Coast Guard Cutter Adak of PATFORSWA provides escort for aircraft carrier USS Nimitz through the Strait of Hormuz. (U.S. Coast Guard)

The Long Blue Line: LANTAREA’s PATFORSWA Managers—over 15 years of leade...

The present-day Contingency Operations Branch (LANT-39) formed out of the need to provide contingency support to a few cutters deployed in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom. Initially viewed as a contingency operational need to support those

Staff Sergeant LeWillie Neal, 2nd Force Support Squadron NCO in charge of outbound assignments, assists a client virtually at Barksdale Air Force Base, La., May 21, 2020. The outbound assignments team has processed orders for over 500 Airmen in the midst of COVID-19. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Christina Rios)

The PCS Assist Team will conclude Sep. 30

The Coast Guard’s Permanent Change of Station (PCS) Assist Team will soon be closing their doors.

Dr. Victor Connell, a doctor at Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma, gives a medical exam to an active duty Coast Guardsman. Dr. Connell is one of over 100 auxiliarist, medical professionals who volunteer their time and skills to assist the U.S. Coast Guard. USCG photo.

Coast Guard will begin new physician training to help staff clinics

Applications to new programs that put selected officers, enlisted personnel through medical school due Oct. 12