Coast Guard News
October 18, 2017
All Hands selects several messages to publish in a weekly post to help raise awareness about specific messages and useful information. * NOTE: The series does not contain all of the new messages, just select ones. Click here to view […]... [Read More]
October 17, 2017
Blog series created by YN2 Courtney Myers
This is the eighth in a series of Q&A blog posts highlighting enlisted female leaders serving in the U.S. Coast Guard. Be sure to check back monthly for more career insight, mentorship and inspiration.
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October 16, 2017
The newest episode of the Coast Guard Paratus Report is now live! In this episode, we'll discuss Coast Guard Cutter Healy's recent trip to the arctic, new guidelines for LAMS. and a BRS Q&A opportunity! ... [Read More]
October 13, 2017
The Coast Guard is seizing cyberspace as an operational domain in order to defend cyberspace, enable operations, and protect infrastructure. As with every other operating domain, people, not technology, are the most important element. That requires recruiting, training, educating, managing and retaining a diverse, professional cyberspace workforce.... [Read More]
October 12, 2017
Moving to new towns, always being the new kid, waiting at home for a deployed parent. Then finding time to excel in schoolwork, enjoying sports and the arts, and giving back to their communities. Coast Guard kids can not only thrive among the obstacles, but they can excel. Operation Homefront is looking for nominations of exceptional Coast Guard kids to be considered for the 2018 Military Child of the Year Award.
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October 11, 2017
All Hands selects several messages to publish in a weekly post to help raise awareness about specific messages and useful information.... [Read More]
October 10, 2017
For those eligible for the Blended Retirement System, you may have been waiting for the missing piece to your retirement choice puzzle, but the wait is over.... [Read More]
October 6, 2017
The Military Health System (MHS) is modernizing TRICARE to better serve beneficiaries and to respond to changes in law and policy. Most changes will go into effect on January 1, 2018. ... [Read More]
October 4, 2017
Hands selects several messages to publish in a weekly post to help raise awareness about specific messages and useful information.... [Read More]
October 3, 2017
The current enlisted performance standards no longer optimally support the numerous human resource decisions needing to be made for the active duty and reserve enlisted workforce. Feedback from the Coast Guard over the years has been related to how the current EER System process was too long and that some of the competencies did not apply to every pay grade. ... [Read More]
October 2, 2017
The newest episode of the Coast Guard Paratus Report is now live! In this episode learn about upcoming changes to enlisted evaluation system, the Electronic Health Screening Tool for hurricane responders, and a new tuition assistance cap. ... [Read More]
September 28, 2017
Trying to find work as a military spouse means that you will face the inevitable question about why you have had so many jobs in so many places. Or worse – if they don’t ask, and they assume you have trouble keeping a job. Here's some tips and advice for Coast Guard spouses on the hunt for a new job. ... [Read More]
September 27, 2017
All Hands selects several messages to publish in a weekly post to help raise awareness about specific messages and useful information.... [Read More]
September 26, 2017
Chief Petty Officer Roderick Ansley shares what inspires him to be a great leader. Ansley received the 2017 Munro Inspirational Leadership Award winner for his outstanding leadership while assigned to Air Station Elizabeth City.... [Read More]
February 2, 2017
WASHINGTON — The Coast Guard is scheduled to launch its new, online digital newsroom, http://www.news.uscg.mil, Thursday afternoon.
The mobile-friendly content management system replaces the service's previous news site, www.uscgnews.com, and offers an email subscription service that delivers both regional and national Coast Guard news.... [Read More]
February 2, 2017
The Coast Guard suspended the active search at sunset, Wednesday, for a reported person in the water near Anini Beach, Kauai.“Suspending a search is a difficult decision to make, especially when we aren’t able to bring closure to the family,” said Charles Turner, command duty officer of Coast Guard Sector Honolulu.... [Read More]
February 1, 2017
MIAMI — The Coast Guard is searching Tuesday for a diver who was reported missing near Alligator Reef.
Missing is Rob Stewart, 37, from Toronto, Canada.... [Read More]
January 31, 2017
MIAMI — The Coast Guard rescued a diver Tuesday who left a vessel taking on water one mile east of Dania Beach Pier.... [Read More]
January 31, 2017
HONOLULU — The Coast Guard and Kauai Fire Department are searching for a reported person in the water near Anini Beach, Kauai, Tuesday.
Missing is a 21-year-old woman last seen wearing a pink top and white bottoms. She is reportedly visiting from Baltimore.
Anyone with information that may help locate the missing swimmer is asked to contact the Coast Guard Sector Honolulu Command Center at 808-842-2600.... [Read More]
January 31, 2017
Three people walk away after their Cessna 180 crashed near a ridgeline landing strip in the vicinity of the Chakachatna River in the Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, Jan. 30, 2017. A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk crew transported the three to Anchorage International Airport. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Three survivors aboard a downed Cessna 180 take a photo with the Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60T Jayhawk crew who rescued them Jan. 30, 2017. The three survivors reported no injuries. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
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