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Ice climbers train at Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, near Munising, Mich., in preparation for Michigan Ice Fest the week of Feb. 9-13, 2022. Coast Guard members from Air Station Traverse City and Station Marquette train closely with National Park Service rangers and volunteers to hone their skills. Photo courtesy Chief Ranger Joseph Hughes, Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

Feb. 23, 2022

Rescuers train together, preparing for an emergency in Michigan’s remote Upper Peninsula

Training and teamwork help Coast Guard and other rescuers work better — together

Coast Guard Rear Adm. Megan Dean, Cmdr. Clay Cromer, and high school student cadet leaders conduct the ceremony for the establishment of the Coast Guard Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC) unit at Pinellas Park High School in Largo, Florida, Nov. 12, 2021. The unit is the fourth and largest Coast Guard JROTC established, and the second unit established under recently-expanded federal law. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Ayla Hudson.

Feb. 22, 2022

Coast Guard will launch 2 new Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps units in Fall 2022

Increase in JROTC program growth is viewed as an investment in the future of nation and service

A boarding team from the Coast Guard Cutter Galveston Island, homeported in Honolulu, returns aboard a small boat from the 71-foot commercial fishing vessel Lady Ann Margaret for a fisheries boarding more than 350 miles off Oahu in support of the Coast Guard's Ocean Guardian Strategy March, 4, 2016. While on patrol with a NOAA National Marine Fisheries agent aboard, the crew conducted nine joint boardings resulting in two documented cases of illegal fishing. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Seaman Calsea Clemens/Released)

Feb. 22, 2022

NOAA Knauss Sea Grant fellows make an impact in coastal restoration, combatting climate change, and illegal fishing

Forging partnerships, climate change, oil spills, and fisheries enforcement were among key issues in their marine policy fellowships

Chief Louis Etheridge near the end of his honorable and productive Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Feb. 18, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Louis Etheridge—Gun captain and African-American war hero

Read about the courageous actions resulting in the Coast Guard’s first military medal bestowed on an African American Coast Guardsman for combat heroism.

Staff Sgt. Adam Owings from Mankato, Minn., a construction supervisor with the 492nd Engineer Company also out of Mankato, hands a local child a package of crayons during this year's Beyond the Horizon mission. BTH is a humanitarian and civic assistance exercise that lasts for several months and provides construction and medical assistance to the people of El Salvador. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Cliff Coy)

Feb. 18, 2022

Total Force Wellness Column: Practice kindness, gratitude, and connectedness every day in 2022

Editor's note: This column is written by the Human Performance Resources by CHAMP at the Uniformed Services University The birth of a child, the healing of a disease, or simply, gazing up at the stars—these are all experiences in life that help you understand that you’re part of the universe in ways much bigger than yourself. You may have this

Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, Seventeenth District commander, and Capt. Darwin Jensen, Coast Guard Sector Juneau commanding officer, participates in an advancement ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Allysia Helton at Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Sitka, December 16, 2021. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston.

Feb. 17, 2022

Meritorious Advancement Program; Coast Guard Foundation honors Eighth District; Swarigen Award winner

Bravo Zulu!

The Coast Guard Cutter Valiant (WMEC 621) crew approaches a Dominican Republic Navy vessel Aldebaran (GC-104) crew in the Caribbean Sea during a 30-day patrol Feb. 11, 2022. The Valiant crew transferred migrants to the Aldebaran crew for repatriation. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Feb. 17, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after 30-day patrol, and more

Coast Guard Cutter Valiant returns home after 30-day patrol; Coast Guard interdicts lancha crew observed illegally fishing US waters; oast Guard Cutter visit highlights partnership with Fiji to combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing; Coast Guard rescues 2 from sinking vessel near Sitka, Alaska

John and Carol Witherspoon pose for a photograph near the conclusion of the captain’s distinguished career. (Courtesy of the Mariners’ Museum)

Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: John Gordon Witherspoon—leader, mentor, minority trailblazer, and cutter namesake!

“Learn, think, then act” a mantra for excellence

Crewmembers from Coast Guard Cutter Katmai Bay and emergency workers embark a patient being medevaced from Mackinac Island, Mich. February 7, 2022. The ship diverted from its icebreaking mission on the St. Marys RIver to take on the case. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Feb. 10, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard icebreaker medevacs woman from icebound Mackinac Island, Michigan, and more.

Coast Guard icebreaker medevacs woman from icebound Mackinac Island, Michigan; Nation's sole heavy icebreaker arrives in Antarctica; Coast Guard rescues 18 from ice floe in Lake Erie; and Members of Coast Guard port security unit return home after nine-month deployment.

Coast Guard veteran in bright orange sweater stands in the center of uniformed Coast Guard members, receiving an award

Feb. 9, 2022

WWII veteran Lois “Coast Guard Lady” Bouton remembered by her shipmates

The former SPAR was a confidant, pen-pal and mentor to the Coast Guard community