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Jan. 24, 2023

How to spot and report retaliation

Second article in a series about anti-retaliation in the service.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathaniel Dirvin runs in the Cocodona 250 race through Black Canyon City and into the Bradshaw Mountains in Arizona in 2022.

Jan. 24, 2023

Running for a cause: how one member runs for the Coast Guard community  

A Coast Guard member raises funds for CGMA through running. 

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Jan. 24, 2023

Unclaimed CGPortal sites are now read-only

Unclaimed CGPortal sites will go offline April 1. 

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Jan. 23, 2023

How to make your online meetings accessible

Microsoft Teams® makes it easy to comply with Section 508

Cyndy Olson and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Steven Cantrell affix new collar devices to Ryan Olson's uniform during the 2014 Coast Guard Enlisted Persons of the Year Banquet at Joint Base Anacostia-Bolling in Washington, D.C., May 7, 2015. During the ceremony, Olson was recognized as the Enlisted Person of the Year - Reserve Component, an honor that comes with a meritorious advancement - in Olson's case, an advancement from petty officer first class to chief petty officer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Kyle Niemi)

Jan. 23, 2023

Coast Guard announces supplemental advancement lists for select ratings 

Five ratings receive new lists effective Jan. 1

Enlistment photograph of Forrest Rednour at the beginning of his brief but heroic Coast Guard career. (Courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 20, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Forrest Rednour—World War II rescue swimmer and FRC namesake

. . . his courageous disregard for his own personal safety in a situation of grave peril was in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.    Navy & Marine Corps Medal citation, Ship’s Cook 2nd Class Forrest O. RednourForrest Oren Rednour was born May 13, 1923, in Cutler, Illinois. He enlisted in the U.S. Coast Guard

A small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton conducts a safety patrol near the cutter while underway in the Pacific Ocean, Aug. 14, 2012. Boatswain's mates (BM) are capable of performing almost any task in connection with deck maintenance, small boat operations, navigation, and supervising all personnel assigned to a ship's deck force or shore unit, and are in charge of the newest Coast Guard small boats while conducting search and rescue, aids to navigation, law enforcement and security operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Annie R. B. Elis)

Jan. 19, 2023

Coast Guard announces Advance-to-Position (A2P) Beta Test

New policy affects select ratings and paygrades.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Corbin Ross, officer in charge of Coast Guard Station Annapolis, poses for a photo in Annapolis, Md., Feb. 26, 2015. Ross has been the officer in charge of Station Annapolis since May 2011. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jasmine Mieszala)

Jan. 18, 2023

Coast Guard revises OIC review board process

Process updated for select candidates

This charcoal drawing was executed by a Coast Guardsman in the Pacific Ocean during the heat of a World War II battle against Japan. (Photo by Martin Berman-Gorvine)

Jan. 18, 2023

Exhibit Center plays key role in telling Coast Guard’s story 

The little-known facility preserves irreplaceable artifacts.

Master Chief Petty Officer Aaron Turbett and then-recruit Jackson Midgett get ready for a running workout at the Coast Guard base in Elizabeth City, North Carolina in August 2022. Midgett spent eight weeks training with Turbett to meet boot camp fitness standards.

Jan. 18, 2023

How a Coast Guard recruiting liaison helped the service gain a new member  

When Jackson Midgett struggled to get fit for boot camp, Master Chief Petty Officer Aaron Turbett got creative and stepped in.