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March 11, 2021

SOTCG: Get all the details on the Commandant's announcements

This afternoon, Commandant Karl Schultz outlined the Coast Guard’s perseverance through a difficult year, and highlighted encouraging developments in our efforts to advance as a mission ready service.

March 10, 2021

Travel and leave policy returns to pre-pandemic status

With the exception of unofficial foreign travel, the Coast Guard has returned travel and leave approval procedures for military member to pre-pandemic status.

Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Jason Vanderhaden is made an honorary member of the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association by CGCVA National President, MCPO (Ret.) Stephen Petersen and National Vice President, CDR (Ret.) Terry O'Connell in front of the original Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba mast in Grand Haven, MI, Saturday, Aug 4, 2018..The Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association is a Non-Profit Association of Active Duty Members, Retired Members, Reserve Members, and Honorably Discharged Former Members of the United States Coast Guard, who served in, or provided direct support to combat situations recognized by an appropriate Military award, while serving as a member of the United States Coast Guard. Coast
Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Christopher Mullins.

March 10, 2021

Veteran Affairs’ COVID Coach App supports mental health, self-care during pandemic

The app helps service members and civilians manage heightened emotions.

Chaplain Cain with Mr. Luisi, U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

March 9, 2021

Chaplain Kimberly Cain welcomes the stranger

“Mental health is a basic right and dignity.”

ALEXANDRIA, Va. - A Coast Guard Information Systems Technician adjusts cables inside a server room at the Telecommunication and Information Systems Command (TISCOM) Jan. 24, 2013. ITs are responsible for establishing and maintaining Coast Guard computer systems, analog and digital voice systems (telephones and voicemail), and installing and maintaining the physical network infrastructure that ties the systems together. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith

March 9, 2021

Virtual learning gains traction at TRACEN Yorktown

Training Center Yorktown has created an educational environment without a single classroom, as they launch virtual, and self-paced, and facilitated remote learning environments to meet the needs of a busy workforce.

Petty Officer 2nd Class Kelly Badal, a crew member of Coast Guard Communication Command, works on a computer inside a Coast Guard enhanced mobile incident command post (EMICP) in Bayonne, N.J., Wednesday, Sept. 23, 2015. The EMICP provided a spacious and climate-controlled environment, voice and data connectivity as well as acted as the security command post during the papal visit and United Nations General Assembly in New York. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Frank Iannazzo-Simmons)

March 8, 2021

Sector Commanders moves to virtual training to protect workforce, and increase efficiency

Sector commander and department head courses have transitioned to a virtual learning environment

March 8, 2021

Tom’s Run: America’s longest fun run is hosted by the Coast Guard

June 4-6: Join the DC-area event, form your own remote team, or just run the equivalent of a relay leg.

A group of SPARs pose for a photograph during World War II.

March 8, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Over 230 years of women in the Coast Guard—America’s diversity trailblazers!

Celebrating International Women's Day, here is a historical overview of women in the Coast Guard.

U.S. Coast Guard Adm. Karl Shultz, commandant of the Coast Guard, alongside a panel of six selected junior officers, address cadets at the Coast Guard Academy, New London, Connecticut, March 3, 2021. The panelists discussed their own personal experiences in the field to give insight into what lies ahead once the cadets join the fleet as officers.
(U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ronald Hodges)

March 5, 2021

Opportunities abound in the U.S. Coast Guard

A panel of six Coast Guard junior officers spoke to the corps of cadets and officer candidates at the Coast Guard Academy about exciting, future opportunities.