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Aug. 19, 2021

DoD365 Boot Camp is here!

Training starts Monday, so please test your access this week. You'll graduate ready to use all the new tools, with a Microsoft DoD365 Boot Camp certificate to validate your proficiency.

Professor Janet McLeavey at her retirement ceremony, Aug. 11, 2021. McLeavey became the first female faculty member to be employed by the Coast Guard Academy in 1974 and subsequently served for 37 years. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew Abban).

Aug. 19, 2021

First to lead the way

Trailblazing faculty member was the first female professor at CGA

Coast Guard women are assigned the same operational duties as men, whether its aboard cutters, small boats or as aircrew members.

Aug. 19, 2021

BZ:  Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes, and more

BZ: Women’s Equality Day marks a time to celebrate Coast Guardswomen’s service, contributions and successes; Bravo Zulu to the 2020 CAPT Godfrey L. Carden and BM1 John C. Cullen Maritime Security Response Operations (MSRO) Excellence Award; Solicitation for FY21 Special Command Aide of the Year

The Coast Guard Cutter Winslow Griesser rescues 48 Haitian migrants stranded on Monito Cay, Puerto Rico in the Mona Passage Aug. 12, 2021. The migrants were transported to Mayaguez, Puerto Rico, where they transferred to U.S. Border Patrol custody and assisted by Emergency Medical Service personnel. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 19, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico, and more. 

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard rescues 48 Haitian migrants abandoned by smugglers and stranded on Monito Island, Puerto Rico; Coast Guard medevacs man from vessel near Cold Bay, Alaska; Coast Guard Cutter Finback shifts homeport to Portland, Maine; Coast Guard Cutter Midgett holds change of command ceremony; Coast Guard, County of Kauai partners complete successful search and rescue exercise off Kauai, Honolulu

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, which facilitates leadership development across all programs at the Academy. Ray is expected to begin his duties later this year after relieving Adm. Thad Allen, who served as the 23rd Commandant of the Coast Guard from 2006 to 2010 and has held the chair since 2014. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Aux. David Lau)

Aug. 19, 2021

Admiral Ray named next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at CGA 

Adm. Charles W. Ray has been named the next Tyler Chair in Leadership Studies at the U.S. Coast

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Aug. 18, 2021

New FY22 per diem rates

What you can expect for per diem rates in FY22

Coast Guard Sector New Orleans command center personnel work to respond to calls from the Baton Rouge flooding in New Orleans, August 17, 2016. The Coast Guard actively coordinated search and rescue cases for people in distress.

Aug. 18, 2021

The PCS Assist Team will conclude at the end of September

If you’re PCS-ing beginning in October, command resources will be the best option

Petty Officer 3rd Class Stephanie Williams and Seaman Thadeus Shudark, both operations specialists, are hard at work in the Sector Hampton Roads Command Center, July 7, 2015. Every day communications watchstanders stand ready for any event.

Aug. 18, 2021

How to use clear communication strategies while at work—a Wellness Wednesday conversation

This Wellness Wednesday, learn about resources for effective interpersonal and professional communication

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Aug. 18, 2021

Best Places to Work: Station Ketchikan

The Salmon Capital of the World offers once-in-a-lifetime career development. 

The Coast Guard Leadership Development Center Pilots Inaugural Senior Leader Transition Course (SLTC) Class Photo, June 2021. (Coast Guard photo)

Aug. 17, 2021

The Coast Guard Leadership Development Center completes first Senior Leader Transition Course  

Lieutenant commanders and mid-level civilian equivalents have a new opportunity for professional