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Members of Base National Capital Region receive their specific Health Clinic of the Year award, July 21, 2021. Every Coast Guard clinic will be recognized as the clinic of the year for 2020 based on how well the medical community responded to a global pandemic as well as hurricanes in 2020. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Keisha Reynolds.

Oct. 12, 2021

Results are in—the 2020 Health Care Facility of the Year Award honors all Coast Guard clinics and staff

Rear Adm. Dana Thomas states all clinics have earned the honor of Health Care Facility of the Year based on incredible efforts throughout 2020 and beyond.

Oct. 8, 2021

Plain language pop-up training

Join MyCG's staff as we celebrate International Plain Language Day on Oct. 13, with a virtual training workshop for all skill levels.

This illustration, created at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses.

Oct. 8, 2021

Join an informative discussion about COVID-19 vaccines and your reproductive health

Please submit questions in advance, to be sure we address them during this week's Wellness Wednesday call.

Raspberries are at the heart of a weight loss debate. Some believe raspberry ketones can aid in weight loss whereas others do not. This article gives facts you may want to consider if you're embarking on your own weight loss journey.

Oct. 8, 2021

The bottom line about using raspberry ketone as a supplement for weight loss

Expert advice and data—think twice before using ketone for diet purposes

Circa 1940 photograph showing keepers quarters and “U.S. Coast Guard” painted on the side of the storage shed. (Photo courtesy of the Guantanamo Public Memory Project)

Oct. 8, 2021

The Long Blue Line: GITMO Lighthouse standing the watch for 120 years, still Semper Paratus!

It has been 121 years since the Guantanamo Lighthouse was built, remaining Semper Paratus thanks to numerous Coast Guard members who have preserved this unique piece of Coast Guard history.

Seaman Nate Dirvin crosses the finish line after running 135 miles through Death Valley to Mount Whitney in California, July 19, 2021. He completed the Badwater 135 to raise funds for Coast Guard Mutual Assistance. U.S. Coast Guard photo.

Oct. 7, 2021

BZ: Bravo Zulu to member for completing several ultra-marathons raising money for Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (CGMA), and more.

BZ: Bravo Zulu to member for completing several ultra-marathons raising money for Coast Guard Mutual Assistance (CGMA); Solicitation: Black Engineer of the Year Award (BEYA) Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) 2022 Conference Outstanding Achievement Award (OAA) nominations; Solicitation: Nominations for the 2021 Coast Guard Engineer of the Year (EOTY) are being accepted.

The crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Oliver Berry (WPC 1124) travels to their new Homeport in Honolulu, Sept. 22, 2017. The Oliver Berry is the first of three 154-foot fast response cutters to be stationed in Hawaii. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Amanda Levasseur/Released)

Oct. 7, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard nabs two smugglers, seizes $7.5 million in cocaine following interdiction in Caribbean Sea

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard nabs two smugglers, seizes $7.5 million in cocaine following interdiction in Caribbean Sea; Coast Guard patrols international waters in an effort to strengthen maritime governance and US-Samoan partnership; Coast Guard holds first-of-their-kind fuel workshops, trains examiners from across US; Coast Guard rescues two from vessel taking on water near Gulfport, Mississippi