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Rare photo showing the heroic Pea Island Lifesaving Station crew commanded by famed African American keeper Richard Etheridge. (Coast Guard Collection)
Feb. 3, 2023

The Long Blue Line: Keeper Richard Etheridge and the Gold Medal lifesave...

The first African American officer-in-charge of a military installation.

Vice Adm. Paul F. Thomas, Coast Guard deputy commandant for mission support (center), presents the 2021 Excellence in Customer Service Award for small units to ISVS PRO Baltimore staff in November 2022. U.S. Coast Guard photo.
Feb. 3, 2023

Here’s what’s new for the second Year of the Excellence in Customer Serv...

Customer nominations welcome.

Four cadets from the Topsail High School Coast Guard JROTC color guard present the colors at their Unit Establishment Ceremony at Topsail High School in Hampstead, North Carolina, Oct. 27, 2022. Representative Carson Smith from the North Carolina General Assembly (front row, left) and Rear Admiral Megan Dean, Coast Guard Director of Governmental and Public Affairs (front row, second from left) each delivered remarks during the ceremony. (U.S. Coast Guard photo.)
Feb. 2, 2023

Coast Guard is expanding nationwide JROTC program 

The service is establishing four new units this year
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