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Oct. 17, 2022

Coast Guard mother and son reunite at LAX after three years apart 

A family reunited after three years apart.

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Oct. 17, 2022

Congratulations to 2022 Coast Guard Excellence in Safety Award recipients

Individual members and units are awarded for their dedication to safety efforts.

LATINA Style recognizes three Coast Guard service members and one civilian employee: Lt. Maria McElhaney, Executive Officer, Marine Safety Unit (MSU) Cleveland, Ensign Olivia Gonzalez, deck watch officer, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Dauntless, Petty Officer 2nd Class Johanna Polanco-Garcia, storekeeper division, U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba, Sheyla Matos, naval architect, Offshore Patrol Cutter Project Resident Office (OPC PRO). (U.S. Coast Guard graphic.)

Oct. 17, 2022

LATINA Style recognizes Coast Guard service members and civilian employee

Recognizing three amazing women who support the service and their communities.

A young Marvin Perrett in his dress blue uniform during his World War II service in the Coast Guard. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Oct. 14, 2022

The Long Blue Line: The life and times of Marvin Perrett—Portrait of a World War II coxswain and FRC namesake

[Editor’s note: This article was first published in 2005 and has been modified to meet MyCG style. Marvin Perrett passed away in 2007. In recognition of his World War II service, he received numerous ribbons for naval campaigns in the European and Pacific theatres, as well as induction into the French Legion of Honor with rank of Chevalier. Perrett

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Oct. 13, 2022

Attention Contracting Officer’s Representatives (CORs): Training is coming! 

Sign up now for COR 101 training course on Oct. 18 and 19 

The new U.S. Coast Guard Strategy was released Oct. 12, 2022

Oct. 12, 2022

Commandant unveils new Coast Guard strategy and ethos

“Now is the time to move our service forward.”

Chief Petty Officer Academy instructors Senior Chief Petty Officer Jacob Zorbaugh Chief Petty Officer Keith Impey test the new Leadership Competency Facilitator Guide in October 2022. (U.C. Coast Guard photo.)

Oct. 12, 2022

New training tool offers engaging way into leadership for military members and civilians 

Guide provides structure and straight talk for developing leaders.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Nathaniel Bracero and Petty Officer 2nd Class Neisha Torres recruiting for the Coast Guard at an event in Puerto Rico during the week of June 21, 2022. The couple, who grew up in Puerto Rico, put together and hosted a week-long series of recruiting events in their home country. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)

Oct. 11, 2022

Portsmouth members take “Everyone is a Recruiter” back home to Puerto Rico

Two members spend a week recruiting potential applicants on the island where they grew up.

After World War I, the Navy returned the Coast Guard Cutter Manning to the jurisdiction of the Coast Guard, which stationed it in Norfolk, Virginia. The cutter was assigned to annual “winter cruising” from December through March each year. (digitalcommonwealth.org)

Oct. 7, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Saving Sunbeam—a deadly human trafficking case over 100 years ago

Chinese non-citizens rescued from the icy waters after the ship they were aboard sank into the sea at the beginning of the 20th century.

Florence Manchester Smith reads a letter from Admiral Linda Fagan, Commandant of the Coast Guard, presented to her in honor of her 100th birthday, Thursday, Sept. 29, 2022. Smith enlisted in the Coast Guard in December 1943 as part of the SPARs, the all-female workforce that was mobilized during World War II. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Pamela Manns)

Oct. 7, 2022

Coast Guard SPAR celebrated and honored on 100th birthday

Celebrating a service woman's 100 years of life.