http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Thu, 23 May 2013 20:23:10 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/u-s-coast-guard-to-unveil-arctic-strategy/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/u-s-coast-guard-to-unveil-arctic-strategy/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:01:31 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30750 Tomorrow, Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp will release the U.S. Coast Guard Arctic Strategy to guide our efforts in the region over the next 10 years. This strategy is based on nearly 150 years of Coast Guard experience in maritime operations in the Arctic region, since the U.S. Revenue Cutter Lincoln first arrived in the new U.S. territory of Alaska in 1867.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/u-s-coast-guard-to-unveil-arctic-strategy/feed/ 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/shipmate-of-the-week-ync-stepheni-norton/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/shipmate-of-the-week-ync-stepheni-norton/#comments Fri, 17 May 2013 19:20:35 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30787 Port Security Unit 311 is an expeditionary unit responsible for providing port security in support of military or humanitarian operations worldwide, ready to deploy within 96 hours of notification and establishing sustained operations within 24 hours. The unit deploys on the frontlines of global operations but in order to get there they need support; that support is led by Chief Petty Officer Stepheni Norton.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/shipmate-of-the-week-ync-stepheni-norton/feed/ 3 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/deployment-to-south-korea-base-camp/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/deployment-to-south-korea-base-camp/#comments Thu, 16 May 2013 19:24:11 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30736 With air temperatures hovering around freezing every night, steaming hot showers were a welcomed luxury for more than 1,200 deployed Coast Guard, Army, Navy, Marine and Air Force personnel at Camp Baldwin, especially once the camp was transformed into a giant mud pit after steady rain showers drenched the clay grounds during the day. Camp Baldwin, a large-scale, temporary military camp built in the middle of a Korean Marine base in Pohang, South Korea. ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/deployment-to-south-korea-base-camp/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/deployment-to-south-korea-advance-team/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/deployment-to-south-korea-advance-team/#comments Tue, 14 May 2013 17:39:51 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30687 It was a journey that would take more than five weeks, six 32-foot security boats, two pick-up trucks, six boat trailers and 15 five-ton storage containers. This journey included traveling more than 5,000 miles across the Pacific Ocean from Everett, Wash., to Pohang, South Korea. Coast Guard port security units 311, 312 and 313 mobilized 80 tons of gear and more than 100 personnel to participate in one of the largest, international military exercises on the Korean peninsula, Combined Joint Logistics Over the Shore Exercise.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/deployment-to-south-korea-advance-team/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/the-coast-guard-in-colorado/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/the-coast-guard-in-colorado/#comments Thu, 09 May 2013 16:39:47 +0000 Lt. j.g. Carl McLaughlin http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30631 More than one mile above sea level with a view of the beautiful Rocky Mountains live and work a group of Coast Guard men and women. As both a military service and law enforcement agency, the Coast Guard, with its broad authorities and unique operating capabilities, provide the USNORTHCOM commander greater flexibility to respond to threats against America.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/the-coast-guard-in-colorado/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/seized-27-million-worth-of-cocaine/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/seized-27-million-worth-of-cocaine/#comments Mon, 06 May 2013 20:52:27 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30581 While on a law enforcement patrol in the western Caribbean Sea Gallatin’s crew seized 2,200 pounds of cocaine worth an estimated value of $27 million. The crew of Gallatin located a 68-foot fishing vessel in the western Caribbean Sea, April 18, 2013, and launched their response boat. The response boat crew boarded the vessel, locating the cocaine and detaining three suspected smugglers. ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/seized-27-million-worth-of-cocaine/feed/ 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/got-questions-these-operations-specialists-have-answers/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/got-questions-these-operations-specialists-have-answers/#comments Mon, 29 Apr 2013 16:06:34 +0000 PA2 Kelly Parker http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30441 We asked our Facebook fans if they could ask an operations specialist anything, what would it be? And with more than 200 questions asked, it was clear you were all eager to hear more about the men and women who make up the operations specialist rate. We picked the top five most “liked” questions and asked two operations specialists to help answer them: Petty Officer 1st Class Jeremy Young and Petty Officer 2nd Class Brandon Daves.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/got-questions-these-operations-specialists-have-answers/feed/ 4 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/the-universal-mission-to-save-lives-training-in-liberia/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/the-universal-mission-to-save-lives-training-in-liberia/#comments Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:58:30 +0000 Lt. j.g. Carl McLaughlin http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30421 U.S. Coast Guard members of a mobile training team from the International Training Detachment at Coast Guard Training Center Yorktown, Va. deployed to Liberia in February, 2013 to strengthen local forces and build partnerships for the future. ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/the-universal-mission-to-save-lives-training-in-liberia/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/shipmate-of-the-week-ltjg-alicia-flanagan/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/shipmate-of-the-week-ltjg-alicia-flanagan/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 17:44:46 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30383 On Monday, April 15, 2013, the City of Boston was viciously attacked when two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line. In response to this tragic event, Sector Boston surged Coast Guard resources to protect Boston Harbor from any additional attacks. Maritime Safety and Security Team Boston supported security efforts with vigor and resolve. Lt. j.g. Alicia Flanagan responded in the aftermath as MSST Boston’s deployable team leader. ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/shipmate-of-the-week-ltjg-alicia-flanagan/feed/ 3 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/adm-papp-testifies-at-us-house-committee-meetings/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/adm-papp-testifies-at-us-house-committee-meetings/#comments Wed, 17 Apr 2013 18:12:39 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30362 Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp provided oral testimony before two U.S. House of Representatives subcommittees yesterday on the Coast Guard’s Fiscal Year 2014 budget request. In the morning, the Commandant testified before the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Homeland Security and in the afternoon testified along with Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Michael P. Leavitt before the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Marine Transportation.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/adm-papp-testifies-at-us-house-committee-meetings/feed/ 1