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Feb. 9, 2023

DHS Leader Grams– the best Valentines to give in the office 

Send a message to recognize a coworker’s leadership.

Vice Adm. Paul F. Thomas, Coast Guard deputy commandant for mission support (center), presents the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award for small units to ISVS PRO Baltimore staff in November 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Feb. 3, 2023

Here’s what’s new for the second Year of the Excellence in Customer Service Awards

Customer nominations welcome.

Rare photo showing the heroic Pea Island Lifesaving Station crew commanded by famed African American keeper Richard Etheridge. (Coast Guard Collection)

Feb. 3, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Keeper Richard Etheridge and the Gold Medal lifesavers of Pea Island

The first African American officer-in-charge of a military installation.

Seaman Apprentice William Flores’s Coast Guard portrait. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 27, 2023

The Long Blue Line: “No greater love”—Billy Flores, hero of the Cutter Blackthorn

Embodying the motto "So others may live"...

Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Lee Barrone recently received his Naval Studies Certificate as part of a degree program at the United States Naval Community College. (Photo by Alexander Gamble United States Naval Community

Jan. 26, 2023

9 Coast Guard members received a Naval studies certificate during the inaugural graduation ceremony 

The graduation marks a milestone for the new United States Naval Community College program. 

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. 

The 2022 Coast Guard Spouse of the Year, Abbi McCracken, (pictured fourth from the left) stands with other military spouses and friends at an Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year event held in May 2022. Pictured from left to right are: Heba Abdelaal, Vincent Toth, Monica Bassett, Abbi McCracken, Sarah Streyder and Cindy Donivan Meili. (USCG photo)

Jan. 17, 2023

Get your nominations in now for Coast Guard Spouse of the Year 

Nominations are open for the 2023 Armed Forces Insurance Military Spouse of the Year until Jan. 27.

Senior Chief Petty Officer Richard Dixon photographed in his dress blues in Oregon. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Jan. 13, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Senior Chief Richard Dixon—heavy-weather coxswain during powerful Fourth of July

Two notable rescues in the same weekend

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Jan. 10, 2023

The U.S. Coast Guard is helping engage youth in marine environment protection through student art contest

NAMEPA Student Art Contest open now until April 1 for students K-12 grade.

Logo for the Coast Guard's Inspirational Leadership Awards

Jan. 9, 2023

Members, civilians: There's still time to nominate an inspiring leader 

Just being nominated can make a difference in one’s career.