Oct. 16, 2024

Know a great engineer? Celebrate them!

WASHINGTON, DC — Heads up, Coast Guard – it’s time once again to celebrate the outstanding accomplishments of engineers, military or civilian, within the Service.

Sept. 17, 2024

Coast Guard Civilian Hiring is Improving – with Your Help!

WASHINGTON, DC — Coast Guard civilian hiring – not always the easiest thing to do. It can be challenging to find enough qualified people and get them into the places they’re needed WHEN they’re needed. But if you’re responsible for civilian hiring in your office, we’re not telling you anything you don’t know. The experts of the recruiting team in Civilian Workforce Management (CG-1C2) however, have quite a few tricks of the trade that could help make your civilian hiring efforts a whole lot easier.

Sept. 11, 2024

Suicide Prevention Month Webinar Recording: Mental Health & Your Security Clearance

WASHINGTON, DC — On 3 Sep 2024, HSWL's Behavioral Health Services Division kicked off Suicide Prevention Awareness Month and invited DCMS-34 to host a webinar on “Mental Health and Your Security Clearance.”

Sept. 6, 2024

GMs Effecting Positive Change throughout the Coast Guard

NORFOLK, VA — Have you ever been out in the field and gotten frustrated with a Coast Guard process? We’ve all been there. Hear how a small group of Coast Guard GMs and CWOs in FORCECOM found themselves asking that same question and decided to take action.

Sept. 6, 2024

Key Bridge Response 2024: An Inside Look from Three Response Team Members

BALTIMORE, MD — In the early hours of 26 March 2024, Merchant Vessel Dali, a 984-foot containership collided with the I-695 Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore, Maryland, which resulted in eight persons in the water, severe damage and grounding of the vessel, catastrophic collapse of the bridge into the Patapsco River, and complete obstruction of the federal navigational channel. Get an inside look from three Coast Guard members who responded to the incident.

Aug. 19, 2024

Introducing the 2024 Mission Support Leadership Team

WASHINGTON, DC — Introducing the 2024 Mission Support Leadership Team

Aug. 16, 2024

FORCECOM Bright Spot: AI for Living Marine Resources

NORFOLK, VA — The Northeast Regional Fisheries Training Center (NRFTC), Coast Guard Academy (CGA), and MIT Lincoln Laboratories (MIT LL) are partnering to incorporate Artificial Intelligence (AI), Data Automation, and Data Analytics into Living Marine Resources (LMR) operations.

July 16, 2024

Enterprise Victim Advocate Travels to Miami to Listen

WASHINGTON, DC — Capt. Laura Collins, U.S. Coast Guard, retired, the Service’s Enterprise Victim Advocate (EVA), traveled to Air Station Miami to connect with stakeholders to hear a wide range of viewpoints. Her role is to advance efforts to address sexual assault and sexual harassment issues within the workforce, and ensure the Service supports victims of harmful behaviors.

July 5, 2024

Coast Guard acquisition excellence honored at DHS awards ceremony

WASHINGTON, DC — Six members of the Coast Guard workforce were honored for superior performance during fiscal year 2023 with Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Honorary Acquisition Program Management Awards. The annual awards recognize individuals and teams who have demonstrated the highest level of professional excellence in attaining acquisition program success.

July 5, 2024

Deckplate Diplomats Part I: Training Center Yorktown’s International Mobile Training Branch

TRACEN Yorktown, Yorktown, Va. — So, your Coast Guard needs detailed, quality training. Who you gonna call? For the U.S. Coast Guard’s partner nations, that’s when you call Training Center Yorktown’s Mobile Training Branch (MTB). The MTB dispatches Mobile Training Teams (MTT) packed with Coast Guard subject matter experts internationally to export the U.S. Coast Guard’s training curriculum.