Description
The first Coast Guard Academy, then called the Revenue Cutter School of Instruction, was held aboard the two-masted topsail schooner Dobbin. The first class of nine cadets boarded the Dobbin in New Bedford, Massachusetts, in 1876 for a two-year training mission. Congress consolidates a number of maritime agencies to create the modern U.S. Coast Guard and the School of Instruction is renamed the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.
The Academy’s Medical Clinic is located in Michel Hall, which is named for RADM Carl Michel, USPHS, the Coast Guard Chief of Health Services during World War II. The Clinic serves cadets and active duty military personnel including residential students at the Leadership and Development Center It is staffed by Public Health Service officers, Health Service technicians and support personnel. The clinic is a medium-sized ambulatory care clinic providing medical services delivered by: family physicians, a physical therapy department, a dental clinic, an optometry services department, and a psychiatrist.
Their professionalism and desire to achieve excellence in the face of daunting challenges inspires not only the people they help, but all those who witness their work. In the multiple stations and ports all through out the US, these individuals complete their assigned mission with great skill and compassion.
Struck in a brass alloy and gently brushed with an antique bronze finish, this coin is imbued with richly-colored enamel on both sides.
Each coin measures 1 3/4 inch (44mm) x 1 1/2 inch (39mm) Irregular.
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