Coast Guard Port Security Unit conducts a casing of the colors ceremony
U.S. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Linda Fagan and Cmdr. James Lovenstein, Port Security Unit (PSU) 305’s commanding officer, roll the unit guidon as Master Chief Petty Officer Thomas Lepage, PSU 305’s command master chief, extends it during the unit’s casing of the colors decommissioning ceremony at Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, June 13, 2023. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer...
Coast Guard to celebrate 80th SPARS anniversary at Houston event
HOUSTON — The Coast Guard is slated to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the Coast Guard SPARS and the establishment of a local chapter of the Coast Guard Women’s Leadership Initiative during a ceremony in Houston, Friday.
Coast Guard Rear Adm. Carola List, assistant commandant for Engineering & Logistics, will serve as guest speaker during the ceremony.
Shirley Reagor, 102-year-old original...
Coast Guard National Strike Force reservists recognized for service
Petty Officer 1st Class Jordan McVay leads a training discussion on the DustTrak and other monitoring equipment used by the National Strike Force Gulf Strike Team in Mobile, Alabama, in 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)
By Lt. Ryan Cantu
The year is 2020. Hurricanes? We respond to that. Wildfires? We are there. Golden Ray salvage? We’re hands-on. COVID deployments? Definitely. You might not know...
Coast Guard announces 17th District Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year 2020
Petty Officer 1st Class Ashleigh Seibert, a yeoman at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, was named the 2020 17th District Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year (REPOY) and was recognized at the Armed Services YMCA Annual Salute to the Military in Anchorage, Alaska, Feb. 13, 2020. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Petty Officer 1st Class Ashleigh Seibert, a yeoman at Sector Anchorage, was...
Coast Guard Reserve celebrates 80 years
Graphic courtesy of the National Coast Guard Museum Association
Admiral Karl L. Schultz, Commandant of the Coast Guard sent out a happy 80th birthday to the men and women of the Coast Guard Reserve.
The demands put on our Coast Guard Reserve are as complex and diverse today as they have ever been at any point in our storied history. As we mark the 80th anniversary of the establishment of the Coast...
Clearwater Coast Guard unit with global mission welcomes new commander
Members of Coast Guard Port Security Unit 307 salute Cmdr. Karl Hellberg, as he leaves his change of command ceremony at Air Station Clearwater, Fla., Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ashley J. Johnson)
CLEARWATER, Fla. – A local U.S. Coast Guard Reserve unit that played a pivotal role in the 2017 U.S. hurricane response welcomed a new commander at a ceremony...
Coast Guard Reservist receives Silver Star from Governor of Guam
Darren G. Apiag (left), a firefighter for Guam Fire Department and Coast Guard reservist receives the Silver Star award from the Governor of Guam, the Honorable Lourdes A. Leon Guerrero, on Oct. 10, 2019. (Coast Guard Courtesy photo)
ADELUP, Guam — A 15-year old boy fell 100 feet from the Jonestown overlook in into the water Oct. 8, 2019, and the Guam Fire Department was quick to respond to the...
PSU 305 returns home after 9 month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba
Petty Officer 2nd Class Frank Robledo smiles as he embraces his family at the Ft. Eustis Reserve Center on Nov. 12, 2017, at Fort Eustis, Virginia. (Coast Guard photograph by Petty Officer 3rd Class Joshua L. Canup.)
ALAMEDA, Calif. – Members from Coast Guard Port Security Unit 305 returned to Fort Eustis, Virginia, Sunday following a nine-month deployment to Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, in support of...
Milwaukee Coast Guard hosts Senior Reserve Leadership Workshop
Coast Guard members celebrate the Coast Guard Reserve’s 75th anniversary by holding a Reserve Senior Leadership Strategic Planning Workshop at Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan, in Milwaukee, Feb. 19, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan)
MILWAUKEE — Coast Guard Sector Lake Michigan hosted its Reserve Senior Leadership Strategic Planning Workshop Friday through...