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May 18, 2023
Congratulations to the 2022 Captain Niels P. Thomsen Innovation Award Winners
Recipients pioneered solutions that improve Coast Guard operations and service readiness – just like the legendary Coast Guard innovator whose “chain stopper” dramatically improved the safety of buoy tending operations and for whom these awards are named.
Coast Guard improves assignment priority for Indo-Pacific and hard-to-fill areas
AP panel retains six priorities as part of its triennial review.
Officers: Join OPM’s virtual roadshow about prevention assignments
OPM-2 presents this road show May 24, at 2 p.m. EDT
May 16, 2023
Operation Dry Water: boost partnerships and reduce fatalities
Annual campaign designed to educate the public on boating safety.
Recognizing Mental Health Month
Now is the time for some 'real talk' about mental health.
May 15, 2023
Advancing leaders through opportunity
Coast Guard celebrates Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Heritage Month.
Congratulations to the very first winners of the Deployable Specialized Forces Awards
The Coast Guard announces the winners of the 2022 Deployable Specialized Forces (DSF) Awards—the inaugural year of the award.
May 12, 2023
New policy makes it easier for green card holders to enlist
Here’s how YOU can use the change to earn a $1,000 STAR recruiting bonus.
The Long Blue Line: Gander—the most famous aviation rescue that you’ve never heard of
This is the story of the Coast Guard's first civilian helicopter rescue.
May 11, 2023
Honoring CDR Mike Smith (Ret), the Grand Haven Coast Guard Festivals original 'hype man'
The service’s original “hype man,” CDR Smith’s passion for the Coast Guard was unequalled.