My Coast Guard
Photograph of the 75-foot patrol boat CG-249 from around the time of the James Alderman incident. (From The Hanging at Bahia Mar by Hal Caudle)

Sept. 1, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The infamous James Alderman and redemption of CG-249 100 years ago

The next morning, they would return to Fort Lauderdale and resume the grind of chasing rum runners. 

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas presents the 2023 Secretary’s Awards to DHS employees at the FEMA Resource Center in Sacramento, California. This year DHS is recognizing 1,341 recipients of the 2023 Secretary’s Awards. (Photo by Tia Dufour/Released)

Sept. 1, 2023

U.S. Department of Homeland Security recognizes employees at award ceremony hosted by Coast Guard Base Boston

The DHS Secretary’s Awards are an annual program that recognizes the extraordinary individual and collective achievements of the workforce.

Office of Expeditionary Logistics holds a ribbon cutting ceremony Aug. 14, 2023 in Alameda, California.

Aug. 30, 2023

New office reduces the logistics burden for remote expeditions

Office of Expeditionary Logistics reaches full operational capability

Admiral Fagan speaking to all hands at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage

Aug. 28, 2023

Commandant’s Letter to the Workforce

Admiral Fagan discusses service, culture, and transparency.

Graphic representing the C5ISC and all those that fall under the C5I umbrella.

Aug. 25, 2023

Communication Evolution: DIPS Sets Sail Across the Coast Guard

New infrastructure to support a nimbler and versatile communication method is underway!

A 1942 photograph of German submarine U-123 attacking the steamship Cyclops. (uboatarchives.net)

Aug. 25, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s “Corsair Fleet” of World War II

Volunteer crews aboard a fleet of civilian sailing yachts hunted U-boats in the Atlantic.

Graphic representing the CG's transformative year.

Aug. 24, 2023

A Transformative Year

A look back at the past year’s remarkable accomplishments

Main images from the third and last story in a series about the SS Marine Electric sinking.

Aug. 23, 2023

The Long Blue Line: A tragedy remembered — SS Marine Electric sinking 40 years ago, part three

The shipwreck that prompted the creation of the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmer Program is recalled by the pilot of one of the helicopters sent to rescue survivors on that fateful night.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Liam Coleman, a boatswain's mate assigned to Coast Guard Station Destin, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabe Waldrop, a machinery technician assigned to Station Destin, participate in tow training near Destin, Florida on June 23, 2022. Station Destin personnel performed tow training in the weeks prior to Fourth of July weekend. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Gabriel Wisdom)

Aug. 23, 2023

Brilliant at the basics: Full tours at first rated assignment

Some petty officers in their first job out of A-school will no longer be considered tour complete upon advancement.

Mr. Mike Emerson, director of marine transportation systems, meets with Todd Muehlenbeck, acting deputy director of marine transportation systems on detail from Customers & Border Patrol, during a mentoring session at Coast Guard headquarters.

Aug. 21, 2023

Civilian supervisors’ annual leadership development requirements

Here are some ways to meet the October deadline