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Participants run in a Run to Remember 5K race to raise awareness of fallen shipmates. Photo by Ens. Duane Zitta

Coast Guard units participate in Run to Remember events

For the third year, Coast Gurad bases throughout the country have honored the Coast Guard’s fallen by participating in an event called Run to Remember. Three Hampton Roads Area events took place at the end of May, part of more [...]

North Carolina town honors fallen Coast Guardsman

On May 4th, more than 100 people braved the wet and dismal weather of Emerald Island, N.C., to honor Senior Chief Petty Officer Terrell Horne III, a Coast Guard hero. Horne tragically lost his life in the line of duty [...]

A local youth poses aboard a 29-foot Response Boat-Small while wearing Coast Guard Seaman Andrew VardakisÕ hat and a lifejacket during the open house held at Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Md., May 11, 2013. Approximately 300 locals visited the station where members of several local first responder agencies joined the station to interact with the public and highlight the importance of cooperation between the Coast Guard and local authorities. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class David R. Marin

Coast Guard Station Annapolis Md., hosts open house

Post written by PA2 David R. Marin Crewmembers from Coast Guard Station Annapolis, Md., welcomed visitors during the station’s open house, Saturday. The station not only invited the community to visit but also asked local first responders to display some [...]

Non-rates from around Sector Baltimore take part in the non-rate career fair, which had representatives from almost every rate, Wednesday, Feb. 27, 2013. The local Leadership and Diversity Advisory Council, and chief’s mess discussed and put together the fair as a way to keep non-rates inspired and motivated while they wait orders to go to A-school. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Senior Chief Petty Officer Bill Putnam

Coast Guard Sector Baltimore hosts non-rate career fair

Post written by PA2 David R. Marin and PA1 Brandyn Hill Coast Guard Sector Baltimore opened its doors to host 87 non-rates and 10 Coast Guard hopefuls as part of a non-rate fair held in the Columbus Recreation Center at [...]

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Tate Smith, a reservist with the Incident Management Division at Sector Baltimore, heaves a life ring as his challengers watch during the first “Battle of the Bay” competition at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Feb. 16, 2013. The inaugural Olympic-style competition is in intended to promote teamwork and morale among the Sector Baltimore-area reservists with a series of seven team-oriented challenges. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Matthew S. Masaschi.

“Battle of the Bay” boosts teamwork and morale

Post written by Petty Officer 1st Class Tasha Tully The first Coast Guard Sector Baltimore Olympics was held Feb. 16, at the Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore. Teams were made up from more than 40 Coast Guard Reserve members [...]

Coast Guard crewmembers from the Sector Mobile, Ala., pose for a photo Saturday, Jan. 26, 2013, after finishing in first place in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Basketball Tournament. The basketball tournament is the largest in the Coast Guard and has the attendance of teams all over the country. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Coast Guard Sector Mobile, Ala., wins 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. basketball tournament

Post written by Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Dodson Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown’s Morale Well-Being and Recreation (MWR) staff hosted the Coast Guard’s 35th annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Basketball Tournament in Yorktown, Va., January 22-26. “This is the largest [...]

Semper Paratus

Written by Cmdr. Rick Wester Saturday was the U.S. Coast Guard’s 222nd birthday, and marked the date on which the Tariff Act of 1790 authorized, at the suggestion of Alexander Hamilton, the building of ten cutters to assist in the collection [...]

Petty Officer 3rd Class Robert Reynolds, a storekeeper stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J., shows Fireman Mario Chen, a non-rate from the air station how to log air craft fuel receipts, July 11, 2012.

Earning his keep: A non-rate’s journey

Post written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cynthia Oldham Coast Guard non-rates, who are the service’s most junior members, often find themselves in some pretty undesirable positions: dangling from cutter hulls; in oily engine-room bilges; inside stinky, sea life-filled buoys; [...]

Coast Guardsmen from Sector North Carolina prepare a Civil War era Fort Macon cannon during an evening gun salute.

Bringing history to life: Sector North Carolina to lead cannon firing at Fort Macon State Park

Post written by Lt. Clint Seitz and Lt. David Vicks, Sector North Carolina. As tourism season kicks off along North Carolina’s Crystal Coast region on the Outer Banks, personnel from Coast Guard Sector North Carolina are preparing to once again [...]

Coast Guard Sector North Carolina's 4th Annual Women's Symposium

Sector North Carolina holds 4th Annual Women’s Symposium

Post written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lindsey Neumann and Lt. Timothy Braun. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina held their 4th Annual Women’s Symposium March 13 at Miller’s Landing aboard Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point, N.C. Attendees were primarily [...]