About Us
CGMA is the official relief society of the US Coast Guard. While CGMA works closely with the Coast Guard, it is an independent nonprofit charitable organization. Established and operated by Coast Guard people for Coast Guard people, CGMA provides a way to extend compassion to one another in times of need. It serves as a vital financial safety net, promoting financial stability and general wellbeing, fostering high morale, and encouraging a sense of loyalty to the Coast Guard.
Mission
CGMA amplifies the voices of our Coast Guard community to harness strengths and address needs. We leverage our network to foster a culture of financial security, ensuring no one walks alone. Through proactive collaboration and tailored support, we are the go-to resource that turns today’s financial challenges into tomorrow’s stability.
Vision
Guiding Principles
All actions of Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Board of Directors members, Representatives and staff members are governed by the following principles:
- To help members of the Coast Guard family achieve autonomous financial well-being.
- To foster self-respect and self-worth.
- To assure applications for financial assistance are treated confidentially.
- To treat all members of the Coast Guard community in an honorable and respectful manner.
- To provide assistance in a timely manner.
- To consistently apply our guidelines and principles fairly and equitably to all.
- To make decisions based on the merits of individual cases.
Diversity
CGMA believes in and strives to practice absolute adherence to a policy of fair treatment. At all times, we will provide an environment that promotes dignity, respect, fairness, equity, and inclusion. These are essential ingredients to the sustainment of operational excellence, a positive office climate and a healthy work environment. All CGMA personnel and representatives will comport themselves in accordance with all Coast Guard civil rights and equal opportunity policies at all times.
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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