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Coast Guard Cutter Patoka crew loads cement weights on board Coast Guard Cutter Patoka Oct. 24, 2022 at Ensley Engineer Yard near Memphis, Tennessee. The Patoka is responding to low water by assisting with aids to navigation on the Mississippi river. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class James Hague)

Nov. 23, 2022

Coast Guard to the rescue as stretches of the Mississippi run dry

Cuttermen handle unprecedented workload with poise

Participants in the ground breaking ceremony shovel dirt, to signify the beginning of the energy microgrid project on U.S. Coast Guard Training Center (TRACEN) Petaluma, California, Jan. 28, 2022. The goal of the project is to allow TRACEN Petaluma to be able to produce their own power for up to 10-days of independent and full operations through the installation of five megawatts of solar photovoltaic and 11.6 megawatt hours of battery storage. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor Bacon)

Feb. 3, 2022

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard holds renewable energy microgrid groundbreaking ceremony in Petaluma, California and more

Coast Guard holds renewable energy microgrid groundbreaking ceremony in Petaluma, California; Coast Guard, local responders recover deceased man, rescue woman in distress in ocean waters off ‘El Morro’ castle in San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Coast Guard rescues 2 off Cape Canaveral, Florida. 

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.

Cape Lookout Lighthouse with solar panels

Aug. 12, 2021

The Coast Guard has established a working group to focus on climate change

Capt. Steve Ramassini doesn’t see 15 acres of field along the northwest border of Training Center Petaluma – he sees an opportunity to enhance the resiliency of the base through renewable energies. “We’re increasing our renewable energy footprint and instituting energy storage in this field, which will not only enable off-grid operation, but will