America's North Shore Journal

Admiral Thad Allen, the Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard has a blog. In a recent post, RADM Mark Tedesco talked about the Coast Guard’s readiness for pandemic flu, swine flu or novel H1N1. In response to this H1N1 outbreak, the Coast Guard has released numerous ALCOASTs and messages to help prepare and protect our Coast Guard family against this emerging disease. Timely information on H1N1 can be found on the Coast Guard portal. Additionally, I broadcasted a series of informative H1N1 webcasts that can be found on the Coast Guard H1N1 website. For family preparedness, CG-111 has created a Family Readiness page which has a wealth of resources. All Coast Guard members should ensure they have taken the appropriate Influenza training modules located on E-Learning . These modules focus on influenza … Read entire article »