http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Tue, 22 May 2012 15:56:44 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/voting-is-underway-for-2012-best-u-s-coast-guard-blog/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/voting-is-underway-for-2012-best-u-s-coast-guard-blog/#comments Wed, 18 Apr 2012 01:41:24 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=24803 For the past six years, the folks over at Military.com have been supporting the growing military blogging community with the annual awarding of Milbloggies. Each year, the Milbloggies recognize military bloggers for their contributions to blogging, news and information and the military. Last year, our readers voted Coast Guard Compass the 2011 Best U.S. Coast [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/voting-is-underway-for-2012-best-u-s-coast-guard-blog/feed/ 8 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/spectrum-helps-cga-produce-leaders-of-character/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/spectrum-helps-cga-produce-leaders-of-character/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 19:45:20 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=24181 With contributions from Petty Officer 1st Class NyxoLyno Cangemi. Following the September 2011 repeal of the U.S. military’s “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell” policy governing the service of gay and lesbian members, cadets at the United States Coast Guard Academy established the first gay-straight alliance at a U.S. military service academy on Dec. 1, 2011. The [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/spectrum-helps-cga-produce-leaders-of-character/feed/ 8 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/coast-guard-florida-coming-to-a-living-room-near-you/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/coast-guard-florida-coming-to-a-living-room-near-you/#comments Mon, 12 Mar 2012 16:08:54 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=24137 Following on the success of “Coast Guard Alaska,” The Weather Channel and Al Roker Entertainment announced a new docu-series to be called “Coast Guard Florida” earlier today. Scheduled to premiere in October 2012, the show will follow the men and women of the 7th Coast Guard District as they conduct operations aimed at protecting Americans [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/coast-guard-florida-coming-to-a-living-room-near-you/feed/ 18 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/coast-guard-recovers-missing-cg-6535-crew-member/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/coast-guard-recovers-missing-cg-6535-crew-member/#comments Fri, 09 Mar 2012 00:59:10 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=24020 Hours ago, response personnel recovered Petty Officer 3rd Class Andrew Knight, the flight mechanic and fourth crew member of Coast Guard helicopter 6535. “This has been a long, tasking week for all involved as we pushed forward and put in countless hours to find our fallen Guardians and bring them back home,” said Capt. Kenneth [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/coast-guard-recovers-missing-cg-6535-crew-member/feed/ 21 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/remembering-the-crew-of-cg-6535/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/remembering-the-crew-of-cg-6535/#comments Thu, 08 Mar 2012 19:08:47 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23981 Earlier today the Coast Guard bid farewell to four of its own. In a memorial service held in Hangar 2 at Coast Guard Aviation Training Center Mobile, Ala., the service paid tribute to the crew of Coast Guard helicopter 6535 – Lt. Cmdr. Dale Taylor, Lt. j.g. Thomas Cameron, Chief Petty Officer Fernando Jorge and [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/remembering-the-crew-of-cg-6535/feed/ 37 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/shipmate-of-the-week-community-of-mobile-ala/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/shipmate-of-the-week-community-of-mobile-ala/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2012 02:54:26 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23862 Time and again we have seen tragedy bring communities together as families. Earlier this week, tragedy struck our service when Coast Guard helicopter 6535 went down in Mobile Bay. In keeping with what makes America the greatest country in the world and Mobile, Ala., a Coast Guard City, the community came together to support the [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/shipmate-of-the-week-community-of-mobile-ala/feed/ 4 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/tribute-to-cg-6535/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/tribute-to-cg-6535/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2012 11:48:23 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23836 On behalf of the Coast Guard family, we at Coast Guard Compass want to thank all of you for the outpouring of support and prayers following the tragic loss of four Coast Guardsmen when Coast Guard helicopter CG-6535 crashed in Mobile Bay on Tuesday evening. Last night, the Coast Guard called off the active search [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/03/tribute-to-cg-6535/feed/ 88 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/wanted-shipmates-of-the-week/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/wanted-shipmates-of-the-week/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:22:08 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=22499 A year ago, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp introduced the Shipmate of the Week series as an opportunity for members of the Coast Guard family – active, reserve, civilian, auxiliary, retirees, family members, and Coast Guard supporters outside our service to be featured on Compass. We kicked off 2011 with the story of Petty [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/wanted-shipmates-of-the-week/feed/ 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/10/history-arctic-rescue-changes-face-of-coast-guard-operations/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/10/history-arctic-rescue-changes-face-of-coast-guard-operations/#comments Tue, 04 Oct 2011 18:42:25 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=20516 Co-authored by Ademide Adedokun. Thirty-one years ago today, the Coast Guard led one of the nation’s largest search and rescue cases when the 519 passengers and crew of the Dutch cruise liner Prinsendam were forced to abandon ship more than 150-miles off the coast of Alaska after an engine room fire spread throughout the vessel. [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/10/history-arctic-rescue-changes-face-of-coast-guard-operations/feed/ 8 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/09/remembering-douglas-munro-cmdr-douglas-sheehan/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/09/remembering-douglas-munro-cmdr-douglas-sheehan/#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2011 14:20:24 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=20323 For the Coast Guardsman, the name Munro is steeped in honor and history. As the only member of the nation’s longest serving naval service to be awarded the Medal of Honor, Douglas Munro has had Coast Guard cutters named in his honor and buildings at Cape May and the Coast Guard Academy bear his name [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/09/remembering-douglas-munro-cmdr-douglas-sheehan/feed/ 8