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Coast Guard cutter Reliance conducting helicopter operations circa 1964. (U.S. Coast Guard photo).

Coast Guard cutter Diligence shown with the prototype “racing stripe” painted on the bow in December 1966. (Coast Guard Historian’s Archive).

The extensive accommodation for helicopter operations is shown by this photo of third-in-class 210 cutter Vigilant. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

A Coast Guard HH-52A launched from Diligence hovers over the Gemini III space capsule in 1965. (U.S. Navy National Museum of Naval Aviation photo)

Jan. 12, 2024

Built to Last - The early days of the 210-foot cutter fleet

The two leading ships of the 210-foot Reliance-class cutters, Coast Guard cutters Reliance and Diligence, will turn 60 years old in June and August of this year, respectively.

Jan. 12, 2024

Seeking nominations for the 2023 Captain Niels P. Thomsen Innovation Awards

Nominations can be submitted through a challenge on the Coast Guard’s crowd-sourcing platform, CG_Ideas@Work, before Jan. 31, 2024.

A graphic with a white background and a blue rectangular border. In the middle of the graphic is the text "DES" and underneath that in smaller print is "Disability Evaluation System:

Jan. 10, 2024

When Plans Change: Facing Medical Separation in the Coast Guard

Office of Member Advocacy is your lifeline when faced with medical separation challenges.

Lt. Lena “Lexie” Royster, a mechanical engineer at the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center, was selected as the 2023 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year. The award recognizes Coast Guard military and civilian engineers for their accomplishments and achievements. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of the U.S. Coast Guard Marine Safety Center)

Jan. 9, 2024

The 2023 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year winner!

Lt. Lena “Lexie” Royster serves as a member of the Coast Guard Marine Safety Center’s Salvage Engineering Response Team (SERT) which provides 24/7 support to Coast Guard field commanders responding to emergent marine casualty situations.

Combined Federal Campaign - Final Week to Give!

Jan. 8, 2024

Finish Strong: The final week to give through CFC is here!

The 2023 Combined Federal Campaign is ending Jan. 15, don’t miss the opportunity to contribute.

Boarding officers in an interceptor boat from the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Stratton take suspected smugglers into custody during the boarding of a suspected smuggling vessel in international waters in the drug transit zone of the Eastern Pacific Ocean, Feb. 23, 2017. The Stratton seized a total of 3,700 pounds of cocaine during their counter-smuggling patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Mark Barney)

Jan. 8, 2024

From Mission Analysis Report to action: Reshaping Coast Guard maritime enforcement

Changing times means changing missions - expectations for safety remain.

Two men pose together at parade rest in front of a U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Team building.

Jan. 5, 2024

The World War II Beach Patrol in Jacksonville Beach

Coast Guard Headquarters authorized the institution of beach patrols in all areas adjacent to the coast. The patrol members came to be known colloquially as “sand pounders.” By August of 1942, the first patrols with dogs were instituted.