HELPING OUR OWN

100% funded by donations
Coast Guard Mutual Assistance is the official relief society of the U.S. Coast Guard.

OVER $260 MILLION DOLLARS

of assistance has been disbursed to our Coast Guard community.

WE LOOK AFTER OUR OWN

We prevent short-term financial issues from becoming long-term problems by providing interest-free loans and grants to the Coast Guard community.

We serve:

ACTIVE DUTY MEMBERS AUXILIARY MEMBERS CHAPLAINS CIVILIAN EMPLOYEES PHS OFFICERS RESERVE MEMBERS RETIRED MILITARY PERSONNEL SURVIVING SPOUSES

We provide interest-free loans, grants, financial counseling, referrals, and other help.

Our assistance programs focus on situations requiring immediate attention for essentials and solving temporary problems.

Need help?

Start with your local Representative.

There are more than 600 CGMA Representatives ready to help you.

Financial emergencies can happen to anyone.

Did you know that many aid recipients become CGMA donors?

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Updates & Highlights

07.22.2026

#6 – You Can Run, But You Can’t Hide: Inside USCGC Stone’s Historic Counter-Drug Patrol

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance The eastern Pacific Ocean is one of the world’s busiest maritime drug trafficking corridors. It’s also one of the largest operating areas the U.S. Coast Guard patrols. “The eastern Pacific is just a massive area that only a limited amount of assets can target,” said Lt. Cmdr. Naylor. […]

07.22.2026

#7 – Where Surfmen Are Made: Inside the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Where the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean, powerful river currents collide with incoming swells to create one of the most dangerous stretches of navigable water in North America. Mariners know it as the “Graveyard of the Pacific.” Since 1792, nearly 2,000 vessels have been lost in these […]

07.21.2026

#8 – Inside the Coast Guard’s Advanced Helicopter Rescue School

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Every Coast Guard rescue is different. The crew rarely knows exactly what they will find. A distressed mariner in breaking surf. A stranded climber on a cliff face. Families trapped by floodwaters. A lost hiker beneath a dense forest canopy. Whatever waits at the other end of the […]

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