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The Coast Guard Foundation will award eight $1,000 scholarships to enlisted Coast Guard reservists or their eligible dependents.

Aug. 7, 2023

Coast Guard Foundation announces scholarships for reservists, dependents

Reservists: Apply by Aug. 15 for your chance to earn a scholarship for you or your family.

Members of the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conduct a regular workout while at sea in the South Atlantic on Jan. 19, 2021. Maintaining physical fitness is key to performing operations safely. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)

Aug. 3, 2023

Body composition screening requirements for October 2023, April 2024 semiannual screening updated for some commands during beta test

Members of identified operational units can choose to enter Boatcrew Physical Fitness Test instead of Body Composition Screening.

U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Joseph Mayer, a culinary specialist temporarily assigned to USCGC Bear (WMEC 901), reads his citation after being awarded a letter of commendation ribbon at quarters, Atlantic Ocean, Sep. 13, 2022. Mayer was being rewarded for his continued hard work demonstrated over the course of his time aboard the Bear. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

Aug. 2, 2023

Coast Guard expands limited award issuing authority to all unit commanders

All commanding officers and officers-in-charge can now award Commandant’s Letter of Commendation Ribbons and Coast Guard Meritorious Team Commendation awards.

Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Yoder poses with FN Peele while taking a break during law enforcement training at the Portsmouth, Va., shooting range.

Aug. 2, 2023

“An experience you’re not gonna get anywhere else.” — Why Petty Officer 1st Class Benjamin Yoder serves at sea  

I wanted a little direction and opportunity for adventure, so we drove 4 1/2 hours from Wyoming to the nearest recruiter — and here I am.

Aug. 1, 2023

Changing the way we do business

Unmanned aircraft systems offer increased capabilities and reduced risks to crews.

A Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater MH-60 Jayhawk flies overhead while personnel assigned to the Gulf, Atlantic, and Pacific Strike teams scan for unaccounted people in Fort Myers Beach, Florida on Sept. 29, 2022. Coast Guard National Strike Force teams mobilized to areas affected by Hurricane Ian to perform urban search and rescue. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom)

Aug. 1, 2023

Announcing the annual Coast Guard Emergency Manager and Unit of the Year awards

New awards will recognize emergency managers “embracing the challenges of a dynamic crisis landscape."

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Murphy, an avionics electrical technician at Coast Guard Air Station Houston, interacts with community members at a Girls in Aviation event at the Lone Star Flight Museum in Houston, Texas, Sept. 23, 2022. Air Station Houston personnel provided a static helicopter display and talked with girls about aviation career opportunities in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki)

July 26, 2023

Understanding and addressing social climate incidents in the Coast Guard

What is a social climate incident and what can I do if faced with one?

Major Charity Adams inspects arrivals to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion, comprised of African American women serving during World War II. (National Archives (531249))

July 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Part II — “Available and needed workers have been barred from employment” — the segregated military and civil service environments

The U.S. Revenue Cutter Service (USRCS), predecessor to the United States Coast Guard (USCG), utilized both free and enslaved Black people, and restricted their roles to cooks, stewards and seamen.

July 24, 2023

JROTC makes strides with its first-ever Junior Leadership Academy and expansion to 10 units

Base Elizabeth City hosts an action-packed week for cadets from all six CGJROTC units ahead of further program growth.

The mixed-race crew of African American enlisted men, with white officers and NCOs, on board cutter Yocona in 1919, at the time of the U.S. government’s segregation policy. (U.S. Coast Guard)

July 20, 2023

The Long Blue Line: “There Shall be Equal Opportunity for All” — Why President Truman’s desegregation orders were necessary

On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed a pair of executive orders, the combination of which banned racial segregation in the armed forces and federal civil service.