The Coast Guard Reserve has been a flexible, responsive and cost-effective workforce that has maintained its primary purpose of providing surge capacity for Coast Guard missions for 72 years.
When you are in the military, you know that reporting to your unit in poor physical fitness starts things off on the wrong foot. It’s not just a matter of pride; it’s important for the job.
Grand Haven holds a spectacular annual festival for the Coast Guard which is the home of the Coast Guard’s National Memorial Service that honors fallen members of the service. The Coast Guard Festival is one of the largest festivals in Western Michigan, attracting around 300,000 people each…
Some changes to the Coast Guard rating exam will integrate new ways of testing and training new enlisting members.
All of the active service components and five of the six reserve components met or exceeded their numerical year-to-date recruiting goals for fiscal year 2012 through February, Pentagon officials reported yesterday.
10/24/2011 - Get ready to be spooked and scared! The Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary and Garibaldi, Ore., Fire Department will host a haunted house, for charity.
10/24/2011 - Soldiers can now earn up to 16 promotion points for completing language instruction with the Headstart2 language training program.
10/22/2011 - All U.S. service members will leave Iraq by the end of the year, President Barack Obama announced today.
First Lady Michelle Obama today announced a private sector hiring commitment of 25,000 military spouses and veterans as part of the Joining Forces campaign.
10/10/2011 - As a service to those immigrants in uniform, the U.S. government has granted citizenship to thousands of immigrants whom served honorably.
With the fall semester busily under way at colleges and universities across the United States, some of the most prestigious among them are charting a new course with the return of ROTC programs to their campuses.
The USPS and Military Postal Service have released the 2011 deadlines to ensure mail delivery for Military holiday packages.
The repeal of the military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” law is expected to take effect today at 12:01 EDT.
6/6/2011 - About 300 U.S. Soldiers, most of them combat veterans themselves, joined their British, French and German counterparts in Normandy, France, to honor the sacrifices of World War II veterans who conducted the D-Day invasion 67 years ago today.
5-19-2011 - ‘Tents for Troops’ is a non-profit organization that provides FREE RV and camping sites to all active military and their families.
5-18-2011 - President Obama Gives Commencement Speech at Coast Guard Academy
1/18/2011 - A commission of current and retired officers, senior noncommissioned officers and civilians charged with evaluating Defense Department policies to ensure they promote equal opportunity plans to recommend lifting the ban on women in combat.
10/19/2010 - Openly gay men and lesbian women now can apply to join the military, Defense Department officials said today.
10/6/2010 - Coast Guard members salute their seniors as a sign of respect through a crisp raised hand salute.
7/15/2010 - Military efforts along the Gulf Coast continue today as part of the federal response force to clean up the oil spill.
6/24/2010 - As part of the ongoing response to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, Fish and Wildlife experts have taken to the air with Florida National Guard aviators to spot oil encroaching near the beaches of Florida’s Panhandle.
As an Armed Force, the Coast Guard is actively participating in the DoD Working Group exploring these options and will follow Pentagon policy changes on this issue.
6/15/2010 - President Barack Obama today praised the role the military is playing as part of oil spill response efforts in the Gulf of Mexico
Thousands of Sailors, Marines and Coast Guardsmen from U.S. Navy and U.S. Coast Guard ships will be in Manhattan for Fleet Week New York, May 26 - June 2.
5/6/2010 - Airmen from Travis Air Force Base partnered with Coast Guard members May 2, to get equipment to the Gulf of Mexico to assist with oil slick cleanup efforts.
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