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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

Art contest logo

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.

Vintage photograph of Capt. Carl Christian von Paulsen late in his Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Dec. 30, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Capt. von Paulsen’s New Year’s Day aviation rescue near Miami

Before all was said and done, the rescue turned to survival for the rescuers.

Chief Petty Officer Joseph Greely (left) from Coast Guard Cutter Charles Moulthrope instructs then Petty Officer 1st Class Collin Strange as they conduct training in the cutter’s small boat in the Atlantic on April 12, 2021. Strange, an operations specialist, is the winner of the 2022 Hopley Yeaton Enlisted Officer Superior Cutterman award. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Sydney Niemi/Released)

Dec. 29, 2022

2022 Hopley Yeaton Awards winners announced 

Coast Guard “Oscars” recognize cutter excellence and superior cutterman 

Chief Petty Officer Matt Shaw’s signature Brownie Toffee Bars, Jan. 2022. MyCG featured five culinary specialists (CSs) as part of a holiday menu for the Coast Guard community. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Chief Petty Officer Troy Shaw)

Dec. 28, 2022

Rounding out the MyCG Holiday Menu

A dessert recipe you don’t want to miss.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jake Flores, maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Safety & Security Team Houston and 2022 USO Service Member of the Year honoree, beams during a ceremony in Houston, Texas, Dec. 1, 2022. Flores’s command nominated him for the award for jumping into the Rio Grande to save a drowning baby during a patrol on June 2, 2022. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Corinne Zilnicki)

Dec. 26, 2022

‘Heroic, humble’ Coast Guardsman selected as 2022 USO Service Member of the Year 

Putting others' lives before his own, a true Coast Guardsman

U. S. Life-Saving Service Keeper Benjamin Dailey. Credit: USCG.

Dec. 22, 2022

Lifesaving crew rescue 9 from the barkentine Ephraim Williams just before Christmas 1884 

Cape Hatteras Station performs one of the most heroic feats of the Life-Saving Service.