Latest Officer News

Oct. 7, 2020

Breaking waves: Coast Guard surfmen drive to close gender gap

Today, the Coast Guard’s select group of surfmen, who skillfully drive rescue boats in up to 30-foot seas, includes more women than ever.

Oct. 7, 2020

The Value of an Extra C – The New C5ISC 

In one of the largest organizational restructuring of a unit in the past decade, the Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber, and Intelligence Service Center (C5ISC) was established this past June.

Oct. 7, 2020

You can vote from anywhere

Military members and their families should vote absentee now to ensure on-time receipt.
 

Oct. 7, 2020

Wellness Wednesday Sneak Peek—Improve Your Nutrition, Increase Your Metabolism 

This week’s Wellness Wednesday will cover a broad range of nutrition and lifestyle topics - factors affecting metabolism, preventing weight gain, building muscle, and fad diets - to help promote readiness and resiliency to those who serve.

Oct. 6, 2020

CVR Teams is here until June 2021

CVR Teams has been extended until June 2021, and if you have not activated your account, here is how to do that.

Oct. 5, 2020

Paid Parental Leave: updates you need to know

A quick look at the new paid-parental leave policy for federal employee

Oct. 5, 2020

Solicitation: Master’s degree program, leadership programs

The application period is now open for several prestigious Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) programs. Both civilians and military members are encouraged to apply.

Oct. 2, 2020

Collaborate in real time over hurricane lessons learned through CG_Ideas@Work

Lessons learned from a hurricane response that would usually take weeks or even months to collect have found a real-time solution.

Oct. 1, 2020

Readiness notifications come to you

Beginning Oct. 1, members will receive Coast Guard Business Intelligence (CGBI) notifications informing them when there is a change in their readiness status in any of the 17 current categories

Sept. 30, 2020

Announcing the DHS Leader Development Speakers Talent Bank

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) seeks speakers and facilitators to join its Leader Development Talent Bank.