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Marilyn Melendez Dykman, the first minority female pilot in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard)

March 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard women in aviation—blazing a trail for 80 years!

Celebrating Women's History Month: Women in Coast Guard aviation

March 4, 2022

Message from the Commandant: Celebrate women who provide healing and hope in March

Women's History Month 2022

A veteran of the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, Lt. Frank Newcomb served for over 40 years in the U.S. sea services. He was a progressive thinking man and considered one of the finest officers of the Revenue Cutter Service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

March 4, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Revenue Cutter Hudson and the Battle of Cardenas Bay in the War with Spain

The service’s first minority members honored for heroism in combat in the War with Spain

Female Coast Guard petty officer having a conversation with a potential recruit

March 3, 2022

Coast Guard women can share their story with the Women's Leadership Initiative

(Her)story of the Coast Guard

Coast Guard Cutter Blue Shark transits the waters of the Salish Sea alongside HMCS Saskatoon and HMCS Yellowknife during a joint exercise on Feb. 17, 2022. The exercise was conducted to train and prepare Royal Canadian navy crews for deployments to support United States counter-narcotics operations. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Steve Strohmaier)

March 3, 2022

Frontline Focus: U.S. Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy, and more.

Coast Guard, Navy host international exercise with Royal Canadian navy; Coast Guard Cutter Reliance returns to homeport following 52-day patrol; Coast Guard discovers illegal halibut catch near Kodiak, Alaska; Coast Guard repatriates 42 Cubans to Cuba; and Coast Guard commissions 46th Sentinel-class cutter.

U.S. Coast Guard cadet 1/c Olivia Kamwela, co-president of the Academy's Genesis Council, poses for an environmental portrait on the front steps of Hamilton Hall, Jan. 28. Kamwela posed for a feature photoshoot and social media campaign to be shared on the Academy's social media in early February. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

Feb. 28, 2022

Creating a more diverse academy class through mentoring

The Coast Guard Academy’s Minority Outreach Team connects with aspiring cadets, lends hand through academic career

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael P. Leavitt (ret.) and his wife, Debra, depart a change-of-watch ceremony Thursday, May 22, 2014 at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J. After the change-of watch ceremony, in which Leavitt transferred his duties as MCPOCG to Master Chief Petty Officer Steven W. Cantrell, Leavitt retired following 32 years of Coast Guard service. U.S Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham

Feb. 25, 2022

Leaving active duty? Match with a retiree mentor to support the transition

Mentoring Program expands participation to retiree community

Five extraordinary leaders representing the U.S. Coast Guard were honored for their excellence in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) during the 2022 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) Global Competitiveness Conference in Washington, D.C.

Feb. 25, 2022

Coast Guard personnel honored for excellence in STEM at Black Engineer of the Year Awards Global Competitiveness Conference

Coast Guard honors excellence in STEM

The Coast Guard Cutter James' crew offloaded approximately 54,500 pounds of cocaine and 15,800 pounds of marijuana, worth approximately $1.06 billion, Feb. 17, 2022, in Port Everglades, Fla. The ship’s crew set new records during their 90-day patrol for the largest single cocaine interdiction at 10,915 pounds, worth $206.4 million, and the largest single marijuana interdiction at 3,962 pounds, worth $3.59 million, which is the greatest amount of contraband interdicted during an Eastern Pacific patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Jose Hernandez).

Feb. 24, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter James offloads more than $1.06 billion in illegal narcotics, and more.

Coast Guard Cutter James offloads more than $1.06 billion in illegal narcotics; Station San Juan crew, research vessel Neil Armstrong assist 2 US boaters in distress in Atlantic Ocean waters north of Puerto Rico; Coast Guard repatriates 13; Coast Guard medevacs mariner near Mobile Bay, Ala.

Gen. Paul Nakasone, Commander of U.S. Cyber Command and Director of the National Security Agency, returns a salute render from Coast Guard Rear Adm. Bill Kelly, Superintendent of the Coast Guard Academy, Jan. 20, 2022. Nakasone visited the Coast Guard Academy to discuss the vitality of cyber security infrastructure in an increasingly technological world with both senior leadership and cadets. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban)

Feb. 23, 2022

The CGA and the new operational domain

The Coast Guard Academy will soon commission its first Cyber Systems graduates later this academic year.