Coast Guard finally getting back-pay after shutdown
Some Coast Guard families began receiving back pay Jan. 28, 2019, while bracing for the …
Here’s what the Coast Guard is cutting back on during the shutdown
While the Coast Guard is not slowing down in its most important national security operations as the U.S. enters its fifth week of a government shutdown, some activities have been …
Coast Guard leadership is sounding off about the shutdown
Thirty-three days into the US government shutdown, the only military branch affected has missed one paycheck and is on the verge of losing its next.
The Coast Guard and its roughly 41,000 active-duty members are part of the Homeland Security D…
Coast Guard deploys without pay amid shutdown
US Coast Guard cutter Bertholf left California on Jan. 20, 2019, for a months-long mission in the Pacific to support US Indo-Pacific Command, the largest of the US military’s geographic combatant commands.
Coast Guardsmen aboard the …
USCG works without pay even after surge in migrant intercepts
Jan. 15, 2019, was the first missed payday for the US Coast Guard, the only military branch who’s working without pay during the government shutdown that started on Dec. 21, 2018.
A work-around secured money for Dec. 31, 2018 paychecks, but n…
For the first time in history, a US military service is working without pay
As Coast Guard paychecks went undelivered Jan. 15, 2019, as the result of an ongoing partial government shutdown, the service’s top officer urged its members to stay the course.…
50,000 Coast Guard retirees will miss pay if shutdown drags on
As the partial federal government shutdown enters its fourth week, another group is about to get hit in the pocketbook: retirees of the Coast Guard.
The 50,000 annuitants on…
Organizations try to help USCG as members miss first paycheck
Twenty-four days into the longest government shutdown in US history, the strain is being felt acutely by the US Coast…
Coast Guard addresses missed payday, how to get help
To the men and women of the Coast Guard,
As you are aware, much of the government, including the Department of Homeland Security, remains unfunded, and it is not clear when this lapse in appropriations will end. In the coming days, our service…
Here are the unhelpful tips the Coast Guard gave to help get through the furlough
Times are tough right now for the Coasties. Since they’re essential personnel, they have to work but, apparently, they’re not essential enough to get paid during this government shutdown. They got lucky with the December 31st paycheck, but things …