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Stress can affect anyone. Common negative stressors include family, work or financial problems and are detrimental to an individual’s physical and mental health over time. (U.S. Air Force illustration by Airman 1st Class Destinee Dougherty)

Dec. 30, 2021

Using this one tool could cut your stress in half

The Operational Stress Control Program will teach you stress management 

U.S. Coast Guard Cmdr. Micah Bonner, Director of Auxiliary Southern Region for the First Coast Guard District and head coach of the USA Armed Forces Men’s Basketball Team, poses with members of the team before playing in the Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE) International Basketball Tournament (IBT) in Mons, Belgium, November 2021. The annual tournament brings teams from around the world together to a NATO installation for friendly competition and partnership. (U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo)

Dec. 29, 2021

Coast Guard member serves as head coach of USA Armed Forces Basketball Team in Europe 

Forging partnerships, collaboration through the love of the game 

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Dec. 29, 2021

CG Portal going online  

The Coast Guard plans to soon begin migrating the Coast Guard Portal (CG Portal) to a secure cloud-based environment that users will eventually be able to access from mobile and personal devices.  The C5I Service Center (Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Cyber and Intelligence) estimates it will take at least a year to relocate the CG

Coast Guard officer trainees lead the Norfolk State University (NSU) alumni and military veterans on the field to await the Presentation of Colors at the First Responders and Military Appreciation Day/Senior Day football game, Nov. 20, 2021. Photo courtesy of NSU staff.

Dec. 28, 2021

Military members: Here’s your military compensation for 2022  

Changes in basic pay, BAS, BAH, CONUS COLA 

Martin Army Community Hospital’s Department of Behavioral Health Intensive Outpatient Program Chief, Lt. Karnisha Harvey, and linguist Hameed helped 10,000 Afghan refugees during Operation Allies Welcome near Fort Bliss, Texas. U.S. Public Health Services photo courtesy of Lt. Karnisha Harvey Martin Army Community Hospital’s Department of Behavioral Health Intensive Outpatient Program Chief, Lt. Karnisha Harvey, and linguist Hameed helped 10,000 Afghan refugees during Operation Allies Welcome near Fort Bliss, Texas. U.S. Public Health Services photo courtesy of Lt. Karnisha Harvey

Dec. 28, 2021

Spotlight Joint Duty Assignment Opportunities

Operation Allies Welcome (OAW) assignments are nine-month assignments with Department of Homeland Security, Office of the Secretary & Executive Management (OSEM), Operation Allies Welcome (OAW). The OAW, Unified Coordination Group (UCG) has been leading the whole-of-nation effort to welcome our Afghan allies and care for them while we help them

Dec. 28, 2021

How To Set Effective New Year’s Goals For 2022

Every year, business leaders set goals for the new year. These goals are typically ambitious, and that’s probably true for you as well. Yet how many times have you set a New Year’s resolution just for it to fizzle out after January ends? If your resolutions rarely come to fruition, it’s time to rethink the way you create goals. No matter what your

A recruiter uses a 2-in-1 device with a prospective recruit.

Dec. 27, 2021

2-in-1 devices aid recruitment efforts 

In an effort to improve recruiting initiatives, the Coast Guard recently supplied 56 recruiting offices with 2-in-1 devices that will provide greater mobility to 380 recruiters throughout the service.  The 2-in-1 devices are handheld computers that can easily switch from a laptop to a tablet and have the same functionality as a traditional Coast

Coast Guard Cutter Victory in heavy surf.

Dec. 24, 2021

The Long Blue Line: Lest we forget—the Triumph-Mermaid tragedy 60 years ago

At approximately 4:15 p.m., on Thursday, Jan. 12, 1961, Coast Guard Station Cape Disappointment, at the mouth of the Columbia River, received a radio call from Roy Gunnari, skipper of the fishing vessel Jana Jo. Gunnari advised that he was relaying a mayday call from the fishing vessel Mermaid, a 34-foot crab-fishing boat from Ilwaco, Wash., owned

Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw moors at Chicago's Navy Pier Dec. 4, 2021, in preparation for unloading a cargo of 1,200 Christmas trees bound for Chicago families that otherwise wouldn't have one. The ship was participating in the 22nd annual Chicago's Christmas Ship celebration. U.S. Coast Guard photo by Bradley Couch, U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

Dec. 24, 2021

Chicago's Christmas Ship delivers 1,200 trees to at-risk youth and families

Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw docks at Navy Pier as part of annual event bringing trees to families.

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).

Dec. 23, 2021

PODCAST GovExec Daily: Teamwork During Remote Work

Management expert Melodie Carlson joins the podcast to discuss how to manage a team during telework.