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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.

U.S. Marines with Battlefield Surveillance Company, 2nd Intelligence Battalion, and U.S. Coast Guardsmen boat through channels and survey the water off the coast of Oak Island, North Carolina, Aug. 31, 2016. The Marines teamed up with U.S. Coast Guardsmen at Coast Guard Station Oak Island, North Carolina, to create a topographical layout of waterways that were previously unidentifiable. The new maps will correct navigation discrepancies such as off-station buoys or extinguished lights. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Kaitlyn V. Klein)

Dec. 6, 2022

Calling all engineers! The Coast Guard's Military to Mariner program has a new engineering credential course

Now the Military to Mariner program offers one more credential opportunity for engineers.

Coast Guard Fort Lauderdale 45-foot Response Boat-Medium crewmembers stand in front of a capsized boat at St. Andrews Bay, Florida, Oct. 22, 2018. The boatcrew spotted the capsized boat during a law enforcement patrol through a Hurricane Michael high-impact area. Coast Guard Photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class David Brindley.

June 17, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Cleaning up after Florida's most destructive hurricanes

Hurricane season is here, we take a moment to remember clean up efforts from Hurricane Michael in 2018.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Allison Matthews, a damage controlman, aboard USCGC Resolute (WMEC 620) conducts a throttle round in the engineroom at sea on Aug. 27, 2020.

Feb. 10, 2021

DC, EM, ET, MK ratings: Learn about the new sea time requirements

Petty officers will get experience while on land, and also while at sea.