For some, public service is a chapter in a career; for Dr. Oscar Orringer, it is the defining theme of a five-decade ...

Real security does not require technical certifications or extensive training. It begins with a few practical habits that ...

About 10:20 p.m., on July 5, 2000, HH-65A CGNR 6539 was heading back to base after monitoring a swamp fire east of Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, and heard over the radio “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday—Ocean ...

This annual window is the primary opportunity to enroll in or adjust your health, dental, and vision plans for 2027 for active-duty, a military retiree, a family member, or a civilian employee.

This annual window is the primary opportunity to enroll in or adjust your health, dental, and vision plans for 2027 for active-duty, a military retiree, a family member, or a civilian employee.

The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian’s Office’s Long Blue Line ...

October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, a time to reflect on the importance of safe and healthy relationships. Everyone deserves to feel secure and respected in their partnership. If you’re ...

Mayday, mayday, mayday. United States Coast Guard, this is the Alaska Ranger. Our position is 5-3-5-3 decimal 4 north, 1-6-9-5-8 west. We are flooding; taking on water in our rudder room. On Easter ...

Vietnam is usually remembered as a war fought in jungles and rice paddies. But there was another conflict as well. A sailor’s war, much of it fought from the decks of United States Coast Guard cutters ...

On April 9, 1940, Germany’s occupation of Denmark, in conjunction with its invasion of Norway, marked a turning point in the U.S. Government’s relationship to the war in Europe. Suddenly, America’s ...

The Long Blue Line blog series has been publishing Coast Guard history essays for over 15 years. To access hundreds of these service stories, visit the Coast Guard Historian’s Office’s Long Blue Line ...

Editor’s note: This article initially published Nov. 24 in the Commandant’s Bulletin Magazine. The town of Valdez, Alaska, fell behind the U.S. tanker Williamsburgh. Full of oil, the ship headed for ...