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The crew and Coast Guard Academy cadets assigned to Coast Guard Cutter Eagle test their newly acquired fire fighting skills in the Caribbean Sea on June 7, 2018. The 295-foot Barque Eagle is the flagship of the U.S. Coast Guard and serves as a training vessel for cadets at the Coast Guard Academy. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Johanna Strickland/Released)

March 4, 2021

The 2020 Coast Guard Annual Safety Report

U.S. Coast Guard Annual Safety Report (ASR) highlights measures the Coast Guard has taken to keep the workforce safe during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Coast Guard members with Port Security Unit 307 load magazines before completing weapons training at Pinellas County Sheriff's Office firing range in Clearwater, Florida, Nov. 16, 2019. Members with the Clearwater-based unit conduct training to maintain readiness in order to deploy anywhere in the world within 96 hours. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson.

March 4, 2021

Reservists: new Selected Reserve bonus of up to $10k

If you are a reservist, you may be eligible for a bonus of up to $10,000.

The PRTF team works to solve challenges facing the workforce. (From left to right) PFRT team members for calendar year 2020 Master Chief Petty Officer Carl Boehmer, Capt. Thomas Kaminski, Cmdr. Russ Mayer, Lt. James Lord, Petty Officer 1st Class Angelique Limongell are the team members that served throughout calendar year 2020.

March 3, 2021

Here’s how the Personnel Readiness Task Force is working for you

The team creates innovative solutions pulled from research, field input, and from the other services.

Members of the USCGC Stone (WMSL 758) conduct a regular workout while at sea in the South Atlantic on Jan. 19, 2021. Maintaining physical fitness is key to performing operations safely. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class John Hightower)

March 2, 2021

Coast Guard announces April 2021 Body Composition Screening process

The Coast Guard will conduct Body Composition Screenings (BCS) in April

A crew form U.S. Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Sabine, Texas hangs new a dayboard on Lake Charles, Louisiana, Aug 31, 2020. The crew has been working to repair aids to navigation in the tributaries of the Gulf of Mexico in the wake of Hurricane Laura.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Hodges)

March 2, 2021

Coast Guard's first Data Strategy guides the way forward for data readiness and well-informed decision making

The first in our service history, the Coast Guard Data Strategy is a critical step for improving data quality and decision making in the Coast Guard for years to come.

Cmdr. Jeff Barnum discusses “How to Vote while at “A” school” in a video presentation. U.S. Coast Guard video.

March 1, 2021

Coast Guardsman selected for Federal Voting Assistance Award

Coast Guard Voting Assistance Officers help members vote; meet the service's 2020 VAO of the Year.

Coast Guard service members receive their initial dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., Jan. 8, 2021.

Feb. 26, 2021

Training centers lift restrictions for vaccinated students

Vaccinate before training, to avoid Restriction of Movement (ROM) requirements

Feb. 26, 2021

State of the Coast Guard: Live from San Diego

How will you watch the SOTCG March 11?

Chart showing location of District 5 within Atlantic Area and the states within its boundaries. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Feb. 26, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard's Fifth District—Home of Founders, Firsts and Flight for over 230 years!

Coast Guard men, women and assets associated with the Fifth District began playing a vital role in Coast Guard history the year the Constitution was signed.

Feb. 25, 2021

Solicitation for MIT Seminar XXI

Senior officers and executive civilians based in Washington, DC are encouraged to apply to Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s (MIT) Seminar XXI: Educating National Security Leaders program.