My Coast Guard News

Oct. 19, 2021

Changes coming on when to validate classes for Post-9/11 GI Bill

If you receive MHA, you will need to verify your classes monthly

Alumni from the United States Coast Guard Academy Class of 1981 commemorate their fallen classmate Lt. j.g. Keith Culver with the dedication of an accessibility ramp entering Billard Hall on campus, Friday Oct. 1, 2021. The ramp is the first project in a new accessibility initiative being undertaken by the Class of 1981. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Austin Gao)

Oct. 19, 2021

Nestled amongst the 103-acre campus of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy are a variety of memorials and plaques, each with its own story about a moment or person in the service’s history. Recently a plaque was added recognizing a different story, one of a bear keeper and a class’ continued commitment to each other.During a recent alumni reunion, retired

Oct. 19, 2021

The Coast Guard Foundation announced the 2021 Coast Guard children, scholarship awardees

Helping to educate our Coast Guard children

Oct. 18, 2021

Enlisted members: Consider applying to the Coast Guard Academy

Attend the U.S. Coast Guard Academy Enlisted Select Opportunity Program virtual or in person

Shaun M. Lin, U.S. Coast Guard basic training. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Oct. 18, 2021

Honoring a fallen hero

Remember Petty Officer 3rd Class Shaun Lin

Oct. 15, 2021

Second round for ETS login information

If you missed the first opportunity to register for ETS, watch your email for the invite link

Oct. 15, 2021

Action required: Renew your dependent's USID card by Oct. 31

Deadlines to use expired Uniformed Services Identification (USID) cards are rapidly approaching.

Photograph of Radarman Sy Siegel with shipmates aboard the Aquarius. (Courtesy of Siegel Family)

Oct. 15, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Pacific War veteran Sy Siegel, 101 years strong and still Semper Paratus!

Sy Siegel is one of many distinguished combat veterans of the long blue line.

Adm. Karl Schultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, presents the Coast Guard Commendation Medal to members at Air Station Cape Cod, Oct.10, 2021. The Commendation Medal is awarded to members for their meritorious service that has resulted in unusual and outstanding achievement. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Emma Fliszar/Released)

Oct. 14, 2021

BZ: Coast Guard Commandant presented awards honoring joint rescue, and more.

BZ: Coast Guard Commandant presented awards honoring joint rescue; Happy 246th Anniversary to the Chaplain Corps; Solicitation: 2022 Coast Guard Culinary Team (CGCT).

Multiple U.S. and Canadian partner agencies planned and executed four large-scale interagency, binational operations throughout the summer. The various maritime law enforcement and security missions were held to deter illicit activities in the region, uphold multi-agency interoperability, and to ensure mission capabilities throughout the Puget Sound, San Juan Islands, and Strait of Juan de Fuca. (Courtesy photo)

Oct. 14, 2021

Frontline Focus: U.S., Canadian partner agencies complete joint maritime law enforcement, security operations throughout Puget Sound, and more.

U.S., Canadian partner agencies complete joint maritime law enforcement, security operations throughout Puget Sound; Coast Guard, partners searching for missing kayaker off Saipan; Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to oil spill near Gaithersburg, Maryland; Coast Guard rescues 199 Haitians; Unified command continues response to oil spill off Newport Beach, California.