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Lt. Michael White, a nurse at Naval Hospital Jacksonville’s intensive care unit, uses telehealth to discuss patient statuses and recommendations with Tiffany Ingram, a nurse at Naval Medical Center San Diego. Telehealth is the use of telecommunications and information technologies to provide health assessment, diagnosis, treatment, consultation, education, and health-related information across distances. White, a native of Boise, Idaho, says, “Telehealth provides us the opportunity to access those critical care resources to help mitigate staffing shortages. From a nursing standpoint, it gives us a second pair of critical care nursing eyes on the patient data to potentially catch any signs or symptoms that might get missed by the assigned nurse.” (U.S. Navy photo by Jacob Sippel, Naval Hospital Jacksonville/Released).

Sept. 27, 2021

Coast Guard Care Anywhere continues to make strides in adoption and use

Coast Guard Care Anywhere (CGCA), our virtual telehealth program, has a team that’s been busy scheduling events and making exciting improvements to the program. Here are some updates on the program and an overview of enhancement releases coming to you soon: CGCA Clinic Visits. CGCA has now been rolled out to every Coast Guard clinic with full

The Coast Guard has announced the eight 2020 Coast Guard Civilian Employee of the Year and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year awardees. The Commandant will preside over a ceremony at Coast Guard headquarters on Sept. 29 to recognize these individuals. Unlike in previous years, this will not be open attendance due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Sept. 27, 2021

Coast Guard honors eight civilians with prestigious Employee of the Year Awards

The Coast Guard has announced the eight 2020 Coast Guard Civilian Employee of the Year and Non-Appropriated Fund Employee of the Year awardees.

Sept. 24, 2021

DoD365 Update: Updated tools promote collaboration inside and outside the Coast Guard

New changes to DoD365 Team will make it easier to include anonymous users with non-military email addresses in internal Teams meetings with video, chat, and screen-sharing.

Cesar Romero at the controls of Cavalier’s ship’s crane. (Coast Guard Collection)

Sept. 24, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Cesar Romero—a Hollywood star, but just another guy in the Coast Guard

From Hollywood Star to Coast Guard war hero - the story of Cesar Romero.

Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Brian Kirkendall poses for a photo at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah Friday Sept.,3, 2010. Kirkendall completed a 100-mile race May 15, 2010, almost three years to the day of his final chemotherapy treatment. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Hulme

Sept. 24, 2021

Regular physical activity is important for health and performance

Exercise still essential in your personal wellness and health

Lt. j.g. Andrew Madjeska gathers information during a routine twelve-hour watch period in the Coast Guard First District Command Center here Wednesday, March 5, 2008. Madjeska is one of three watch standers in the command center responsible for coordinating search and rescue operations and daily missions off the coast of Maine down to New Jersey. (Coast Guard photo/Lauren Downs)

Sept. 23, 2021

PCS Assist update—Work-around for phone line’s technical difficulties

The PCS Team still to cease operations Sept. 30, new contact information till then

The crew of a Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter rescued a swimmer in distress just off Rompe Olas Beach near downtown Aguadilla Sept. 13, 2021. The Coast Guard aircrew deployed their rescue swimmer and a rescue basket to recover the survivor, a woman in her mid thirties, who was flown to Air Station Borinquen, where Emergency Medical Service personnel evaluated her condition before being released after not presenting an injury or medical concern. (U.S. Coast Guard photo)

Sept. 23, 2021

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen aircrew rescues swimmer in distress in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico, and more.

Frontline Focus: Coast Guard Air Station Borinquen aircrew rescues swimmer in distress in Aguadilla, Puerto Rico; Coast Guard, partner agencies conduct mass rescue exercise off San Diego coast; Coast Guard rescues three as vessel sinks off Long Branch, New Jersey; Coast Guard cutter engages in maritime training with Royal Australian Navy; U.S., Canadian crews conduct joint training exercise during Coast Guard Cutter Healy's Northwest Passage transit; Coast Guard continues to support Hurricane Ida recovery efforts.

Paul Duddy, freelance photographer at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, photographs football players, Sept 18, 2021. Duddy has supported the Academy with his photography for over 16 years. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo by Brad Clift)

Sept. 22, 2021

Paul Duddy: The official unofficial photographer of the Coast Guard Academy

Averaging between 1,500 and 2,000 pictures a day, Duddy’s photography helps tell the cadet story in a way not previously possible.

Sept. 22, 2021

Access to YouTube and social media coming to the Coast Guard

Coast Guard unclassified network will soon support social media websites and commercial email

Sept. 21, 2021

Calling all runners!

Coast Guard Marathon coming March 2022

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