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Petty Officer 2nd Class Nicholas Lusk, a PSU 309 tactical boat crew member, mans the aft M240B during a waterside security drill Sept. 19, 2022, as part of the training exercise Desired Effect held in Farmington, Missouri. During this evolution, an opposing force vessel began a simulated attack on two high value assets—one at anchor and one underway—initiating multiple high speed tactical maneuvers by the PSU. As the vessels dodged each other, their sharp turns and evasive maneuvers tossed up a heavy wake, and gave the boat crews a realistic training environment for boat handling and weapons employment. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Tyler Frederick)

Feb. 13, 2023

Part One: Taking the PSU back to its roots

Preparing for Exercise Desired Effect

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Feb. 13, 2023

Coming soon: All Coast Guard emails must have a digital signature

Why this is happening and what you need to know

A 1942 colorized photograph of Seaman Robert E. Thompson. (Courtesy of Robert E. Thompson)

Feb. 10, 2023

The Long Blue Line: WWII recruit training at Manhattan Beach and desegregating the U.S. military

Many African American Coast Guard recruits trained in the New York facility prior to serving their country.

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Feb. 9, 2023

DHS Leader Grams– the best Valentines to give in the office 

Send a message to recognize a coworker’s leadership.

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Feb. 8, 2023

Best places to Work: Civil Engineering Unit Juneau

Another installment of Coast Guard Best Places to Work.

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Feb. 7, 2023

Chilling effect and its retaliation impacts

The Coast Guard's Anti-Retaliation campaign continues with the "chilling effect."

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Feb. 7, 2023

Reminder: Email retention policy to change Mar. 1 

Coast Guard will now delete most emails after (older than) 10 years  

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Huggins, the current machinery technician rating force master chief (MK RFMC), stands with his son, Navy Seaman Michael Huggins, at Michael’s basic training graduation in Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Michigan, August 2012. Huggins has served as the MK RFMC at Coast Guard headquarters since June 2022. (Photo courtesy Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Huggins)

Feb. 6, 2023

MK RFMC connects members in the field with headquarters policies 

Teams page gives enlisted members more direct access.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Brett Rielly, a boatswain's mate stationed at Coast Guard Station Juneau, Alaska, writes out an equation used to calculate distance in Jody Levernier's sixth-grade math class at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School April 19, 2013. This event marked the fifth consecutive year that Levernier invited Coast Guard personnel to her class to show students how practical math is in the real world. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Grant DeVuyst.

Feb. 6, 2023

Part 2 Here are more 2023 New Year’s Logs!

Read PAC Area submissions below.

Rare photo showing the heroic Pea Island Lifesaving Station crew commanded by famed African American keeper Richard Etheridge. (Coast Guard Collection)

Feb. 3, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Keeper Richard Etheridge and the Gold Medal lifesavers of Pea Island

The first African American officer-in-charge of a military installation.