http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Fri, 03 Feb 2012 19:53:50 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-lcdr-amy-florentino/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-lcdr-amy-florentino/#comments Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:31:14 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23216 Written by Joy Crabaugh. As the country moves into an increasingly austere budget environment, money-management practices are scrutinized ever more carefully. However, the Coast Guard’s organizational structure and variety of mission areas and assets has created unique challenges for its financial professionals working to ensure money is wisely spent. Lt. Cmdr. Amy Florentino is one [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-lcdr-amy-florentino/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/keeping-the-coast-guard-airborne/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/keeping-the-coast-guard-airborne/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:24:29 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23201 Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Cory Mendenhall, 11th Coast Guard District public affairs. In today’s world it has become quite normal to view jobs that require using your hands or getting them dirty as undesirable. There seems to be a collective dismissing of the importance and merit of manual labor. Skilled tradesmen not only [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/keeping-the-coast-guard-airborne/feed/ 5 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/2012-ice-season-starts-today/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/2012-ice-season-starts-today/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 15:16:52 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23177 Written by the International Ice Patrol. Icebergs, bergy bits or growlers. Whatever you call them, these massive chunks of ice – some the size of a small country – all pose a threat for ships transiting the North Atlantic. But thanks to the U.S. Coast Guard’s International Ice Patrol and their partners, mariners will have [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/2012-ice-season-starts-today/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/auxiliary-training-meeting-advances-mission-readiness/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/auxiliary-training-meeting-advances-mission-readiness/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:28:35 +0000 CDR Glynn Smith http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23170 On Saturday, Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara addressed the Coast Guard Auxiliary’s National Training Meeting (N-Train) in St. Louis, Mo. This annual event is a time for the volunteer organization’s leaders to focus on building the competencies of its members. Classes and workshops covered topics such as effective teaching, public education, information [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/auxiliary-training-meeting-advances-mission-readiness/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/laying-to-rest-a-coast-guard-veteran/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/laying-to-rest-a-coast-guard-veteran/#comments Tue, 31 Jan 2012 15:06:05 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23151 Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse, 7th Coast Guard District public affairs. The Greatest Generation came of age during a world at war and created a lasting legacy that has shaped us all and the communities we live in. One of the members of this generation was Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Frank [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/laying-to-rest-a-coast-guard-veteran/feed/ 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/clearwater-fla-the-newest-coast-guard-city/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/clearwater-fla-the-newest-coast-guard-city/#comments Mon, 30 Jan 2012 15:16:04 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23134 Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Christopher Evanson, 7th Coast Guard District public affairs. From an apartment to a shelter, a house to a condo, a “home” can mean a lot of things. For the 650 Coast Guard members and their families living in the Clearwater, Fla., area, home means community. Clearwater boasts an impressive [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/clearwater-fla-the-newest-coast-guard-city/feed/ 5 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/the-manners-of-our-profession-remembering-lives-that-ended-tragically-and-too-soon/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/the-manners-of-our-profession-remembering-lives-that-ended-tragically-and-too-soon/#comments Sun, 29 Jan 2012 14:52:59 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23115 Yesterday marked 32 years since the sinking of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crewmembers lost their lives during the Coast Guard’s worst peacetime disaster, and a memorial inscribed with the names of the crewmembers that perished now stands two miles north of the accident site. Vice Adm. Robert C. Parker, Atlantic [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/the-manners-of-our-profession-remembering-lives-that-ended-tragically-and-too-soon/feed/ 4 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/the-right-to-serve-defend-your-country/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/the-right-to-serve-defend-your-country/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:35:47 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23095 Mentorship often involves the sharing of personal experiences and stories passed down among generations with the sole purpose of bettering the life of others. Over the past week, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen has likely become the focal point for many a mentoring discussion before and after screenings of the film Red Tails. During [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/the-right-to-serve-defend-your-country/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/shipmate-of-the-week-sn-charles-gray-jarrod-reed-pablo-taborda/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/shipmate-of-the-week-sn-charles-gray-jarrod-reed-pablo-taborda/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:23:33 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23073 “Land Ahoy!” Over centuries of maritime heritage, this phrase was shouted by a ship’s lookout when land was in sight. Traditionally, a lookout’s duty was to watch for vessels and hazards, such as reefs and shoals. The significance of standing a proper lookout aboard today’s ships still remains, and three crewmembers aboard Coast Guard Cutter [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/shipmate-of-the-week-sn-charles-gray-jarrod-reed-pablo-taborda/feed/ 12 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/helping-wayward-manatees-turtle-hatchlings/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/helping-wayward-manatees-turtle-hatchlings/#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:29:28 +0000 LTJG Katherine Sowers http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23028 There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the Coast Guard. While search and rescue and law enforcement tend to dominate the headlines, that doesn’t mean the Coast Guard isn’t performing other missions in communities across our nation. One of these roles is living marine resources, a vital mission of enforcing laws [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/helping-wayward-manatees-turtle-hatchlings/feed/ 0