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Station Morro Bay expansion project complete

Oct. 5, 2021

Creating room for mixed-gender crew

Station Morro Bay can now include women on overnight-duty crew

WASHINGTON- Molly Frey, left, receives the Military Child of the Year® award for the National Guard from her grandmother during the 2017 Military Child of the Year® Awards gala at a Ritz-Carlton hotel. Each year, the Military Child of the Year® Award is presented by Operation Homefront to outstanding military children who demonstrate resiliency, leadership and achievement. (U.S. Navy photo my Mass Communication Specialist 3rd Class Eric S. Brann /Released)

Oct. 4, 2021

Should your youth be the 2022 Military Child of the Year?

Applications will be received through December 1, 2021

Lois Bouton, who served as a SPAR from 1943 to 1945, went on to write more than 100,000 letters to Coast Guard members over a span of 50 years, earning her the affectionate title, “The Coast Guard Lady.” Photo courtesy of Lois Bouton.

Sept. 30, 2021

BZ: Help meet the challenge of making 2021 the year “The Coast Guard Lady” receives the most cards ever to mark her 102nd birthday, and more

BZ: Help meet the challenge of making 2021 the year “The Coast Guard Lady” receives the most cards ever to mark her 102nd birthday; Participate in the “Eight Bells—A Sea Service Celebration”; Happy 74th Birthday to the United States Air Force.

Lt. Michael White, a nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s intensive care unit, uses telehealth to discuss patient statuses and recommendations with Tiffany Ingram, a nurse at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Telehealth is the use of telecommunications and information technologies to provide health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, consultation, education, and health-related information across distances. White, a native of Boise, Idaho, says, “Telehealth provides us the opportunity to access those critical care resources to help mitigate staffing shortages. From a nursing standpoint, it gives us a second pair of critical care nursing eyes on the patient data to potentially catch any signs or symptoms that might get missed by the assigned nurse.” (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released).

Sept. 27, 2021

Coast Guard Care Anywhere continues to make strides in adoption and use

Coast Guard Care Anywhere (CGCA), our virtual telehealth program, has a team that’s been busy scheduling events and making exciting improvements to the program. Here are some updates on the program and an overview of enhancement releases coming to you soon: CGCA Clinic Visits. CGCA has now been rolled out to every Coast Guard clinic with full

The Coast Guard has announced the eight 2020 Coast Guard Civilian Employee of the Year and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year awardees. The Commandant will preside over a ceremony at Coast Guard headquarters on Sept. 29 to recognize these individuals. Unlike in previous years, this will not be open attendance due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Sept. 27, 2021

Coast Guard honors eight civilians with prestigious Employee of the Year Awards

The Coast Guard has announced the eight 2020 Coast Guard Civilian Employee of the Year and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year awardees.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Dayna Sandoval wins SAIGE Military Meritorious Service Award. In addition to excelling in her duties as an avionics electrical technician, she has mentored tribal youth interested in military careers.

Sept. 23, 2021

BZ: Congratulations to the winners of the Society of American Indian Government Employees Military Meritorious Service Awards, and more.

BZ: Congratulations to the winners of the Society of American Indian Government Employees Military Meritorious Service Awards; Bravo Zulu to the 2021 Women of Color (WOC) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Awardees; 2021 Leadership and Excellence in Diversity Award recipients announced; 2021 Leadership and Excellence in Diversity Award recipients announced.

Chief Bosun’s Mate Pablo Valent of the Brazos Boat Station, known today as Station South Padre Island. (National Archives)

Sept. 17, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Hispanic American history of the Coast Guard—200 years of service!

Celebrating Hispanic American history

A Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder small boat crew takes a moment for a photo in the Davis Strait Aug. 13, 2021. Snyder worked alongside Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Harry Dewolf and HMCS Goose Bay in Operation Nanook to enhance collective abilities to respond to safety and security issues in the High North through air and maritime presence activities, maritime domain defense, and security exercises. Top Row (left to right): Petty Officer 2nd Class Constance Jennings, Ensign Charlotte Braman, Petty Officer 2nd Class Danielle Wilson. Bottom Row (left to right): Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Swink, Ensign Emma Compagnoni, Petty Officer 2nd Class Gayle Buchanan (U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCGC Richard Snyder)

Sept. 17, 2021

Faces of Snyder: The Women who "Never Yield"

Meet the women aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder

Sept. 16, 2021

Money Matter$ Reviewing and fixing your credit report

Be sure to review your credit report

Sept. 16, 2021

BZ: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and the tremendous contributions Latinos have made to our country and the Coast Guard, and more

BZ: Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and the tremendous contributions Latinos have made to our country and the Coast Guard; SOLICITATION: 2021 DHS Secretary’s Awards Ceremony request for nominations; SOLICITATION: Copernicus Award 2022; SOLICITATION: Morale, Well-Being, and Recreation (MWR) Awards and Scholarships