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The Coast Guard is investing in underway connectivity...and it’s paying off!

Aug. 16, 2023

The Coast Guard is investing in underway connectivity ... and it’s paying off!

This next-generation upgrade provides a twenty-fold increase in the speed of shipboard networks.

Then Petty Officer First Class Sharina Komen stands on the deck of the Coast Guard Cutter Maui while underway in 2020.

March 29, 2023

"I like a challenge" - Why CPO Sharina Komen serves at sea

"The coolest thing about going to sea," Komen says in the first installment of MyCG's new "Why I Serve at Sea" series, "is getting to know the people you work with on a different level. You’re not just going to work and leaving."

Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Huggins, the current machinery technician rating force master chief (MK RFMC), stands with his son, Navy Seaman Michael Huggins, at Michael’s basic training graduation in Great Lakes Naval Training Center in Great Lakes, Michigan, August 2012. Huggins has served as the MK RFMC at Coast Guard headquarters since June 2022. (Photo courtesy Master Chief Petty Officer Michael D. Huggins)

Feb. 6, 2023

MK RFMC connects members in the field with headquarters policies 

Teams page gives enlisted members more direct access.

Petty Officer 1st Class Caleb Noriega, of El Paso, Texas, an instructor with the Coast Guard’s Afloat Training Organization, reviews procedures for proper operation of a P-100 dewatering pump with crewmembers from the Coast Guard Cutter Steadfast, a 210-foot medium endurance cutter, during damage control training conducted as part of Command Assessment of Readiness for Training, Sept. 19, 2014. The ATO, part of Force Readiness Command, assesses and prepares shipboard personnel to meet essential operational requirements.

April 26, 2022

Electrician mates, machinery technicians: EPO afloat positions now open to both ratings

Command-endorsed qualification packages will be accepted mid-May to mid-July  

Dec. 16, 2020

Congratulations to the 2020 Hopley Yeaton Award recipients

Annual awards honor excellent cutters and superior cuttermen

Dec. 15, 2020

Deck Watch Officers: New $40K bonus to go afloat

Your leadership and ambition is needed at sea!