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Jan. 24, 2022
Last Call for the new Excellence in Customer Service Award Nominations
Recognizing responsiveness to our customers' needs
Jan. 21, 2022
The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard pioneers the marine radio over 100 years ago!
Learn how radio became a basic part of a maritime communications.
Jan. 20, 2022
Frontline Focus: U.S., Spain and Morocco collaborate to conduct rescue at sea in Atlantic Ocean, and more.
U.S., Spain, Morocco rescue 103 migrants at sea; Coast Guard Cutter Stone returns to homeport after 61-day patrol; Coast Guard rescues six hunters from Cape Cod marsh, Mass.; Coast Guard rescues 2 jet skiers near Atkinson Island, Texas; and Coast Guard partners with SailPlan to monitor marine infrastructure, increasing port efficiency and helping achieve climate goal.
Jan. 19, 2022
LEIs: Make sure you attend LEI school by Oct. 1
In order to maintain your LEI designation you must attend LEI school
Unlock powerful D&I resources provided by the ILEAD Council
The community of practice site offers event listing, job aids, policies, and instructions in one place
Female officers: Order your SDW uniforms from CGX
SDW women’s coats available from CGX
Jan. 18, 2022
Life at a Coast Guard PSU: Podcast transcription
Recruiters interview Cmdr. Faith Schultz, executive officer of Port Security Unit 309
Jan. 17, 2022
The long walk
A retired Coast Guard master chief petty officer, finally got around to taking the hike he talked about doing for years.
Jan. 14, 2022
Civilian employee pay increases in 2022
2022 pay increases for general schedule employees, other pay plans
The Long Blue Line: “Men against the Sea”—anatomy of a Coast Guard cutter lost at sea
[This essay is adapted from the non-fiction book chapter “Men against the Sea,” Sea, Surf and Hell: The U.S. Coast Guard in World War II (New York: Prentice-Hall, 1945), 72-78.]The Coast Guard patrol craft Wilcox was lost off the Mid-Atlantic coast Sept. 30, 1943. The following account is taken from the statement made by its commanding officer, Lt.