DECEMBER 30, 2022 - On August 16, 2022, five new recruits got off the bus at Training Center Cape May, N.J., to begin a pilot recruit training program for the Coast Guard – the English Language Training Program or ELTP. Since as early as 2019, at the Council on Recruit Basic Training (CORBT), the Coast Guard brought up the struggles that recruits that spoke English as a … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Begins Ice-Breaking Operation in Great Lakes
DECEMBER 28, 2022 – The U.S. Coast Guard has commenced Operation Coal Shovel on Monday, December 26, 2022. Operation Coal Shovel is the domestic ice-breaking operation with an area of responsibility spanning from southern Lake Huron to Lake St. Clair, to the St. Clair / Detroit River system, and into Lake Erie and Lake Ontario including the St. Lawrence Seaway. U.S. and … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Leverages Aviation Workhorse in Oceania
DECEMBER 27, 2022 - Guam is home to three 154-foot fast response cutters commissioned in 2021. These ships are built in Lockport, Louisiana. After initial workups, they sailed from Key West through the Panama Canal, more than 10,000 miles to Guam. In the time since the crews have stayed busy conducting the U.S. Coast Guard's core missions in Micronesia and supporting our Blue … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Removes Barriers to Boost Recruiting
DECEMBER 9, 2022 - The Coast Guard is adjusting certain eligibility standards to make it easier to recruit qualified candidates in a tight labor market. The policy changes will allow more flexibility around requirements regarding dependents and single parents, debt-to-income ratios, and maximum age – all areas where existing standards might discourage otherwise competitive … [Read more...]
Coast Guard Ship Seizes $48 Million in Drugs
OCTOBER 11, 2022 – A U.S. Coast Guard fast response cutter seized an estimated $48 million worth of drugs from a fishing vessel while patrolling the Gulf of Oman, Oct. 10. While operating in support of Combined Task Force (CTF) 150, USCGC Glen Harris (WPC 1144) seized 5,000 kilograms of hashish and 800 kilograms of methamphetamine as the fishing vessel transited … [Read more...]