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Windsor Ridge Homes hosts an open house on their model home in their new community Lorson Ranch, Colorado Springs, Colo., March 7, 2013. Veterans Affairs employs assessors and appraisers to ensure that each home purchased by service members is priced correctly. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Eric Glassey, 4th Inf. Div. PAO)

Sept. 1, 2022

Two Upcoming CG SUPRT webinars can help with life plans 

Attend the September webinars hosted by the CG SUPRT Personal Financial Wellness Program.

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Aug. 31, 2022

Best Places to Work: Pay and Personnel Center (PPC) Topeka 

PPC celebrates 40 years of great customer service.

The Health and Wellness Center at Langley Air Force Base, Va., offers portion control plates to assist in healthier eating practices. Each meal should include protein, vegetables, fruits and a grain, with each serving approximately the size of a fist. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Brittany Paerschke-O'Brien/Released)

Aug. 31, 2022

A healthy diet leads to a healthy lifestyle throughout the year

Here are some healthy eating tips, and join CHAMP dietitians discussing healthy diets for members during today's Wellness Wednesday.

Retired Coast Guard Capt. Daniel C. Burbank, former NASA astronaut, is returning to the U.S. Coast Guard Academy to serve as a Professor of Practice in the Mechanical Engineering program. Burbank is one of two Coast Guard officers to have ever served as an astronaut. As a veteran of two Space Shuttle missions and one long duration mission aboard the International Space Station (ISS), he has logged a total of 188 days in space. (U.S. Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Thieme)

Aug. 30, 2022

Former astronaut returns to teach at U.S. Coast Guard Academy 

After walking in space, former CGA graduate returns to teach future Coast Guard officers.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua Smith, a marine inspector from Coast Guard Sector Anchorage’s Marine Safety Task Force (MSTF), inspects flares during a dockside commercial fishing vessel safety exam in Naknek, Alaska, June 15, 2022. MSTF members conducted exams throughout the Bristol Bay region June 13 - 24 focused on safety equipment such as flares, navigational signals, fire extinguishers, and the serviceability of immersion suits. Each vessel that passed a dockside exam earned a decal. U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Melissa E. F. McKenzie.

Aug. 29, 2022

Coast Guard beefs up protection for fast evolving Marine Transportation System  

Here's how we are planning to train and retain our prevention workforce.

Official photograph of Chief Canine Sinbad featuring the Coast Guard crest in the background. (U.S. Coast Guard)

Aug. 26, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Chief Canine Sinbad—the Coast Guard’s Four-Legged Sailor 

Life of a cutter dog.

Lisa Parks in front of Coast Guard Cutter 37 (formerly Coast Guard Cutter Taney) on Pier 5 of Baltimore’s Inner Harbor. Parks, who works at the nearby Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC) as chief of the Information Services Branch, began her Coast Guard career 33 years ago as a high school intern.

Aug. 26, 2022

How the SFLC’s Lisa Parks advanced from GS-1 to GS-15  

Building a successful civilian career at the Coast Guard. 

A Coast Guard military working dog was honored during a retirement ceremony held by members of the Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) San Francisco on Base Alameda July 22, 2022. Feco, a nine-year old Hungarian Vizsla, joined the MSST San Francisco Canine Explosive Detection Team (CEDT) in 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Matthew West)

Aug. 26, 2022

Coast Guard retired working dogs receive financial support 

Celebrating National Dog Day, CGMA provides funds for retired dogs

Young artists illustrate greener shipping

Aug. 25, 2022

Young artists illustrate greener shipping  

Winners announced for 2022 Student Art Contest.

Jamille Bigio is the senior coordinator for Gender and Women’s Empowerment at the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), in which she works tirelessly for gender equality, national security, and global prosperity.

Aug. 23, 2022

WATCH: Women’s Equality Day observance, featuring Jamille Bigio.  

Senior coordinator for Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment shares her story with the Coast Guard workforce.