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U.S. Coast Guard Esports team competes in multinational competition

May 10, 2023

Watch Coast Guard Gaming compete this Saturday

Cheer for our gaming team during the USO Commanders Cup, either on Twitch or live at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida!

A Coast Guard yeoman assists a fellow Coast Guardsman at the Coast Guard Recruiting Command, February 28, 2013. YNs are key problem-solvers, counselors, and sources of information to personnel on questions ranging from career moves, entitlements, and incentive programs to retirement options and veterans' benefits.

May 8, 2023

How-To: Move your household goods

PCS season is upon us! Here is everything Coast Guard members and families need to know.

Petty Officer 1st Class Hannah Hall poses with her crew from Coast Guard Station Georgetown, South Carolina, before leaving the dock for a recent law enforcement patrol. Hall is Coast Guard’s 2022 Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year due to her superior leadership and performance.

May 4, 2023

Introducing Petty Officer 1st Class Hannah Hall, your 2022 Coast Guard Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year

"When I retire, so I’ll be telling stories about the crews that I worked with—that’s what makes this all so special."

Petty Officer 2nd Class King instructs advanced combat marksmanship recently at a Naval Special Warfare firearms range in San Diego wearing his Deployable Special Forces Kit. King is the Coast Guard’s 2022 Enlisted Person of the Year.

May 4, 2023

Introducing Petty Officer 2nd Class James King, your 2022 Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year

“It's the people that make me enjoy doing what I do.”

A Coast Guard Officer's hat, sword, gloves and ribbons are displayed together with the American Flag.

May 3, 2023

Officers: If you are interested in afloat assignments, this roadshow is for you

This virtual road show is scheduled May 10, 2 p.m. EDT.

New insignia for Coast Guard covers lay pinned on a work bench after an advancement ceremony at Station Point Judith in Narragansett, R.I., Sept. 2, 2015. Petty Officer 1st Class Will Mudloff and Petty Officer 2nd Class Alan Freedman were advanced to their next respective pay grade. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Ross Ruddell)

April 27, 2023

Coast Guard expands Advance-to-Position (A2P) beta test to all enlisted ratings

All ratings now eligible for program

Chief Petty Officer Llamas shows off his deck department’s hard work reflected in the freshly painted hull of the Coast Guard cutter Dauntless in New York City. Llamas is the deck department chief for the 210-foot medium endurance cutter homeported in Pensacola, Florida.

April 26, 2023

“The ocean is your office” Why Chief Llamas serves at sea

“One of my favorite parts of the day at sea is watching the sun rise and the sun set. I’ve never seen the same one twice.”

April 20, 2023

Officers: Attend OPM’s virtual roadshow all about Intel/Mission Support and Cyberspace assignments

The fifth virtual road show is April 26, at 2 p.m. EST.

April 18, 2023

Officers: Next OPM roadshow is all about support and special assignments

The fourth virtual roadshow is scheduled April 19, at 2 p.m.

A U.S. Coast Guard Band member warms up as a boat patrols the Potomac near Ft. McNair during the U.S. Coast Guard Change of Command Ceremony, May 25, 2010. Adm. Thad W. Allen was relieved by Adm. Robert J. Papp, Jr., as commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard in a ceremony presided over by Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. DOD photo by Cherie Cullen (released)

April 14, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The selling of the Coast Guard service song “Semper Paratus”

[Editor’s note: This essay is reprised from the December 2015 issue of the Coast Guard Academy Alumni Association Bulletin. Our thanks to the Alumni Association for permission to republish Cmdr. Pecora’s essay and imagery.]The director steps to the podium and firmly taps his baton, bringing the military band to attention in the recording studio.