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Units: Submit your Shipmate Funds request by June 30

The Coast Guard Foundation’s Shipmate Fund (SMF) supports the physical fitness, morale, and recreational needs of Coast Guard commands.


FIONA is ready to help you with FSMS

The FSMS Service Center continues to add tools to help members use the new FSMS system. The latest? Meet FIONA, the FSMS Information & Online Assistance “agent” standing by to answer your questions.


Watch Coast Guard Gaming compete this Saturday

After securing their first big win just a few short weeks ago during a World of Warcraft tournament, Coast Guard Gaming (CGG) is ready to claim another victory.


Honor our Vietnam veterans this weekend

Like a leprechaun village, Camp Legacy will have appeared overnight on the National Mall in Washington D.C., the morning of May 11.


“I love you…Over.”

For those serving in Vietnam, the only way to stay in touch with family was by using the Military Affiliate Radio System. MARS stations, supporting all branches of the service, were established throughout Vietnam, as well as aboaOne of the Coast Guard's 82-foot Patrol Cuttersrd ship.


Attn: Military personnel with Florida driver’s licenses

A recent glitch in Florida’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) system is creating issues for many military members.


Legal program unveils qualification insignia for military members, civilians

The diverse activities of our judge advocates, civilian attorneys, and support professionals are vital to the Coast Guard’s missions and people.


How-To: Move your household goods

If you’re one of the roughly one-third of the Coast Guard’s military workforce who got orders to complete a permanent change of station (PCS), congratulations on your new adventure. Here’s what you need to know to get your stuff from your house to your new duty station.


Back by popular demand: the Coast Guard’s PCS Assist Team

The PCS Assist Team is back again this year to help families executing challenging transfers.


The Long Blue Line: Lt. Frank Newcomb and the Battle of Cardenas Bay 125 years ago

When Navy officials asked World War II Commandant Russell Waesche to choose a Coast Guardsman whose name should grace a new Fletcher-class destroyer, he singled out Revenue Cutterman Frank Hamilton Newcomb as by far the best candidate.


Introducing Petty Officer 2nd Class James King, your 2022 Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year

Petty Officer 2nd Class James King, a maritime enforcement specialist at Maritime Security Response Team West, is the Coast Guard’s 2022 Enlisted Person of the Year


Introducing Petty Officer 1st Class Hannah Hall, your 2022 Coast Guard Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year

Petty Officer 1st Class Hannah Hall, a boatswain’s mate at Station Georgetown, South Carolina, is the 2022 Coast Guard Enlisted Person of the Year for the Reserve Component.


CBP Apprehends 3 Stowaways that Jumped from a Barge Arriving in Guayanilla, Puerto Rico

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers apprehended three stowaway men from the Dominican Republic Monday who jumped to the water from a barge arriving to Guayanilla, Puerto Rico from Lake Charles, Louisiana.


Dulles CBP Officers Mute Ketamine Concealed inside California-bound Micro Stereo

It might have been a micro stereo, but U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers clearly didn’t like the loud sound they heard emanating from it recently at Washington Dulles International Airport.


CBP Invites Public Comments for Discussion at Green Trade Innovation and Incentives Forum

Feedback on green trade themes is sought from various stakeholders as public comment period to close on May 22


CBP tops 1B cut flower inspections ahead of Mother’s Day

Inspections curb unwanted pests, plant diseases from entering U.S.


Philadelphia CBP Intercepts NJ Marijuana Load Destined to Bermuda

Seizure comes one week after officers seized 72 pounds destined to Ireland


Mother’s Day Flower Rush at LAX, a Busy Time for CBP Agriculture Specialists

Millions of Cut Flower Stems Arriving from South America, Netherlands, Thailand, and Australia


Laredo Sector Border Patrol dismantle a stash house in Zapata, Texas

Laredo Sector Border Patrol agents assigned to Zapata Station dismantled a stash house in Zapata, Texas.


CBP officers at the Laredo Port of Entry arrest homicide fugitive

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers at the Laredo Port of Entry detained a man at the Juarez-Lincoln International Bridge wanted on an outstanding felony warrant for homicide out of San Bernardino County.