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Green background with a white circle off centered with a green ribbon in the middle of the circle. The words "Mental Health Awarness Month are also off center in white.

May 2, 2024

How to prioritize mental health and have healthy conversations about it

May is Mental Health Awareness Month.

A logo of the USCG Operational Logistics Command intended to bring attention to the newly formed Reserve Mobilization Team (RMT)

May 1, 2024

Revolutionizing Reserve Mobilization: Introducing the Reserve Mobilization Team 

The Reserve Mobilization Team (RMT) was created to address delays in receiving orders, benefits, pay, and medical care.

Painting of the Civil War revenue cutter Morris titled “Inspection of a Merchant Ship,” by Gil Cohen, depicts a boat howitzer ready for use on the ship’s bow. (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 26, 2024

Sentinels of the past — the Coast Guard’s Civil War Boat Howitzers from the Revenue Cutter Service

Written by retired Gunner CWO Steven Wilson, this essay provides the history of two Coast Guard Civil War artifacts: Boat Howitzers #245 and #246.

Chief Warrant Officer 3 Jennifer Brown and Chief Warrant Officer 2 Adam Peers were awarded golden keyboards on April 11, 2024, at Coast Guard Headquarters in Washington, DC, for the winning apps they created for the Power Platform Science Fair. Standing from left to right, Brian Campo, Acting Chief Information Officer of CG-6, Rear Adm. Russell Dash, Brown, Peers, Rear Adm. Chad Jacoby.

April 23, 2024

Congratulations to our award-winning Deck Plate Developers

Four Coast Guard members recognized for developing apps that make work more efficient.

A graphic encouraging members to share their story about how they got into public service.

April 22, 2024

Tell DHS why you picked a career in public service!

Let DHS know why you serve. Public Service Recognition week starts the first week of May.

Company commanders present the senior recruit company with their Coast Guard Emblem at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., July 29, 2013. The presentation of the Emblem signifies another step in the recruits' progress to earning the title "Coast Guardsman." (Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska)

April 19, 2024

Coast Guard starts a Delayed Decision Program for initial enlistments

Many high school seniors have a paid, part-time job. Why not have that job be with the Coast Guard?!

A graphic empowering readers to engage with the Financial Capability Month information.

April 18, 2024

Let’s focus on personal finances

National Financial Capability month reminds us to invest in ourselves.

A graphic for National Child Abuse Prevention Month, with a blue ribbon.

April 17, 2024

How being a trusted adult can change a child’s life

Tips for child abuse prevention during Child Abuse Prevention Month.

Robert Kopser on the left in a Hawaiian themed button-up shirt with his wife Jennifer also in a button up shirt but her's is a dark navy color. They are in front of the water aboard a boat.

April 15, 2024

“Looking up at the stars, hearing the ship under you and the water around you, and not seeing anything else around. “— Why Chief Warrant Officer Robert Kopser serves at sea

This is the eleventh in a series of articles where cuttermen discuss why they go to sea.

Color engraving of the Battle of Lake Erie by Murray Draper and Company, circa 1813. (Naval History and Heritage Command)

April 12, 2024

Dobbins and Knapp — Frontier mariners, naval officers, and Revenue Cutter masters

The revolving-door saga of Dobbins versus Knapp ... a pendulum of political spoils.