Helping you balance your Work and your Life
Other useful links
Though not necessarily Work Life related, the links below have a wealth of information useful to military families and all Coast Guard employees stationed in the First District.
Financial and Deployment links:
LSNJ—Government Aid and Services
(focused on state of NJ) —Listing a wide variety of resources and advice
including Child Care, Housing Resources, Food Pantries, Debt & Purchases, etc.
Military Financial Education Program -
http://www.SaveandInvest.org
The Securities & Exchange Commission Office of Investor Education & Assistance - http://www.sec.gov/investor/military.shtml
BBB Military Line—Better Business Bureau advice and assistance on consumer related issues - http://military.bbb.org
Courage to Care—Downloadable health topics relevant to families experiencing deployment
Pay and Travel links:
Pay
Tables (base pay, BAS, BAH, etc) -
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg1/psc/rates.asp
Per Diem (Cola & others) -
http://perdiem.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/
Mileage Site -
http://perdiem.hqda.pentagon.mil/perdiem/faqpovpast.html
Travel Claim Payments -
http://cgweb.fincen.uscg.mil/travel.htm
Rate Specific, Manuals & Forms Sites:
CG Career Central -
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-w/g-wt/g-wtl/career/index.htm
Personnel Service Center Forms and Worksheets -
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg1/psc/forms/
CG Reserve Site (includes link for Reserve Policy Manual) -
http://www.uscg.mil/reserve
Standard Distribution List (SDL)
CG Personnel Manual, CG Housing Manual, CG Pay Manual -
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-w/g-wp/g-wpm/WPM-1.htm
3PM (Personnel and Pay Procedures) Manual -
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg1/psc/3pm.asp
Find Any Manual -
http://isddc.dot.gov/OLPWeb.ASP?WCI=HomePage
Message Archive (aldist, alcoast, etc) -
http://cgweb.comdt.uscg.mil/hsc_t-4/commcen
Customer Comment Card (any ISC CG wide) -
http://dev.mlca.uscg.mil/surveys/customersatisfaction
Informational Sites:
Coast
Guard Magazine - http://www.uscg.mil/mag/
Uniform Services Thrift Savings Plan -
http://tsp.gov/general/textsitemap.html
Fred's Place - http://www.fredsplace.org
Official US Time (any time zone) -
http://www.time.gov
Post Office (zip codes searches) -
http://www.usps.com
Congress (find & e-mail your senators & reps) -
http://congress.org
Military Info Site -
http://www.military.com/
Military
Info Site -
http://usmilitary.about.com/careers/usmilitary/mbody.htm
VA Insurance site (SGLI & VGLI) -
http://www.insurance.va.gov/
Medals & Ribbons Sites:
Ribbon Checker -
http://kepler.egr.duke.edu/USCGRibbons.html
Cold War Certificates -
http://coldwar.army.mil
Ultra Thin Ribbons - http://www.ultrathin.com
Travel/Vacation Sites:
Space "A" Terminals -
http://www.military.com/Travel/Content1/0,,SAF_faq,00.html
Armed Forces Vacation Club -
http://www.afvclub.com
Misc. Links:
CEO Express (thousands of great links) -
http://www.ceoexpress.com
IRS (tax forms and info) - http://www.irs.gov
UCMJ -
http://usmilitary.about.com/od/justicelawlegislation/l/blucmj.htm
Class "A" School lists -
http://www.uscg.mil/hq/cg1/cgpc/epm/EPM2default.asp
ASVAB Info -
http://www.learnatest.com/military/home.cfm
Mutual Assistance Education Grants info -
http://www.cgmahq.org/
Rank insignia (All Services) -
http://www.defenselink.mil/specials/insignias/
Social Security Site -
http://www.ssa.gov/SSA_Home.html
Bellows AFS, Hawaii (Cabins & Campgrounds) -
http://www.bellowsafs.com
Coast Guard Command websites (mostly intranet):
CG Headquarters -
http://cgweb.comdt.uscg.mil/
CG LANT Area -
http://cgweb.lant.uscg.mil/LANTAREA/Default.htm
CG PACAREA -
http://cgweb.pacarea.uscg.mil/
MLC LANT -
http://cgweb.lant.uscg.mil/MLCLANT/
MLC PACAREA -
http://cgweb.mlcpac.uscg.mil/
1st District - http://cgweb.d1.uscg.mil/
5th District -
http://cgweb.lant.uscg.mil/LANTAREA/d5/index.htm
7th District -
http://cgweb.lant.uscg.mil/d7/d7portal/
11th District -
http://cgweb.pacarea.uscg.mil/D11Intranet/
13th District - http://cgweb.d13.uscg.mil/
14th District - http://www.uscg.mil/d14/
17th District -
http://cgweb.cgalaska.uscg.mil/
DISCLAIMER
The links provided herein do not constitute an endorsement by the U. S. Coast Guard. These sites contain information that may interest you and are for informational purposes only. The U.S. Coast Guard does not guarantee that all functions contained in these web sites will be operational, that defects will be corrected or that the servers will make this information available free of viruses or any other harmful components. You are encouraged to thoroughly investigate and evaluate items of interest prior to entering into contractual obligations.