Coast Guard cutter to be named for Joshua James
Monday, September 12, 2011
Last week, the Coast Guard announced that the fifth of eight planned national security cutters would be built and named in honor of service legend Joshua James – credited with saving more than 600 souls along the New England coastline over a nearly 60-year career in the U.S. Life-Saving Service. “Our new national security cutters [...]
Category: History, Modernization | 6 Comments »
Building the national security cutter: 100 tons of steel
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
You see them everyday on America’s waterways. They have been spotted responding to humanitarian disasters across the world. And, they support the Department of Defense in times of conflict. We are, of course, talking about the Coast Guard cutter fleet. But, where do these cutters come from? Over the next three years, we’ll take you [...]
Category: Modernization | No Comments »
The case for the national security cutter
Thursday, August 11, 2011
For the past several months, Coast Guard Compass has taken you aboard Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf with reports from the commanding and executive officers on operations in the Bering Sea and the Western Pacific. That unique perspective “From the bridge of the Bertholf” details the the services the national security cutter provides the nation. Today, [...]
Category: Global, Leaders, Security | 1 Comment »
Shipmate of the Week – Abby Sunderland
Friday, August 5, 2011
In February 2010, Abby Sunderland set sail from Southern California with dreams of becoming the youngest person to circumnavigate the globe in a sail boat. Her quest came to an abrupt end four months later when her vessel was rolled and demasted by a massive wave in the Southern Indian Ocean as she braved 60-knot [...]
Category: Community, Preparedness | 20 Comments »
President Obama’s birthday message to the Coast Guard
Thursday, August 4, 2011
UPDATE: Paragraph one has been corrected to reflect that the Stratton will be the third of eight planned national security cutters and not the fifth. President Obama has a special relationship with the Coast Guard. In addition to being our Commander-in-Chief, he shares a birthday with the nation’s oldest continuous naval service and his wife, [...]
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Military leaders salute Coast Guard on our birthday
Thursday, August 4, 2011
As the Coast Guard family celebrates 221 years of service to the nation, we are reminded of the close bonds we share with America’s other military services. Earlier today, Adm. Mike Mullen, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, wished the Coast Guard a happy 221st birthday on his blog: From humble beginnings, the United [...]
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Celebrating 221 years of service
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
On August 4, 1790, President George Washington put pen to paper and created the Revenue Cutter Service. That service of “a few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at the entrances of our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of the laws” has grown into America’s maritime first responder. For 221 years, the [...]
Category: Community, History | 36 Comments »
Coast Guard Alaska headed to the small screen
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
Earlier today, The Weather Channel and Al Roker Entertainment unveiled “Coast Guard Alaska,” a reality television series that will follow the men and women of Air Station Kodiak both on and off-duty to give the world an insider’s perspective on the life of America’s maritime first responders in one of the nation’s most beautiful and [...]
Category: Community, Search and Rescue | 20 Comments »
Shipmate of the Week – Miriam Lopez
Friday, July 15, 2011
The men and women who wear the Coast Guard uniform are often the subject of public admiration – and even the occasional Hollywood blockbuster, for putting their lives on the line to protect the homeland and save lives at sea. But, these everyday heroes couldn’t carry out their duties without the support of the more [...]
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Capturing the Coast Guard on canvas
Wednesday, July 13, 2011
Throughout history, art – in its many forms – has been a common element in communicating military history. From cave paintings of organized hunts to John Ford filming the Battle of Midway to the many beautiful portraits of naval warships in the National Portrait Gallery and Time Magazine covers indelibly burned into our national consciousness, [...]
Category: Community, History | 2 Comments »
