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President Obama honors Haiti relief personnel
In a White House Rose Garden event, President Obama and Haiti’s President Rene Preval honored those who answered the call in response to the earthquake that struck Haiti back in January. Click here to read their remarks.
“We’re joined by our disaster response teams, who were on the scene within 24 hours; our military personnel who [...]
Video: Guardians rescue man trapped on sandbar
A Coast Guard helicopter was deployed by Air Station Savannah over the weekend to rescue a man stranded on a sandbar at the north end of South Carolina’s Kiawah Island.
The man had been hiking on the beach and became stranded on a sandbar after the rising tide cut him off from shore. The man then contacted [...]
Coast Guard sponsored musher on course in 2010 Iditarod
Coast Guard sponsored musher Ken Anderson is on course in the 2010 Iditarod – known as “the last great race on EARTH.”
As of the writing of this blog post, Ken is in 49th place among the 71 teams of dogs and mushers in this year’s race. According to the latest post on his own blog, [...]
Coast Guard Academy Billet Night
In a time-honored tradition, the Coast Guard Academy’s Class of 2010 were informed of their initial billets as officers during Billet Night. The soon-to-be ensigns found out which Coast Guard units they will report to when they graduate later this spring. Here are just a few of the images of Billet Night as captured by Petty [...]
2010 Iditarod Begins Tomorrow
The 2010 Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race kicks off this weekend and we will be following Coast Guard sponsored racer, Ken Anderson. Anderson is a nine-year Iditarod veteran who has finished the race in the top five twice, with his best finish in 2008.
The ceremonial start takes place in Anchorage tomorrow before the racer’s begin [...]
UPDATE 3: Guardians rescued from downed helicopter
Five Guardians from Air Station Elizabeth City were rescued this afternoon when their helicopter went down approximately 40 miles southeast of Salt Lake City, Utah this morning.
The aircraft was one of two Coast Guard HH-60 Jayhawk rescue helicopters on a cross country flight returning from Olympics security operations in the Pacific Northwest to their home [...]
And the People’s Choice Award goes to…
After collecting more than 4,587 votes (amazing!) for this year’s People’s Choice Award for the Coast Guard Photo Contest the votes have been tallied and the results are in… Drum roll please…..
LTJG Christopher O’Meara is the elected victorious winner! His photo received 235 votes and an average rating of 4.23 out of 5 stars.
Interestingly enough, the [...]
VADM Crea inducted into Women in Aviation Pioneer Hall of Fame
Post Written by Lieutenant Commander Elizabeth Booker, Aviation Assignment Officer and one of the Coast Guard event coordinators
Over the weekend, Women’s History Month kicked off with a very successful Women in Aviation International Conference. Approximately 120 Coast Guard members converged on the conference in Orlando, Florida, to network with each other and with the [...]
Guardians honored at Black Engineer of the Year Awards
Last month, some of America’s most talented engineers descended upon Baltimore, Maryland to be recognized at the 2010 Black Engineer of the Year Awards (BEYA) during the organization’s annual conference.
Mr. Otis Harvey, a civilian at the Surface Forces Logistics Center, was honored at the gala Stars and Stripes dinner where an outstanding engineer from each [...]
UPDATED: Admiral Allen to testify on Coast Guard budget
Tomorrow morning, Admiral Thad Allen, Commandant of the Coast Guard, will testify about the service’s fiscal year 2011 (FY2011) budget request before the House Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. The Commandant will be joined by Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Skip Bowen at the hearing.
During his State of the Coast Guard [...]
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