U.S. Coast Guard
Recent News About U.S. Coast Guard
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As announced in the DoD365 Deployment – SharePoint Online Migrations CIO Note 006/22, the Coast Guard-Wide Migration to DOD365 - SITREP 11ALCOAST 073/22 (CAC required for access), and on MyCG, the phaseout of the Coast Guard’s legacy CGPortal and all of its intranet sites is underway.
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The Coast Guard has extended the retirement age for active duty enlisted members from 30 years to 34 years of military service.
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The Coast Guard has updated the officer in charge (OIC) review board process based on feedback from the workforce
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In a nondescript industrial park in the suburbs of Washington, D.C., the Coast Guard Exhibit Center preserves 15,000 vital artifacts of the service’s history. Contractors are preparing a select set of these artifacts for transfer to the National Coast Guard Museum, which is scheduled to open its doors in New London, Connecticut.
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You can put your natural investigative abilities to good use by attending the Advanced Mishap Analysis Reporting Course (AMARC) now open for enrollment and beginning in February.
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Ninety years ago, on Sunday, New Year’s Day 1933, Lt. Cmdr. Carl Christian von Paulsen started out on what would become one of early Coast Guard aviation’s best-known search and rescue cases.
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MyCG wishes the Coast Guard workforce and community a happy and safe new year and all the best for 2023.
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Vice. Adm. Paul Thomas, the deputy Commandant for Mission Support (DCMS), released a new Commander’s Intent and a new 2022 – 2026 Mission Support Action Plan.
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With Thanksgiving behind us, the holiday season is well underway. This is a time for Coasties and their families to gather with friends and loved ones for holiday meals.
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This essay is adapted from “The Coast Guard in the World War,” a chapter in The Story of the Coast Guard (New York: Blue Ribbon Books, 1943), 81-86. For his courageous rescue efforts, Captain Harry Hamlet (later commandant) received the Gold Lifesaving Medal and the Navy Commendation Medal.]
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Ongoing inflation means the shopping and savings benefits you’ve earned at your Coast Guard Exchange (CGX) are more important than ever.
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Employee contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan (TSP) are considered to be elective deferrals. The IRS elective deferral limit for 2023 is $22,500.
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Admit it. Most of us don’t think of the Coast Guard’s Centralized Service Desk (CSD) until we have a problem.
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Lawrence Oscar Lawson was born near Kalmar, Sweden, in 1842. His father died when he was 14 years old; however, at the age of 18, young Lawson began sailing with his stepfather, who was a ship captain. In the spring of 1861, Lawson sailed for New York City, and for the next three years made his home there.
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For the Coast Guard cutter crews on the Mississippi River, the low-water crisis that threatens shipping on this vital artery of American commerce means a greatly increased workload.
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If you recruit for the Coast Guard when you go on leave this holiday season, you may be able to extend your time away to do it.
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ESPN will be featuring the Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) twice this Veterans Day weekend.
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In a ceremony at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, retired Capt. James Hubbard was recognized for heroic service to the Coast Guard and the nation.
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The Coast Guard offers multiple medical services for members of the Reserve Component, including members of the Individual Ready Reserve (IRR). However, there is a revised policy where these members may receive services listed below at Coast Guard clinics, including ashore sickbays with adequate capacity. Reservists must be in a qualifying duty status (ADT, IDT, ADOS, or RMP) to receive these services. Periodic health assessments (PHAs) Annual dental readiness exams Immunizations required for individual medical readiness (IMR) Blood work required for IMR Assessment for medical equipment required for IMR, such as gas mask inserts, prescription glasses, and personal protective equipment (PPE) fit testing Occupational medical surveillance and evaluation program exams, lab work, and tests Deployment-related health assessments Separation/retirement physicals Any other required exams including (but not limited to) aviation, dive, commissioning, and retention physicals Required exams for civilian members of the Coast Guard will also be available under the revised policy standards. The Reserve Health Readiness Program (RHRP) is an option for eligible reservists and members on the Tricare Prime Remote plan to receive the above list of services. Active duty members and reservists outside of a Coast Guard or Department of Defense catchment area should contact their independent duty health services technician or clinic to request RHRP services. For more information, see ALCOAST 425/22. If you have any questions, please contact Capt. John Iskander, chief of preventative medicine, COMDT (CG-1121).