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More Than Golf: Why Coasties Keep Coming Back to the CGMA Open 

Learn how the CGMA Open golf tournament brings Coasties, veterans, families, and supporters together to help Coa…

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Learn how the CGMA Open golf tournament brings Coasties, veterans, families, and supporters together to help Coast Guard families in need.

HELPING OUR OWN

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Coast Guard Mutual Assistance is the official relief society of the U.S. Coast Guard.

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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:

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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.

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Financial emergencies can happen to anyone.

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Updates & Highlights

07.27.2026

#3 — Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City: A Rescue to Remember

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Some Coast Guard search and rescue cases are remembered for the weather. Others for the distance offshore. This one is remembered for a frantic dog and an exceptionally calm cat. On Dec. 30, 2025, two mariners found themselves aboard a disabled 40-foot sailing catamaran approximately 65 miles southeast […]

07.27.2026

#4 — Operation River Wall: Coast Guard Boat Forces on the Rio Grande

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance The Rio Grande presents a different kind of maritime challenge. Unlike the open ocean, crews navigate narrow channels, shallow water, shifting currents and constantly changing river conditions where boat handling and local knowledge are just as important as speed. When the Coast Guard launched Operation River Wall in […]

07.24.2026

#5 — Breaking Through: How USCGC Polar Star Keeps Antarctica Within Reach

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance At the bottom of the world, there are no alternate routes. Each austral summer, as Antarctica emerges from months of darkness, the United States depends on one ship to do what no other American vessel can: cut a path through some of the thickest sea ice on Earth. […]

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