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Joseph Napier—Heroic surfman, Gold Lifesaving Medal recipient and FRC namesake
—Napier’s gallantry was never more visible than on the day he risked his life and led his crew into gale-force winds to save six souls aboard a stranded vessel.
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Commandant delivers the 2024 State of the Coast Guard Address
Adm. Fagan highlighted operational accomplishments while focusing on workforce and mission readiness and strengthening Service culture.
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Bernard “Bernie” Webber and the greatest smallboat rescue in Coast Guard history
—Nearly 72 years ago, four men of Coast Guard Station Chatham on CG 36500 staged a rescue of 38 merchant seamen from two tankers during a winter-time hurricane of rare proportions.
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Edith Munro—leader, mentor, SPAR and Medal of Honor hero mother
—Edith Munro will always be remembered for raising one of the Coast Guard and Marine Corps’ greatest heroes…but few people know that Munro was also Lt. Munro, of the U.S. Coast Guard Women’s Corps—also known as SPARs.
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Dorothy Stratton—Wartime Coast Guard trailblazer and SPAR Leader
Coast Guard Capt. Dorothy M. Stratton held a life-long commitment to public service and was an inspirational leader during a very difficult time in the nation’s history.
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Master Chief McShan—leader, mentor, trailblazer and FRC namesake.
—A 20-year veteran of the service, the first African American woman to achieve the enlisted rank of master chief and distinguished role model for the Coast Guard’s core values.
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“When I say Americans, I mean all Americans!” — Segregation’s take-down by President Harry Truman
—On July 26, 1948, President Harry S. Truman signed a pair of executive orders, the combination of which banned racial segregation in the armed forces and federal civil service. This article offers context on this occurrence and explores their significance more than 75 years after being signed.
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Lewis Wescott—the lost grave of a heroic Pea Island lifesaver
—Nearly lost to history, the grave of Capt. Lewis Wescott is discovered in the underbrush in Jarvisburg, North Carolina.
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Melvin Williams, Jr.—An African American Coast Guardsman’s aviation story
—After hearing about a ship rescued by the United States Coast Guard, Melvin Williams, Jr. knew that would be his path in life and enlisted in the Coast Guard.
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First to serve, first to fight and first to sacrifice—African Americans in the U.S. Coast Guard
—The history of African American participation in the Coast Guard and its predecessor services dates back to the very founding of the Service in 1790.