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ADOS Opportunities – Join the Crew

ADOS Opportunities – Join the Crew

Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: DC3 Nicholas Basso

Honor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: DC3 Nicholas Basso

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

General Messages Weekly Roundup

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

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

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

Life comes at you fast. With the skills you'll learn in the Coast Guard, it will seem like everyone else is moving in slow motion. Go Coast Guard today: https://t.co/YQkvbdOWha https://t.co/JPira9yIkW

In support of National Suicide Prevention Month, the Master Chief of the Coast Guard and the USCG chaplains created a support video for you to view and share: https://t.co/62dJMIBCek https://t.co/VZ31gXBOEZ

September is Suicide Prevention Month. If you feel someone needs support, call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. However, if you feel an individual is in immediate danger of hurting themselves or others, please call 911. https://t.co/oZEnMMKC8y #Suicideawarness https://t.co/erQm7mz2UX

September is Suicide Prevention Month. If you feel someone needs support, call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. However, if you feel an individual is in immediate danger of hurting themselves or others, please call 911. https://t.co/oZEnMMKC8y #Suicideawarness https://t.co/erQm7mz2UX

September is Suicide Prevention Month. If you feel someone needs support, call or text the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988. However, if you feel an individual is in immediate danger of hurting themselves or others, please call 911. https://t.co/oZEnMMKC8y #Suicideawarness https://t.co/erQm7mz2UX

Take it on, head on. Be Semper Paratus - Always Ready with the skills you'll learn in the United States Coast Guard: https://t.co/YQkvbdOWha. Pictured: USCGC Midgett (WMSL 757) in Honolulu, Hawaii. #USCG #CoastGuard #GoCoastGuard https://t.co/ws3ER69afq

Take it on, head on. Be Semper Paratus - Always Ready with the skills you'll learn in the United States Coast Guard: https://t.co/YQkvbdOWha. Pictured: USCGC Midgett (WMSL 757) in Honolulu, Hawaii. #USCG #CoastGuard #GoCoastGuard https://t.co/ws3ER69afq

Women's Equality Day marks the 104th anniversary of the passage of the 19th Amendment, which granted some women the right to vote and underscores the ongoing efforts toward achieving gender equality! #Womensequalityday #teamuscg #uscg #EmbraceEquality #coastguard https://t.co/OxmIdC1B6C

This is what diving into a Coast Guard career looks like. Get the training and experience that makes waves at https://t.co/YQkvbdPu6I 🌊 #gocoastguard #uscg #protectdefendsave #semperparatus https://t.co/E0hGb5Cqhk

RT @USCGLANTAREA: #OpNANOOK-bound!🌐 Recently, @USCG Cutter Northland began a multi-month patrol to deter #IUU fishing with int'l partners i…

Learn more about the Coast Guard’s actions to ensure a safe and supportive workplace here: https://t.co/hG2qPGo4rI We thank Congress for lifting up voices of survivors and for oversight of the Coast Guard’s vital work to strengthen our service culture

These actions represent the early stages of an enduring effort to ensure a workplace culture intolerant of sexual assault, sexual harassment, and other harmful behaviors.

The Service has completed 18 of 33 of these actions so far and will continue to invest in prevention, victim support, and accountability.

Their testimony affirms the urgency and importance of the Coast Guard’s actions directed by the Commandant after the Accountability and Transparency Review in July of 2023.

Their experiences are helping us to shape policies and actions to prevent sexual misconduct and ensure effective victim support and accountability.

We heard heartbreaking testimony from victims and survivors of sexual assault and sexual harassment. The Coast Guard commends the courage of those who testified and their desire to make the Coast Guard better. https://t.co/DRTNhreZqw

Sometimes you got to have your head in the clouds to achieve something life-changing 🚁☁️ #fridayflight Change your life. Go Coast Guard at https://t.co/YQkvbdPu6I https://t.co/rQEyGOJFHN

We thank Congress for lifting up voices of survivors and for oversight of the Coast Guard’s vital work to strengthen our service culture. Learn more about the Coast Guard’s actions to ensure accountability, care, and support here: https://t.co/hG2qPGo4rI

Our progress in completing 18 of these directed actions so far represents the early stages of enduring change that will ensure every person in the Coast Guard experiences a safe work environment where they are respected and valued.

The Coast Guard acknowledges that this is not only a problem of the past, and we are actively implementing the Commandant’s 33 directed actions announced in November 2023 to strengthen our service culture, improve support and care of victims, and hold perpetrators accountable.

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