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Chief Petty Officer Maureen Potratz, a member of the Coast Guard Base Rockmore-King Clinic staff, receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot by Petty Officer 2nd Class Qarina Orlowski, in Kodiak, Alaska, on Jan. 8, 2021. Coast Guard 17th District personnel are working diligently to vaccinate servicemembers to combat the spread of COVID-19. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Capt. Charles Truncale.

July 14, 2021

The latest about COVID and its long term effects—a Wellness Wednesday discussion 

Join us for Wellness Wednesday July 14, at 3 pm EDT

An aerial shot of the tidal flats and marshlands in southern Louisiana, taken June 25, provides an idea of just how difficult oil clean-up operations would be in such a shallow and densely vegetated environ. Coast Guard members and civilian boat crews are working to boom off inlets to these areas in order to prevent contamination of one of the Gulf Coast's most sensitive ecosystems.

July 12, 2021

The Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Council has announced $302 million in funding to address ecosystem needs across throughout the Gulf of Mexico  

The funding decision supports restoration activities spanning the Gulf Coast states impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill 

The U.S. Coast Guard Academy welcomes two hundred and ninety-one young women and men to the Class of 2025 for Day One, June 28, 2021. Day One marks the start of Swab Summer, an intensive seven-week program that prepares students for military and Academy life. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Cmdr. Krystyn Pecora)

July 12, 2021

Swab summer: How it started

Swabs begin their journey at CGA

Picture of Capt. Jim O’Keefe with author Meghan Watson after her graduation from boot camp at Training Center Cape May. (Photograph courtesy of James O’Keefe)

July 9, 2021

The Long Blue Line: “Go to New Orleans and do whatever you can to help!”--Coast Guard aviator remembers Hurricane Katrina

Read about Cmdr. Jim O'Keefe's experience during Hurricane Katrina

Petty Officer 2nd Class Enrique Lemos (surfman #559) operates a 47-foot Motor Lifeboat near the entrance to the Umpqua River in Winchester Bay, Oregon, Dec. 26, 2019. Lemos was one of 10 Coast Guardsmen to certify as a surfman during the winter and spring. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Petty Officer 2nd Class Enrique Lemos)

July 8, 2021

47s in for the long haul 

Revitalization of 107 motor lifeboats greenlighted to improve safety and ease of use 

Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley crew members conduct hoist training with an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew while underway in the Bering Sea June 15, 2021. Helicopter crews deploy aboard Coast Guard cutters to extend their search-and-rescue and law-enforcement reach and shorten response times during maritime emergencies. U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley.

July 8, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returns home

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Cutter Alex Haley returns to Kodiak from Bering Sea patrol, and more

Air Force Master Sgt. Kelisha Brown and fellow Coast Guard senior enlisted leaders listen to leadership best practices as part of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers’ Academy at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, Sept. 4, 2014. The monthlong course, which is open to a select few senior enlisted leaders from other military services, helps prepare new Coast Guard chiefs for the increased responsibility they take on as members of the Chief Petty Officer Corps. Instruction is provided in work-life, wellness, human resource management, oral and written communications, career management, human relations and military customs and courtesies.

July 8, 2021

Bravo Zulu: Happy 50th Anniversary to Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma!

TRACEN Petaluma anniversary, MWR award solicitation, SEER award announcement, and more

Health Safety & Worklife Service Center

July 7, 2021

Creating a purposeful life - Wellness Wednesday

Join us for Wellness Wednesday from 3-4 pm EDT.

Lt. Amanda Thrasher, a Coast Guard search and rescue pilot, stands in the helicopter hangar at Coast Guard Air Station Astoria, at Sector Columbia River, in Warrenton, Oregon, Monday, June 21, 2021. Thrasher serves in the mountainous coastal terrain of the Pacific Northwest where she strives every day to infuse positive impact on personnel who serve in the country’s premier life-saving service. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Cynthia Oldham.

July 6, 2021

Wings of pride: Lt. Amanda Thrasher

The D13 aviator reflects on serving openly in the Coast Guard

The Coast Guard 8th District personnel held a change-of-command ceremony June 25, 2021 at the Port of New Orleans where Rear Adm. John P. Nadeau transfered command of the Coast Guard 8th District to Rear Adm. Richard V. Timme. Nadeau originally took command of the 8th District in June 2019 and retired after 32 years of service following the change of command. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Michelli)

July 1, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard, partner agencies respond to public safety threat of explosives and hostages

Public safety response, changes of command across the service, hunters rescued in D17