Strengthening Service Culture

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Each and every one of us contributes to the well-being and organizational success of the Coast Guard.

It's OUR Coast Guard. Together, we have the power to create the culture we aspire to, one that reflects the very best of who we are and what we stand for.

Admiral Linda L. Fagan, Commandant

Coast Guard culture is the expression of our Core Values, the bedrock of our service. Culture defines who we are and how we think about ourselves.

Each day our Core Values, expressed through our culture, inform our behaviors – how we interact with each other and the people we serve, both on and off duty.

The Strengthening Service Culture initiative will engage and empower our workforce to ensure that all members of Team Coast Guard have the positive workplace experience they expect and deserve. Together, we will invigorate and sustain the Coast Guard’s culture to more effectively align our behaviors with our values.

Guided by three overarching themes – Ensuring a Safe and Supportive Workplace, Reinforcing Our Core Values, and Fostering Engaged Leadership – Strengthening Service Culture will reinforce who we are and how we engage with one another.

Ensuring a Safe and Supportive Workplace

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A strong and resilient culture is critical to our success both as a military force and as individuals. Every Coast Guard member must have a workplace where they feel safe, valued, empowered, trusted, and connected. The Coast Guard is aggressively implementing the Commandant's Directed Actions.

We are moving the Service forward while focusing intently on providing a workplace climate that is intolerant of harmful behaviors - the workplace all of our members expect and deserve.

Reinforcing Our Core Values

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We must reinvigorate and sustain the Coast Guard’s culture to more effectively align our behaviors – how we treat each other and the public we serve – with our Core Values

Fostering Engaged Leadership

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Cultivating and reinforcing engaged leadership at all levels in this effort is central to strengthening our culture. The Coast Guard must foster workforce trust in the institution, its leadership, and its processes for supporting members.

ARTICLES

A Foundation for Cultural Change

By VADM Peter Gautier, USCG, ’87, Deputy Commandant for Operations | Aug. 28, 2024

Vice Adm. Peter Gautier talks about leading the Coast Guard's Strengthening Service Culture efforts.

Strengthening Service Culture: Update on progress so far

By MyCG Staff | Aug. 9, 2024

There’s a lot happening right now. Get involved – and stay informed.

Commandant updates Congress one year after Accountability and Transparency Review

By Adm. Linda Fagan, Commandant, U.S. Coast Guard | July 25, 2024

“We have made great progress across all actions” and have also identified and completed additional actions aligned with the ATR's objectives.

Coast Guard launches site on Strengthening Service Culture Initiative

By AJ Pulkkinen, MyCG Writer | July 18, 2024

The new website consolidates information to be your touchpoint for service-wide SSC efforts.

Coast Guard updates Swab Summer for incoming Academy cadets

By Zach Shapiro, MyCG Writer | July 16, 2024

Service adds new oversight, alters training structure

Top 9 things you need to know about getting care through the Veterans Affairs

By AJ Pulkkinen, MyCG Writer | July 2, 2024

The VA offers support to sexual assault survivors.

Future Cape May grads will head to one-week acclimation course

By AJ Pulkkinen, MyCG writer | June 26, 2024

START - Sentinel Transformation and Readiness Training - will help new members prepare for service in the field.

Coast Guard answers questions the workforce may have after the Commandant’s recent testimony

By MyCG Staff | June 18, 2024

Key topics addressed include forward progress on the Commandant’s Directed Actions, support for victims, and the DHS Office of the Inspector General investigation.

Strengthening Service Culture through Our Core Values

By Deputy Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Jahmal Pereira | June 6, 2024

Together, we'll explore what Honor, Respect, and Devotion to Duty mean to us.

Strengthening Service Culture SITREP: Initial progress to make the Coast Guard a better workplace

By Vice Adm. Pete Gautier and Master Chief Jahmal Pereira | May 24, 2024

The Coast Guard is strengthening Service culture through multiple initiatives.

Good Order and Discipline: FY24 first quarter report

By MyCG Staff | May 24, 2024

Leaders throughout the Coast Guard are encouraged to share this message with their units and talk about the importance of adhering to the Coast Guard’s core values.

Strengthening Coast Guard culture

By AJ Pulkkinen, MyCG Team writer | Feb. 6, 2024

The Coast Guard establishes an Enterprise Victim Advocate, encourages reporting by removing barriers, and more to address sexual assault and harassment in the Service.

Accountability and Transparency Review to ensure a culture where everyone is safe and valued

By MyCG Staff | Aug. 11, 2023

“Eliminating sexual assault and sexual harassment in our Service is everyone's responsibility,” said Rear Adm. Miriam Lafferty.