

Architectural rendering of the future Maritime Center of Excellence (MCOE) at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The future MCOE will enhance the waterfront facilities at the Academy by offering interactive and high-tech classrooms for a variety of educational and leadership development courses. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association)

Aug. 5, 2021

Frontline Focus: Future Maritime Center of Excellence to transform U.S. Coast Guard Coast Guard Academy waterfront in New London, Connecticut, and more.

Frontline Focus: Future Maritime Center of Excellence to transform CGA waterfront; U.S. Coast Guard commissions 3 Fast Response Cutters in Guam; USCG, Royal Bahamas Defense Force conduct international port security engagement; Coast Guard breaks ground on new cutter support facility at Base Los Angeles/Long Beach; Coast Guard Cutter Dependable crewmembers return home in Virginia Beach, Virginia, following 29-day patrol.

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw follows the Cutter Katmai Bay up the Grand Haven Channel during the Parade of Ships at the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival in Grand Haven, Michigan, Aug. 2, 2021. (Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 5, 2021

BZ: Sending a special shout out to Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 31, for your outstanding support of this year’s Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival, and more!

BZ: Sending a special shout out to Coast Guard Auxiliary Division 31, for your outstanding support of this year’s Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival; Coast Guard recognizes trailblazer for outstanding contributions to civil rights; USCG, other groups foster interest in the marine environment among youth; Solicitation for the 2021 Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs (JINSA) Grateful Nation Award nominations

President Joseph R. Biden Jr. delivered the keynote address at the Coast Guard Academy during the 140th Commencement Exercises May 19, 2021.

Aug. 4, 2021

President Biden wishes the U.S. Coast Guard a happy birthday

Happy Coast Guard Day!

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