MSST San Diego returns from 6-month deployment on Mother’s day
Monday, May 14, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson. Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego, a Coast Guard anti-terrorism team, returned home on Mother’s Day from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, after a six-month deployment in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. During the deployment, Maritime Safety and Security Team San Diego members formed the Joint Task Force [...]
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On patrol with Waesche: Boardings & shark fins
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Coast Guard Cutter Waesche – the second of eight planned national security cutters – had a successful inaugural patrol, and after an in-port period is back at it again. Waesche’s crew is currently on an Asia-Pacific patrol and is once again demonstrating the national security cutter’s ability to uphold the Coast Guard’s centuries-old tradition of [...]
Category: Environment, Global, Safety | 4 Comments »
On guard for America: Coast Guard Cutter Diligence
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Written by Cmdr. D. Goodwin, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence. If you live on our nation’s coasts, it is likely you have seen a Coast Guard helicopter soaring overhead on a training flight. Or maybe you’ve even seen small boats enforcing a security zone or marine safety personnel conducting pollution response at your [...]
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Port Security Unit 309: Deeds not words
Monday, May 7, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson. Ready to deploy anywhere around the world within 96 hours are the men and women of Port Security Unit 309. Commissioned in 1995, they are one of the Coast Guard’s deployable specialized force units and live by their motto: Facta Non Verba – Deeds Not Words. Port [...]
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Shipmate of the Week – BMC Keith Cupples
Friday, May 4, 2012
Written by Lt. Jon Bernhardt, seaward security officer, Commander Task Group 56.5. The Coast Guard’s chief petty officer charge says as a chief, “It is now required that you be the fount of wisdom, the ambassador of good will, the authority in personnel relations, as well as technical applications.” If you had to put a [...]
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Spotting drug subs from the sky
Wednesday, May 2, 2012
Coast Guard crews have been hard at work disrupting a rising threat as drug smugglers use increasingly sophisticated and evolving methods to evade authorities in the Caribbean. First, there was the $180 million cocaine seizure by Coast Guard Cutter Seneca. Then there was Coast Guard Cutter Mohawk and their 24-hour pursuit followed by a double [...]
Category: Global, Modernization, Security | 5 Comments »
A 12-year journey home
Tuesday, May 1, 2012
Located 430 miles south of Guam in the Western Pacific Ocean, is a small, coral atoll made up of 22 islands called Woleai. Part of the Federated States of Micronesia, the atoll’s inhabitants are isolated from the rest of the world with their only means of communication being a VHF radio. Woleai is a unique [...]
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Another drug sub busted
Thursday, April 19, 2012
It’s been months since Compass last brought you a story of a drug sub bust – but the wait is over! Last month a team of Coast Guard crews and the Honduran navy interdicted a a drug smuggling, self-propelled semi-submersible vessel, marking the fifth interdiction of an SPSS in the Caribbean. The cutters’ crews were [...]
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North Pacific partnerships
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Written by Pacific Area International Affairs. The safety and economic security of maritime nations depends substantially upon the secure use of the world’s oceans. By securing our world’s oceans we maintain vibrant maritime commerce and the ability to counter threats from terrorists, transnational criminals and other dangerous elements. Threats to our nation can originate from [...]
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Leadership for the Arctic
Friday, April 13, 2012
Written by U.S. Coast Guard Academy public affairs. Warming temperatures have had a dramatic effect on the Arctic recently. Many reports indicate ship traffic through the Bering Strait nearly doubled from 2009 to 2010, and the debut of offshore oil drilling is anticipated in the region this summer. While activities on Arctic waters have been [...]
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