Feb. 9, 2022

The Long Blue Line: the story of SK2 Johnson—104-year-old SPAR

 For us, you are like our Founding Father. It’s like the opportunity to speak and talk to George Washington, or Alexander Hamilton, who created the Coast Guard. -RADM June Ryan, U.S. Coast Guard, 2018The powerful words above were spoken by, now retired, Rear Adm. June Ryan, to Mrs. Mabel (Evensen) Johnson–a former Coast Guard SPAR.Mabel Eleanor

Feb. 9, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Master Chief McShan—leader, mentor, trailblazer and FRC namesake

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: America’s first ice ships and icebreakers

Color photograph of Northland, with cut-down masts, sitting in the ice in World War II’s Greenland Patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard)" data-image-description="Color photograph of Northland, with cut-down masts, sitting in the ice in World War II’s Greenland Patrol. (U.S. Coast Guard)"

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Joseph Toahty (Le-Tuts-Taka)- Pawnee warrior of Guadalcanal

Coast Guard enlistment photograph of Joseph R. Toahty at age 21. (National Archives)" data-image-description="Coast Guard enlistment photograph of Joseph R. Toahty at age 21. (National Archives)"

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard Cutter Bear and NOAA hunt for the Bear

ENS Malia Hindle, Coast Guard Cutter Bear

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Shooting history–Coast Guard Photographer’s Mates

Petty Officer Gordon Foy, a Coast Guard combat cameraman, prepares to take a photograph during World War II. (Coast Guard Museum Northwest)" data-image-description="Petty Officer Gordon Foy, a Coast Guard combat cameraman, prepares to take a photograph during World War II. (Coast Guard Museum Northwest)"

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “CG 1”—the Coast Guard’s first aircraft

Close-up of an OL-5 cockpit with an air-cooled machine gun mounted aft for aerial use of force and law enforcement interdiction. (U.S. Coast Guard)" data-image-description="Close-up of an OL-5 cockpit with an air-cooled machine gun mounted aft for aerial use of force and law enforcement interdiction. (U.S. Coast Guard)"

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Warren Gill—Oregon’s forgotten Navy Cross hero

LT Warren Gill’s official portrait in dress uniform photographed by the U.S. Coast Guard. (The Gill Family)" data-image-description="LT Warren Gill’s official portrait in dress uniform photographed by the U.S. Coast Guard. (The Gill Family)" data-image-meta="{"aperture":"0","credit":"","camera":"Brother

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Early African American service—first to serve and first to sacrifice

Very rare and faded photograph showing the original Pea Island Life-Saving Station crew and keeper, Richard Etheridge, on the left side. (U.S. Coast Guard)" data-image-description="Very rare and faded photograph showing the original Pea Island Life-Saving Station crew and keeper, Richard Etheridge, on the left side. (U.S. Coast Guard)"

Feb. 8, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Bringing home Eleanor II

Coast Guard Humvee Eleanor II travels Bagram Airfield’s northern perimeter road near Bakhshi Khel, Afghanistan, on April 18, 2010. In 2010, the airfield’s primitive perimeter roads were chiefly dirt and rocks. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Lt. Cmdr. James Cullen II)" data-image-description="Coast Guard Humvee Eleanor II travels Bagram Airfield’s