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The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore interdicts a vessel Monday, Oct. 31, 2016, carrying more than 1,170 pounds of cocaine. The go-fast style vessel was carrying cocaine worth an estimated wholesale value of more than $18 million. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore.

April 6, 2021

Cuttermen: New tech will make it easier to track traffickers

The Coast Guard is working on some major updates to SeaWatch, the situational awareness command and control system on most white hulls.

Port of San Diego Commissioner Marshall Merrifield, Rep. Mike Levin, Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister, Rep. John Garamendi, Chancellor of the University of California San Diego Pradeep Khosla, and Rep. Scott Peters take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego Jan. 24, 2020. The Coast Guard entered into an agreement with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to establish the Blue Technology Center of Expertise, which will provide opportunities for rapid identification and integration of new blue technologies into current Coast Guard capabilities. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley.)

April 6, 2021

Operation Innovation: Blue Tech Center of Expertise seeks technology solutions 

What is blue technology and how is the Coast Guard using it?

Joseph Ford, a Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command duty officer, answers the phone at Sector San Francisco command center, March 4, 2021. Ford and Travis Addison, a Sector San Francisco civilian search-and-rescue controller, coordinated the rescue of a young woman who entered the water with no flotation device on January 31, 2021. (U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Giles)

April 6, 2021

Civilians to the Rescue

A 19-minute phone call in January meant the world to a young woman fighting for her life.

Petty Officer Second Class Julie Nguyen celebrates Rear Adm. Huan Nguyen's promotion ceremony as he becomes the first Vietnamese-American admiral in the U.S. Navy, Oct. 2019 (U.S. Coast Guard Picture).

April 5, 2021

Women in the fleet reflect on opportunity, and how we are “Stronger Together” 

Our third part highlighting a few of the remarkable women in the Coast Guard and the stories behind their service.

Allies committed to the Coast Guard’s effort to eliminate harassment and assault have a new resource in their toolkit when responding to a shipmate in distress. The Confide in Another (CIA) card provides actionable next steps to prepare and respond in instances when a servicemember reaches out, looking for support.

April 2, 2021

Care, Inform, Ask: New resource to support victims of assault  

Sexual Assault Prevention, Response and Recovery shares actionable steps

Ensign Kirk M. Eastman from Sector Puget Sound, Enforcement Division holding the framed Maritime Security and Response Operations Excellence Award in February 2021.

March 31, 2021

MSRO Excellence awardees recognized

The Captain Carden and Boatswain's Mate First Class Cullen Maritime Security and Response Operations (MSRO) Excellence awardees recognized

Faculty, staff, and students from Gibson Elementary School welcome PIE program volunteers and coordinators of Sector/Air Station Corpus Christi, Texas during the PIE Kickoff event in December 2019. Lt. Mark Currier played a pivotal role in bringing the PIE program to Gibson Elementary School.

March 30, 2021

Partnership in Education presses on despite a pandemic 

Corpus Christie units find creative ways to maintain connection with their community 

Montgomery Grace Norton, daughter of Seaman David and Allie Norton, gazes at her surroundings as her father holds her before she is to be dedicated during a ceremony aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Greenbrier in Natchez, Miss., May 25, 2013.

March 25, 2021

Here's how the Coast Guard can support your fertility journey

Leaders at all levels should be familiar with these policies, resources

The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration program was created to right those wrongs. The commemoration honors all United States veterans who served on active duty in the U.S. Armed Forces from Nov. 1, 1955 to May 15, 1975. We are in the midst of a 50-year anniversary commemoration of that 20-year period of U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War.

March 25, 2021

Mass vaccination sites are helping the U.S. honor Vietnam War veterans

Vietnam War Veteran's Day is March 29. More than 8,000 Coast Guard members served in the war.

The women of the U.S. Coast Guard's Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) and Innovation program in a photo illustration for Women's History Month, 2021. Pictured are: Front row (from left): Meg Tusia, Lt. Anne Newton, Alexandra Swan, D.J. Hastings and Holly Wendelin. Second row: Shalane Regan, Monica Cisternelli, Christine Hansen, Karin Messenger, Julie Dozier, Wendy Chaves, Fideline Rosius, Kellie August, Minh-Thu Phan and Amy Cutting. Back row: Helen Carnes, Lauren Eberly, Christine Mahoney, Lt. j.g. Jennifer Hansen, Petty Officer 1st Class Nicole Kleinsmith, Kim Babcock, Jennifer Ibaven, Judith Connelly, Capt. Kim Guedry, Dr. Benedette Adewale and Lt. Elizabeth Murphy. Not pictured: Margaret Exton, Irene Gonin, Taylor Kall, Rae Mason, Grace Python, Gail Roderick, Anita Trombino, Christine Wadsworth and Cmdr. Michelle Noonan. (U.S. Coast Guard photo illustration.)

March 25, 2021

Women in RDT&E and Innovation help drive Coast Guard mission success

Women’s History Month serves as a reminder of the many contributions and strengths women bring to the Coast Guard.