MWR News

Coast Guard Rugby will compete in the 2024 Men’s Armed Forces Sports (AFS) Rugby Sevens Championship in Glendale, CO, from 15-26 August.

Coast Guard Rugby will compete in the 2024 Women’s Armed Forces Sports (AFS) Rugby Sevens Championship in San Diego, CA, from 3‐14 July.

I am pleased to announce the 2023 Coast Guard Elite Male and Female Athletes of the Year.

If competing in an individual sports competition during NAF year 2024 (1 Feb 24 through 31 Jan 25), you may request a sports grant using the link below.

The Community Services Command (CSC) solicited for MWR CIF projects, which resulted in 149 project submissions from Coast Guard units totaling $12.9M.

Navy trials/Armed Forces competitions are open to all Coast Guard members on active duty.

The Coast Guard Golf team will compete in the 2024 Armed Forces Sports (AFS) Golf Championship at Patrick Space Force Base, FL, from 4-15 March.

This program is a perfect opportunity for commands to recognize the hard work and dedication of active-duty Coast Guard members who have achieved the highest levels of athletic performance.

2023 MWR Program of the Year Awards for outstanding achievement in the delivery of MWR programs and services.

Two $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to the most outstanding applicants based upon academic achievement, accomplishments, interests, participation, and demonstrated leadership in both school‐oriented and community/volunteer activities.

A Per Capita distribution amount of 50 dollars per active-duty billet is planned for 2024. The final Per Capita amount will be determined by the Non-Pay Compensation Board of Directors in March of 2024.

The Coast Guard will assemble the Service's first-ever golf team and compete in the 2023 Armed Forces Sports (AFS) Golf Championship in San Diego, CA, from 17-25 September.

To recognize MWR programs and improve the readiness, retention, and resiliency of the Coast Guard family.

https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/3358628/coast-guard-world-of-warcraft-esports-team-wins-armed-forces-dungeon-leagues-sp/

https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/3350118/calling-all-coast-guard-gamers/

Coast Guard Rugby will participate in the 2023 Men’s Armed Forces Sports (AFS) Rugby Sevens Championship in Glendale, CO, from 17-28 August.

The Non‐Pay Compensation Program Board of Directors (NPCBOD) approved the MWR CIF.

The Coast Guard Elite Athletes of the Year is LCDR Jessica Anderson, stationed at Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, DC, and LCDR John Botti, stationed at District Eleven, Alameda, CA.

Coast Guard Rugby will participate in the 2023 Women’s Armed Forces Sports (AFS) Rugby Sevens Championship in Wilmington, NC, from 15‐26 June.

Active duty members and reservists serving on active duty orders should join the CGG Discord to learn about opportunities and online qualifiers.

This announcement highlights the opportunity for Coast Guard service members on active duty to participate in the Armed Forces Sports (AFS) program.

Coast Guard MWR policy supports active duty athletes by offering financial assistance to defray participation costs in sporting events authorized by the MWR Sports Participation Grant program.

https://www.mycg.uscg.mil/News/Article/3237183/your-discounted-travel-option-that-earns-dollars-for-coast-guard-mwr-programs/

Training Center Yorktown is sponsoring the 43rd Annual MLK Basketball Tournament to be held at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown from 17-20 January 2023.

The LAI tournament provides a unique training opportunity to help our coaches evaluate players and form team cohesion ahead of the Armed Forces Sports Championships in August 2023. Although not mandatory, participation is highly encouraged.

Congratulations to all award winners for taking the time to participate in the MWR Program of the Year Award and recognize the contributions MWR makes to support the readiness, retention, and resiliency of the Coast Guard family.

Two $2,000 scholarships will be awarded to the most outstanding applicants based upon academic achievement, accomplishments, interests, participation, and demonstrated leadership in both school-oriented and community/volunteer activities.

Playing video games for the military is not something Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Alex “Gambit” Alfonso, an information systems technician stationed at Electronics Support Detachment Baltimore, ever thought he would do.

Thanks to the generosity of the CGF SMF, Coast Guard units have acquired exercise, morale, and recreational equipment that has greatly improved the quality of life for Coast Guard personnel and their families.

This program is a perfect opportunity for commands to recognize the hard work and dedication of active-duty Coast Guard members who have achieved the highest levels of athletic performance.

STEM opportunities open to Coast Guard

Active Duty members interested in applying should join the CGG Discord to learn about opportunities and online qualifiers.

USCG golfers CWO2 Adam Dodson (Cyber Command), PO2 Nicholas Marshall (Sector Columbia River), and PO2 Zachary Rudy (Marine Safety Unit Houma) qualified for 3 of the 6 Navy roster positions.

A Per Capita distribution amount of 50 dollars per active duty billet is planned for 2023. The final Per Capita amount will be determined by the Non-Pay Compensation Board of Directors in March of 2023.

CSC is soliciting projects for the FY23 MWR CIF. This opportunity is available to all Coast Guard units desiring to improve their local MWR programs.

The MWR program developed an annual awards program to recognize programs of all sizes and to improve the readiness, retention, and resiliency of the Coast Guard family.

The International Military Community Executives Association (IMCEA) has announced its national annual MWR award winners as first solicited in Ref A.

Coast Guard Gaming (CGG) will be competing in person alongside other branches of the US.

Coast Guard members and their families can access the newly expanded and online Department of Defense’s (DOD) Morale, Welfare and Recreation (MWR) Library.

I am pleased to announce the winners of the annual Coast Guard Exchange System (CGX) Scholarship Program.