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Joseph Ford, a Coast Guard Sector San Francisco command duty officer, answers the phone at Sector San Francisco command center, March 4, 2021. Ford and Travis Addison, a Sector San Francisco civilian search-and-rescue controller, coordinated the rescue of a young woman who entered the water with no flotation device on January 31, 2021. (U. S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Giles)

April 6, 2021

Civilians to the Rescue

A 19-minute phone call in January meant the world to a young woman fighting for her life.

Port of San Diego Commissioner Marshall Merrifield, Rep. Mike Levin, Coast Guard Deputy Commandant for Mission Support Vice Adm. Michael F. McAllister, Rep. John Garamendi, Chancellor of the University of California San Diego Pradeep Khosla, and Rep. Scott Peters take part in a ribbon-cutting ceremony at Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California San Diego Jan. 24, 2020. The Coast Guard entered into an agreement with Scripps Institution of Oceanography to establish the Blue Technology Center of Expertise, which will provide opportunities for rapid identification and integration of new blue technologies into current Coast Guard capabilities. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Patrick Kelley.)

April 6, 2021

Operation Innovation: Blue Tech Center of Expertise seeks technology solutions 

What is blue technology and how is the Coast Guard using it?

CAPE MAY, N.J. -- Chief Petty Officer Paul Jones, the officer-in-charge of Aids to Navigation Team South Padre Island, Texas, talks to recruits from U.S. Coast Guard Training Center Cape May about his experiences as a boatswains mate, and life lessons learned along the way, as part of the Coast Guard’s Etheridge Initiative, May 29, 2019. The purpose of the Etheridge Initiative is to get more minority groups interested in the boatswains mate rating by having experts come and talk to them about the importance of having a diverse workforce, and how bringing different groups of people with different backgrounds and perspectives, helps to accomplish the mission. Official U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm.

April 5, 2021

The Joint Services Transcript could help make a civilian career and college degree more attainable 

Earn a college degree with Joint Service Transcript Credits.

April 2, 2021

All Hands Briefer: This week's top news

Ladies and Gentlemen,Below, please find the weekly All Hands Briefer (AHB), which provides key

Allies committed to the Coast Guard’s effort to eliminate harassment and assault have a new resource in their toolkit when responding to a shipmate in distress. The Confide in Another (CIA) card provides actionable next steps to prepare and respond in instances when a servicemember reaches out, looking for support.

April 2, 2021

Care, Inform, Ask: New resource to support victims of assault  

Sexual Assault Prevention, Response and Recovery shares actionable steps

Warning signs that a loved one might have issues with alcohol are decreased energy, denial of substance abuse, irritability, anxiety, mood swings, poor work performance and many more. Learn how to help.

April 2, 2021

“Stay Safe” using the Coast Guard’s low-risk drinking guidelines

April is Alcohol Awareness Month

The crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro gather in formation behind seized contraband during a drug offload in Alameda, California, March 23, 2021. Munro is one of four National Security Cutters homeported in Alameda. These Legend class cutters are 418-feet long, 54-feet wide, and have a 4,600 long-ton displacement. They have a top speed in excess of 28 knots, a range of 12,000 nautical miles, endurance of up to 90 days and can hold a crew of nearly 150. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Taylor Bacon)

April 2, 2021

New column! Frontline Focus

Here is a weekly wrap-up of operational highlights from around the service.

The Coast Guard Cutter Vigorous transits the water near Virginia Beach, Virginia, July 11, 2016. Vigorous returned home following a 55-day deployment in the Eastern Pacific Ocean in support of the Coast Guard's Western Hemisphere Strategy. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 1st Class Melissa Leake

April 2, 2021

New column! Bravo Zulu

Our weekly column highlighting members of our Coast Guard Community.

Base Alameda medical clinic personnel draw a dosage of the coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine from a vial to administer to base medical staff in Alameda, Calif., Dec. 16, 2020. Coast Guard efforts to vaccinate its workforce, in collaboration with DoD, will be complementary to a parallel effort by states, territories, and localities, as vaccine supply allows. U.S. Coast Guard photos by Chief Petty Officer Matt Masaschi.

April 1, 2021

Information Session: The COVID-19 Vaccine and Communities of Color 

Public Health Service Physicians Jaspal Ahluwalia and Swati Singh share history and information about vaccination  

Service photo of Anthony Pettit, the Chief Petty Officer in charge of the Scotch Cap station during the disaster. (U.S. Coast Guard)

April 1, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Standing a deadly watch 75 years ago—final hours of Scotch Cap Lighthouse

Chief Sanford broadcast stating “we had been struck by a tidal wave and might have to abandon the station, and that I believed Scotch Cap Lightstation was lost.” He worried that his transmissions might be taken as an April Fool’s joke.

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