Shipmate of the Week – Magnus Graham
Friday, April 27, 2012
The Coast Guard is working to create a culture where our entire workforce understands sexual assault is a crime and will tolerate nothing short of respect for their fellow shipmates. As shipmates, each and every person in the Coast Guard has a shared responsibility to make this change. In honor of Sexual Assault Awareness Month, [...]
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New watchman of an old calling
Tuesday, April 24, 2012
This story was originally released as a U.S. Coast Guard feature story and was written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Eric J. Chandler. The crew of Station Quillayute River gathered on a beach at La Push, Wash., for a ceremonial reenactment of an old practice. They were there to honor Petty Officer 2nd Class Aaron Harris [...]
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Shipmate of the Week – Al Roker
Friday, April 20, 2012
He’s a bestselling author, nine-time Emmy winner, founder of a multimedia company, host of NBC’s Today and perhaps is the best-known weatherman in the world. He’s Al Roker. And despite his tremendous accomplishments we’d like to add one more to the list: Coast Guard supporter. Roker has opened the eyes of many Americans to who [...]
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Leadership: From the ball field to the barracks
Thursday, April 19, 2012
When Cadet 1st Class Hayley Feindel was in high school and it came time to decide her future, she – like many students – couldn’t narrow down what she wanted to do with her life. That all changed in 2005 when the season’s 12th tropical depression formed over the Bahamas. The tropical depression became a [...]
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‘Coast Guard Alaska’ is back!
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
In November 2011, The Weather Channel and Al Roker Entertainment unveiled the reality television series “Coast Guard Alaska.” The show followed Coast Guard men and women, both on and off-duty, and gave the world an insider’s perspective on the life of America’s Coast Guard in one of the nation’s most beautiful and potentially deadly locations. Following [...]
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Shipmate of the Week – MST2 Cliffton Hendry
Friday, April 13, 2012
It was noon on April 10, 1912, when RMS Titanic set sail from Southampton, England, on its maiden voyage. Called “unsinkable” by its builders, Titanic struck an iceberg and sunk less than three hours later. Although a century has passed, the loss of more than 1,500 lives are in the hearts and minds of the [...]
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Off-duty Coast Guardsman aids Navy pilot after crash
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Anderson, Deployable Operations Group. An off-duty Coast Guard member and Virginia Beach native provided first aid to a downed F/A-18D Hornet pilot after his plane crashed near Virginia Beach, Friday. Petty Officer 2nd Class Nick Beane, a canine handler stationed with the Maritime Security Response Team, was at [...]
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Spring issue of Coast Guard Magazine out today!
Monday, April 9, 2012
The Spring issue of Coast Guard Magazine is out! The latest issue is full of amazing content, including information about the men and women aboard Coast Guard Cutter Bernard C. Webber just days before its commissioning and behind the scenes access with a film crew from “Coast Guard Alaska.” Check out this note from the [...]
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Shipmate of the Week – Alena Deveau
Friday, April 6, 2012
At only 17, Alena Deveau has traveled to all but one U.S. state. What motivated her to travel across the country? Well it wasn’t necessarily a motivation but a way of life. The way of life for a military child. With her father serving in the Coast Guard, her family experienced “home” in many places. [...]
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Shutter Shootout… we have a winner!
Wednesday, April 4, 2012
And we have a winner! Thanks to the thousands of votes our Facebook fans have cast over the last three weeks, Shutter Shootout has crowned a victor. The winning photo, according to your votes, is a silhouette of Coast Guard Cutter Washington as the sun shines through a Coast Guard Ensign in Agat Bay, [...]
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