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April 3, 2023

Check out the Coast Guard’s top photos, videos, and articles of 2022

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Posed image of Myrtle Hazard smiling for the camera in 1918 newspaper photo. (Washington Post)

March 31, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Myrtle Hazard—first woman in the United States Coast Guard

Determination led Myrtle Hazard to become an integral part of Coast Guard war communications.

Commodore Mary Kirkwood became the first female Vice National Commodore (VNACO) of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Nov. 1, 2022.Commodore Mary Kirkwood became the first female Vice National Commodore (VNACO) of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, Nov. 1, 2022.

March 31, 2023

Celebrating Women’s History Month: An origin story of the first female VNACO of the Auxiliary

Coast Guard Auxiliary Commodore Mary Kirkwood, VNACO

The Coast Guard has appointed 15 members to the newly established Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard. Consistent with guidance directed by Public Law 116–283, also known as the William (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the board will provide recommendations to the Commandant on matters relating to recruiting, retaining, advancing, and the wellbeing of women who serve in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo Illustration by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion).

March 30, 2023

 Coast Guard announces appointment of Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard members 

The Coast Guard has recently appointed 15 members to the newly established Advisory Board on Women in the Coast Guard. Consistent with guidance directed by Public Law 116–283, also known as the William (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021, the board will provide recommendations to the Commandant on matters

Vice Adm. Kevin Lunday, U.S. Coast Guard Atlantic Area commander, and Atlantic Area staff hold a commemorative flag with retired Army Maj. Gen. Peter Aylward, director of The United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration in Portsmouth, Virginia, Oct. 14, 2022. The VWC program awarded the flag in recognition of Coast Guard Atlantic Area becoming a commemorative partner of the organization. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Kate Kilroy)

March 29, 2023

Coast Guard commemorates National Vietnam War Veterans Day

U.S. government marks 50th anniversary of the end of the war 

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March 27, 2023

Skip the lines – renew your dependent’s ID card online 

Coast Guard members and their families can take advantage of the new pilot program  

A Bloomingdale’s Department Store advertisement for pins. (The (N.Y.) Evening World, April 25, 1918)

March 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: The Baker Twins—Re-searching the first female Coasties - or were they?

One historian’s investigation into the truth of the Baker Twins’ service. 

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March 23, 2023

Retirees, you may be entitled to more pay! 

Inside Combat Related Special Compensation 

Coast Guard Cutter Walnut, a buoy tender homeported in Honolulu and deployed to the Persian Gulf in February 2003, performs aids to navigation work. The cutter arrived in the Persian Gulf Feb. 27, 2003 to support U.S. Naval Forces Central Command during Operation Iraqi Freedom. (Coast Guard Collection)

March 22, 2023

The Long Blue Line - 20 Years OIF: This is the Coast Guard Cutter Walnut's story about deploying to the Persian Gulf for buoy tender operations 

The cutter deployed to the Persian Gulf to defend against environmental warfare in the form of oil spills.

Petty Officer Second Class Paul F. Floge, a Coast Guard reservist with Coast Guard Port Security Unit 311 out of San Pedro, Ca., provides security with a .50 caliber machinegun on the Khawr al Amaya oil terminal off the coast of Iraq. Flodge, who works full time for the Los Angeles Police Department, is one of many reservists called to active duty in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom.

March 21, 2023

The Long Blue Line - 20 Years OIF: Combat Operations of Port Security Units during Operation Iraqi Freedom

The role of Port Security Units during OIF.