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Graphic celebrating 231 years of the U.S. Coast Guard.

Aug. 4, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard Day edition

How Alexander Hamilton's cutters are moving into the future, 231 years after we became "America's "first fleet"

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Guard and Petty Officer 2nd Class Carlos Alexander, in a server room located at Coast Guard Sector New York on Fort Wadsworth, Staten Island, New York, June, 26, 2007. Coast Guard information systems technician's are responsible for establishing and maintaining Coast Guard systems.
U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Tom Sperduto

Aug. 3, 2021

Collaborative Cyber Response showcases strength of Coast Guard capability

Sector New York protects U.S. supply chain against malicious cyber attacks

Aug. 3, 2021

Training Opportunity: DoD365 Boot Camp is here!

Choose Basic or Advanced training, and walk away with a Boot Camp certificate. Armed with this knowledge, life gets a lot easier when it comes to collaborating, communicating with colleagues, hosting meetings and being more productive.

In 2020, Martha G. Stewart from Training Center Yorktown was the recipient of the Swaringen Award. Stewart was honored by this recognition. Over the past five years, she has had the privilege of working with so many amazing people, all who were interested in improving performance – of themselves, their units, and the Coast Guard.

Aug. 3, 2021

Nominate your colleague for the 2021 Charles E. Swaringen, Jr., Award for Outstanding Mentorship in Human Performance Technology

Plus, meet Coast Guard civilian Martha Stewart, who received the 2020 Swaringen award. She credits her own mentor with helping her become an emissary for HPT.

Health care professionals from the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Health Services and U.S. Coast Guard Academy Clinic performed electrocardiograms on the Swabs in the Class of 2025, July 5, 2021. The new ECG screening program aims to mitigate the chances of students experiencing a sudden cardiac arrest. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by David Kenny)

Aug. 3, 2021

Perfect cadence: The U.S. Coast Guard Academy’s new electrocardiogram initiative

CGA institutes new ECG program to monitor cadet health

Aug. 2, 2021

Here's when to use the new Coast Guard COVID-19 contact tracing application

Here’s what you need to do if you are diagnosed with COVID-19.

Aug. 2, 2021

Tested positive for COVID? Remember to update CGPAAS

Use the Coast Guard Personnel Accountability and Assessment System (CG PAAS) to update your status

Serving aboard NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker, U.S. Coast Guard officer Lt.j.g. Rebecca Edmonds holds a sample of plankton that is submerged in a preservation fluid

Aug. 2, 2021

Sardines and science: How an Lt. j.g. talked her way onto a NOAA ship's crew

Along the way, Lt. j.g. Rebecca Edmonds earned the qualification for underway officer of the deck - and the trust of a very skeptical chief scientist.

Rear Adm. Matthew W. Sibley, the Commander of the 14th Coast Guard District, speaks during a rare triple-commissioning ceremony at Coast Guard Sector Guam July 29, 2021. During the ceremony, Coast Guard Cutters Myrtle Hazard, Oliver Henry and Fredrick Hatch were commissioned. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Travis Magee/Released)

July 30, 2021

U.S. Coast Guard commissions 3 Fast Response Cutters in Guam

The Coast Guard Cutters Myrtle Hazard (WPC 1139), Oliver Henry (WPC 1140) and Frederick Hatch (WPC 1143) were commissioned during a rare triple-commissioning ceremony at their new homeport at Coast Guard Forces Micronesia Sector Guam.