Shipmate of the Week – Coast Guard Foundation
Friday, May 18, 2012
When you are going through a tough time or need a little help there is always someone you can depend on, whether it be a relative, loved one, neighbor or friend. When a member of the Coast Guard is going through a tough time, they can find that support in the Coast Guard Foundation. The [...]
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Congratulations to the Class of 2012!
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Written by Chief Warrant Officer Kimberly R. Smith, Coast Guard Academy Public Affairs. With the graduation of the class of 2012, another year passes at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. But with this class and institution, as with the Coast Guard itself, the year has been anything but routine. Many firsts and new beginnings were [...]
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Life of a service dog: Capitol Hill
Tuesday, May 15, 2012
Veterans Moving Forward provides veterans with therapy and service dogs and amongst the puppies they are raising to help veterans cope with various injuries is an assistance dog in training that is near and dear to our hearts. His name is Nathan, in honor of Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal. Over the next few [...]
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Still going strong after 214 years together: The U.S. Coast Guard and the U.S. Public Health Service
Monday, May 14, 2012
Written by Lisa Novak, Coast Guard media relations. When you deal with your Coast Guard pharmacist, you’re dealing with someone who has more than just medication behind the pharmacy window. There’s a whole lot of history and maybe a hurricane or an earthquake back there, too. Coast Guard pharmacists are members of the U.S. Public [...]
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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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Shipmate of the Week – LCDR Scott Peterein
Friday, May 11, 2012
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Written by Capt. Stuart Merrill. The Constitution states “[n]o money shall be drawn from the Treasury but in Consequence of Appropriations made by Law.” For more than 220 years, the U.S. Coast Guard has executed its missions using the funds appropriated by Congress. Providing the funding necessary for the service to execute its missions safely [...]
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Yoga for life
Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Allyson E.T. Conroy and Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson. The Coast Guard’s Pacific Tactical Law Enforcement Team members scale cargo ships, dig through the holds of fishing vessels and board unsteady go-fasts bobbing in the ocean. They seize narcotics being smuggled into the United States – more than [...]
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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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Life of a service dog
Thursday, May 3, 2012
Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal was on a security mission near the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal in April 2004 when suicide bombers initiated a waterborne assault. He was severely wounded and later died from his injuries. Bruckenthal made the ultimate sacrifice for his nation and his memory lives on in all those [...]
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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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