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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.

Did you know that many aid recipients become CGMA donors?

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Updates & Highlights

07.28.2026

#1 — History Made: How USCGC MUNRO Completed a Historic 119-Day Patrol

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance For 119 days, the crew of USCGC Munro operated far from home. They crossed more than 26,000 miles and two oceans. They trained for national defense, pursued drug smugglers in the Eastern Pacific and tracked a sanctioned tanker across the North Atlantic. By the time Munro returned to […]

07.28.2026

#2 — Chasing the Shadow Fleet: Operation Southern Spear

By Donnie Brzuska, Coast Guard Mutual Assistance It begins with a helicopter. Not a warning shot. Not a radio call. A helicopter. As its rotors churn the air above a moving tanker, a team descends onto the deck below. Within moments, the bridge is secured, the crew is under control and another vessel operating outside […]

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 […]

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