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Jan. 25, 2022

ALCGPSC 015/22: Award of the Humanitarian Service Medal for Haiti Earthquake Relief Operations

Members who were physically present in the Joint Task Force Haiti Joint Operations Area may be eligible for the Humanitarian Service Medal.

A health services technician wearing a mask, blue scrubs and stethoscope, standing in a clinic, looking at the photographer

Jan. 24, 2022

Last Call for the new Excellence in Customer Service Award Nominations

Recognizing responsiveness to our customers' needs

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Jan. 14, 2022

ALCGENL 003/22: May 2022 Service-Wide Examination (SWE) Competition

SWEs will be administered May 3 through May 6 for all ratings, except MU.

Today, after a yearlong process that produced hundreds of submissions and research involving space professionals and members of the general public, we can finally share with you the name by which we will be known: Guardians. The opportunity to name a force is a momentous charge. Guardians is a name with a long history in space operations, tracing back to the original command motto of Air Force Space Command in 1983, “Guardians of the High Frontier.” The name Guardians connects our proud heritage and culture to the important mission we execute 24/7 to safeguard the ultimate high ground and provide space capabilities to our nation’s leaders. Guardians. Semper Supra!

Jan. 13, 2022

U.S. Space Force celebrates its second birthday; USO Coast Guardsman of the Year 2021; and Silver Lifesaving Medal awarded to two-time bodyboarding champion

Bravo Zulu

Master Chief Rashaun Morris retirement ceremony Cape Cod, October 17, 2020. Morris retired after 33 years of service. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Carlos Tobon)

Jan. 12, 2022

Everything active duty senior chiefs need to know about the May 2022 MCAP 

You are ready to advance to master chief...here’s what you need to do next.

Coast Guard service member looks out the window of a ship at the Pacific ocean

Jan. 7, 2022

We're so glad 2021 is done, read these 2022 Watch Logs for fun

New Year's Day watch log entry poems from around the Coast Guard

Petty Officer First Class Joseph DeVito received the 2021 Hopley Yeaton Cutter Superior Cutterman Award (enlisted category). Among many other distinctions, DeVito qualified as an underway officer of the deck. Coast Guard photo.

Jan. 6, 2022

Hopley Yeaton Award winners; 2021 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year; 2020 Area Maritime Security Committee of the Year Award; Niagara Falls recovery 

Hopley Yeaton Award winners named. The Douglas Munro Chapter of the Surface Navy Association (SNA) announced the recipients of the 2021 Hopley Yeaton Cutter Excellence and Superior Cutterman Awards. The Hopley Yeaton awards, which honor the Coast Guard’s legendary sea-going forbearer, Capt. Hopley Yeaton, are given annually to celebrate and

Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Lopez del Castillo stands with her crewmembers at Station Miami Beach, Fla. Photo courtesy Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Lopez del Castillo.

Jan. 4, 2022

Reserve on active duty orders: Speaking both languages of operations

Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Lopez del Castillo, a member of Station Miami Beach, Fla., is a veritable trove of local knowledge for her unit.  

Coast Guard Cutter Victory in heavy surf.

Dec. 24, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Lest we forget—the Triumph-Mermaid tragedy 60 years ago

At approximately 4:15 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961, Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, at the mouth of the Columbia River, received a radio call from Roy Gunnari, skipper of the fishing vessel Jana Jo. Gunnari advised that he was relaying a mayday call from the fishing vessel Mermaid, a 34-foot crab-fishing boat from Ilwaco, Wash., owned

Senior Executive Gary Rasicot is one of the recent winners of the Presidential Rank Award. He has served with distinction in numerous leadership positions within the Department of Homeland Security, including the Coast Guard, the Transportation Security Administration, and is currently serving as the acting assistant secretary for DHS Countering Weapons of Mass Destruction Office.

Dec. 16, 2021

2 Coast Guard civilians receive highest award for senior executives; the perfect fit—how the Industrial Production Facility at Alameda collaborated to help Coast Guard Cutter Waesche get underway; meritorious advancement.

2 Coast Guard civilians receive the highest award bestowed upon senior executives. Congratulations to Coast Guard civilian senior executives Gary Rasicot and Calvin Lederer who were recognized for the 2021 Presidential Rank Award (PRA) program. The PRA program was established in 1978 and is one of the highest awards the President of the United