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A photo of two Coast Guard members, one officer, and one enlisted, in front of a world map, holding paperwork and in the action of going over the contents contained within the documents.

Feb. 9, 2024

Navigating the official passport application process

The USCG Passport and Visa Program is your one stop shop for questions regarding special issuance passport and visa applications.

Take a quick survey to inform health resource decisions.

Feb. 8, 2024

Let’s talk about your behavioral health

The Coast Guard, Department of Defense, launch the Health Related Behaviors Survey seeking your candid input.

Coast Guard Foundation Scholarship Open Season 2024

Feb. 7, 2024

Coast Guard Foundation Scholarships 2024 Open Season is here!

Application window is February 1 through April 1. Find out how to apply!

Feb. 6, 2024

Strengthening Coast Guard culture

The Coast Guard establishes an Enterprise Victim Advocate, encourages reporting by removing barriers, and more to address sexual assault and harassment in the Service.

Feb. 2, 2024

Drumroll ... Meet CG-OWL, the Coast Guard’s future learning management system

Thanks to all those whooo participated and submitted recommendations.

3) The all-African American Life-Saving Service crew at Pea Island. For decades, the station served as a singular success story in a service with few other examples of racial progress. (Coast Guard Collection)

Feb. 2, 2024

First to serve, first to fight and first to sacrifice — African Americans in the U.S. Coast Guard

The history of African American participation in the Coast Guard and its predecessor services dates back to the very founding of the Service in 1790.

Jan. 31, 2024

Coast Guard's Manta Virtual Desktop revolutionizes work

Seamless connectivity, enhanced productivity, and a complete overhaul of the outdated VDI.

Craig Rayner, Vice President of Whiting-Turner, left, George Rogers, President and CEO of RQ Construction, Capt. Neal Armstrong, Facilities Design and Construction Center commanding officer, Capt. Eric Jones, commander of Coast Guard Base Charleston, Mayor Reggie Burgess, City of North Charleston, Adm. Linda Fagan, commandant of the Coast Guard, Master Chief Heath Jones, Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard, Rear Adm. Laura Dickey, Deputy for Materiel Readiness, Rear Adm. Carola List, commander of Operational Logistics Command, Rear Adm. Douglas Schofield, commander of Coast Guard District Seven, break ground during a Coast Guard groundbreaking ceremony for a new Base Charleston campus in North Charleston, South Carolina, Jan. 26, 2024. The 64-acre campus along the Cooper River will support the five Charleston-based national security cutters, their crews, and the support personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Moreno)

Jan. 29, 2024

Forward focused: Groundbreaking ceremony held for new Coast Guard Base Charleston campus

Base Charleston is slated to become the service’s largest homeport and a base for global operations, training and support.

The Judge Advocate General publishes a periodic Good Order and Discipline (GOAD) Report of statistics and narrative descriptions of discipline to inform the Coast Guard community and reinforce Coast Guard standards.

Jan. 29, 2024

Good Order and Discipline: Fiscal Year 2023 Fourth Quarter report

Leaders throughout the Coast Guard are encouraged to share this message with their units and talk about the importance of adhering to the Coast Guard’s core values.

A portrait of Silver Star Medal recipient Seaman First Class Rollin Fritch, one of the heroic Coast Guardsmen to die on board the Callaway during the kamikaze attack on January 8, 1945. (Courtesy of the Fritch family)

Callaway in camouflage paint scheme during World War II. (U.S. Navy)

Jan. 26, 2024

Rollin Fritch — Silver Star hero of Attack Transport Callaway

“Rollin Fritch’s devotion to duty reminds us how to conduct ourselves aboard this ship. He manned his gun until the very end.” — Lt. Jason McCarthey, Cutter Rollin Fritch’s first commanding officer