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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.

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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

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Sept. 21, 2021

Calling all runners!

Coast Guard Marathon coming March 2022

Kyle and Nick Camaiore are first class petty officers, aviation maintenance technicians and brothers stationed at Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City, North Carolina. In this video, they discuss the pride and joy they have found in their 10-year career while serving in the Coast Guard. U.S. Coast Guard video by Petty Officer 1st Class Stephen Lehmann.

Sept. 20, 2021

Brothers in service

Two brothers serve together.

Petty Officer 3rd Class Amber Degouveia, a health series technician assigned to Coast Guard Base Alameda Medical, administers the intranasal flu vaccine to a Coast Guard member while at the Base Alameda clinic Thursday, Oct. 1, 2015. To maintain mission readiness, Coast Guard personnel are required to receive the annual influenza vaccine during the required vaccination period. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Barry Bena)

Sept. 20, 2021

It’s time for your flu vaccine 

Subhead: Flu vaccinations now available through Coast Guard clinics and private care providers

Chief Bosun’s Mate Pablo Valent of the Brazos Boat Station, known today as Station South Padre Island. (National Archives)

Sept. 17, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Hispanic American history of the Coast Guard—200 years of service!

Celebrating Hispanic American history

A Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder small boat crew takes a moment for a photo in the Davis Strait Aug. 13, 2021. Snyder worked alongside Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba the Royal Canadian Navy's HMCS Harry Dewolf and HMCS Goose Bay in Operation Nanook to enhance collective abilities to respond to safety and security issues in the High North through air and maritime presence activities, maritime domain defense, and security exercises. Top Row (left to right): Petty Officer 2nd Class Constance Jennings, Ensign Charlotte Braman, Petty Officer 2nd Class Danielle Wilson. Bottom Row (left to right): Petty Officer 2nd Class Courtney Swink, Ensign Emma Compagnoni, Petty Officer 2nd Class Gayle Buchanan (U.S. Coast Guard photo by USCGC Richard Snyder)

Sept. 17, 2021

Faces of Snyder: The Women who "Never Yield"

Meet the women aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Richard Snyder

U.S. Army 1st Lt. Carolyn Parlato, assigned under the 3rd Medical Command, poses in a troop medical clinic in the Central Command Area of Responsibility on Aug. 20, 2020. Parlato serves as a Army Nutritionist or Military Occupation Specialty 65C deployed to the Middle East.

Sept. 17, 2021

What is a “healthy” weight-loss eating plan, anyway?

How choosing an eating pattern can be key to your weight management success