My Coast Guard News

Feb. 23, 2022

FSMS Update: Where to get help with travel vouchers or reimbursement claims

Here are some guidelines to assist you with vouchers or reimbursement claims.

Feb. 22, 2022

MyCG has landed on your homepage

Coast Guard is modernizing organizational communications

A Coast Guard Officer's hat, sword, gloves and ribbons are displayed together with the American Flag.

Feb. 22, 2022

Officers: Create your professional roadmap, attend OPM virtual career guidance roadshows

First of 10 sessions begin Feb. 23

Chief Louis Etheridge near the end of his honorable and productive Coast Guard career. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Feb. 18, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Louis Etheridge—Gun captain and African-American war hero

Read about the courageous actions resulting in the Coast Guard’s first military medal bestowed on an African American Coast Guardsman for combat heroism.

Rear Adm. Nathan Moore, Seventeenth District commander, and Capt. Darwin Jensen, Coast Guard Sector Juneau commanding officer, participates in an advancement ceremony for Petty Officer 1st Class Allysia Helton at Coast Guard Marine Safety Detachment Sitka, December 16, 2021. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alexandria Preston.

Feb. 17, 2022

Meritorious Advancement Program; Coast Guard Foundation honors Eighth District; Swarigen Award winner

Bravo Zulu!

Petty Officer 2nd Class Monique Gilbreath prepares to take part in a diving exercise at Coast Guard Sector San Diego, March 25, 2021. Gilbreath is one of two active female divers in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Alex Gray)

Feb. 15, 2022

New: Career guides for the enlisted workforce

Career guides serve as a blueprint to success from the apprentice through the master level.

John and Carol Witherspoon pose for a photograph near the conclusion of the captain’s distinguished career. (Courtesy of the Mariners’ Museum)

Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: John Gordon Witherspoon—leader, mentor, minority trailblazer, and cutter namesake!

“Learn, think, then act” a mantra for excellence

Emblem for the U.S. Coast Guard Personnel Service Center

Feb. 7, 2022

ALCGOFF 008/22: Off-season solicitation for numerous O5 assignments

AY22 CDR positions are being solicited for any O5 or O4 Active Duty, EAD or officers eligible for Retired Recall.

Feb. 7, 2022

ALCGOFF 007/22: SUBJ: Officer Personnel Management Virtual Outreach Sessions

Save the date for these virtual OPM roadshows!

Feb. 7, 2022

The CG received the DHS Outstanding Unit Award, here’s who is eligible and when you can expect to receive recognition

Distribution of award ribbons to begin in June.