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Petty Officer 1st Class Bradley Martin, a marine science technician, wears enhanced hearing protection while conducting an exam in a high-decibel environment on a ship in Boston in January 2022. The Coast Guard continues to evaluate these electronic earbuds as a safety measure, using seed funding and resources from the Science and Technology Innovation Center (STIC). (Coast Guard photo)

Feb. 28, 2023

Coast Guard tests high-tech hearing protection 

Marine inspectors testing electronic earbuds that block damaging noise, but let you communicate.

Commissary Steward First Class Alphonzo F. Barbour dressed in his steward uniform including medals he received during his Coast Guard career. (Courtesy of Vince Patton)

Feb. 24, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Remembering centurium Alphonzo Barbour—eyewitness to African American history

The Coast Guard's 8th MCPOCG shares his time with a centenarian.

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Feb. 21, 2023

Coast Guard announces 2022 Engineer of the Year Award 

Andrew Lawrence honored for outstanding achievements.

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Feb. 14, 2023

Managers and supervisors: Here are the do’s and don’ts of retaliation 

What to do and what not to do if a EEO complaint is filed against you as a manager or supervisor.

Three Coast Guard Foundation Scholars and College Graduates from left to right Isabel DeSanno, Kya Girabaldi, Noah Pawlowski

Feb. 13, 2023

Coast Guard Foundation Scholarships 2023 Open Season is here!

How to apply for a Coast Guard Foundation Scholarship this year.

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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.