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ADOS Opportunities – Join the Crew

 Learn about some of the current ADOS opportunities available for Reservists. This does not contain all of the ADOS opport...

Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: DC3 Nicholas Basso

Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Basso examines the repair on a watertight door aboard U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750) Feb. 2, 2019. Bertholf is operating in the Western Pacific in support of the U.S. Navy’s 7th Fleet. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer John Masson.

A ship operating away from home can seem like its own tiny, self-contained universe. There’s no calling a paramedic, a po...

General Messages Weekly Roundup

Adm. Bob Papp, Commandant of the Coast Guard, presents the 2009 Commodore Ellsworth P. Bertholf Award to Congressman Elijah Cummings. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley)

All Hands selects several messages to publish in a weekly post to help raise awareness about specific messages and useful...

The Long Blue Line: Police Week–Coast Guard law enforcers lost in the line of duty

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and reflecting pool in Washington, D.C. Photo courtesy of Wikipedia.

In October 1962, President John F. Kennedy signed Public Law 87-726 designating May 15 of each year as Peace Officers Mem...

USCGC JOSHUA APPLEBY is taking over our Instagram this week! https://www.instag...

Today we're celebrating #WomensEqualityDay and the accomplishments of all the wo...

Today is #NationalDogDay! Here are some dog photos to make you smile. Show us yo...

#OTD in 2005: #HurricaneKatrina made landfall-- one of the largest Coast Guard r...

U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific is live now! Don’t miss the dual commissioning o...

Join U.S. Coast Guard Hawaii Pacific for the dual commissioning of U.S. Coast Gu...

See ya' later! 🚁✌🏼 Enjoy the view with #360 hoist footage from USCG Air Statio...

An U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak member and his wife welcomed their son Pe...

Buddy checks! We make sure our fellow shipmates stay safe during drills and actu...

#OTD 1994: The Coast Guard icebreaker Polar Sea and the Canadian Coast Guard Shi...

Head to Coast Guard Alaska to follow along with Buoy Tender Roundup this week!

U.S. Coast Guard Air Station San Francisco rescued 2 people after a plane crashe...

U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Kimball and U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Midgett are our serv...

Happy #NationalAviationDay! Do you know what an enlisted ancient albatross is? ...

Happy #NationalAviationDay! Enjoy this special rendition of our service song pl...

#OTD in 2005: United States Coast Guard Barque EAGLE helped to rescue nearly 100...

U.S. Coast Guard Southeast, in coordination with 104 partner agency units from s...

Maintaining and strengthening mission excellence is a key priority for Coast Gua...

...every once in a while someone is out there without hope, desperately praying for their life & we get to be the answer #USCG

...every once in a while someone is out there without hope, desperately praying for their life & we get to be the answer #USCG

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