http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:28:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/coast-guard-honors-100th-anniversary-of-the-boy-scouts/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/coast-guard-honors-100th-anniversary-of-the-boy-scouts/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 22:28:38 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=8117 This year, Boy Scouts of America is celebrating its 100th anniversary. A major part of that year-long celebration is the annual Boy Scout National Jamboree which began earlier this week. More than 130 volunteers from the Coast Guard family will join more than 41,000 Boy Scouts and Adult Leaders as part of the 2010 event. First [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/coast-guard-honors-100th-anniversary-of-the-boy-scouts/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/spars-in-service-and-in-spirit/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/spars-in-service-and-in-spirit/#comments Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:46:13 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=8044 In memory of Eleanor Pavkovic Fabyan, 1925-2010 Last week’s christening of the Coast Guard’s newest National Security Cutter, Stratton, was quite a celebration for the SPARs, the first women to be admitted into the Coast Guard. It was an event to remember not just for the 23 trailblazing women who attended, but for all the World [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/spars-in-service-and-in-spirit/feed/ 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/mission-to-africa-this-is-a-drill/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/mission-to-africa-this-is-a-drill/#comments Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:06:03 +0000 Victoria Bonk http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=8031 This week we took time out for the engineers to do some training. The engineers spent a whole day focused on doing basic engineering casualty control exercises (BECCEs) to help crewmembers become trained to respond to machinery casualties in the engine room. BECCEs are drills in the engine room used [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/mission-to-africa-this-is-a-drill/feed/ 8 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/first-lady-makes-history-as-a-coast-guard-%e2%80%98first%e2%80%99/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/first-lady-makes-history-as-a-coast-guard-%e2%80%98first%e2%80%99/#comments Sat, 24 Jul 2010 05:15:20 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=7999 Capt. Dorothy Stratton has captured the attention of many people since her inception as the first female in the Coast Guard in 1942, but I wonder if she ever thought the list would include the First Lady of the United States, the Secretary of Homeland Security the 24th Commandant of the Coast Guard, the Governor [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/first-lady-makes-history-as-a-coast-guard-%e2%80%98first%e2%80%99/feed/ 8 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/rescue-saving-the-gulf/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/rescue-saving-the-gulf/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:51:34 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=7957 For months now, millions have been glued to their television sets as the response to the BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico has played out live across America. This weekend, CNN’s Rob Marciano will take viewers behind the scenes of the cleanup of the biggest oil spill in U.S. history as he [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/rescue-saving-the-gulf/feed/ 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/guardian-of-the-week-lcdr-elizabeth-booker/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/guardian-of-the-week-lcdr-elizabeth-booker/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:56:06 +0000 Dan Bender http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=7956 The pressures of military service can exacerbate the unique challenges women face, especially motherhood.  Our Guardian of the Week has worked tirelessly as a leader and mentor to bring awareness to these areas within the Coast Guard aviation community. Lt. Cmdr. Elizabeth Booker is frequently called on by senior aviators for advice [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/guardian-of-the-week-lcdr-elizabeth-booker/feed/ 6 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/spars-day-a-day-to-remember/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/spars-day-a-day-to-remember/#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 03:59:41 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=7928 “A tremendous tribute.”  - Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara, Coast Guard Vice Commandant The massive, brand new 418-foot cutter provides surprisingly little shade on the hot and sunny pier in Pascagoula, Miss., where the Coast Guard’s most influential female leaders from past and present gather to remember, honor and celebrate the legacy of Capt. Dorothy Constance Stratton [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/spars-day-a-day-to-remember/feed/ 7 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/good-samaritan-rescues-three-from-burning-boat/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/good-samaritan-rescues-three-from-burning-boat/#comments Thu, 22 Jul 2010 19:29:41 +0000 Dan Bender http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=7917 Three mariners were rescued from their burning boat yesterday by Good Samaritans aboard the fishing vessel Kathy Ann, just a few miles north of Cape Cod.  The case highlights how important fellow seafarers can be during an emergency when they’re out there on their own. “We got a mayday call and tried to [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/good-samaritan-rescues-three-from-burning-boat/feed/ 1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/ocean-guru-studies-arctic-water-movement/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/ocean-guru-studies-arctic-water-movement/#comments Wed, 21 Jul 2010 20:49:01 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=7893 The motion of the ocean. It moves sea ice around like the pieces of an uncompleted puzzle. It brings nutrients such as nitrogen and phosphorus from the Pacific Ocean into the Arctic where they fuel luxuriant phytoplankton growth. […]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/ocean-guru-studies-arctic-water-movement/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/the-dorothy-stratton-legend-lives-on/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/the-dorothy-stratton-legend-lives-on/#comments Mon, 19 Jul 2010 19:16:24 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=7866 While the christening of any cutter is of particular interest to the Coast Guard, this Friday’s christening of the service’s newest National Security Cutter is an especially proud moment for any woman who has ever donned Coast Guard blue. First Lady Michelle Obama’s christening of CGC Stratton, will mark a historic day where the legacy of the first [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/index.php/2010/07/the-dorothy-stratton-legend-lives-on/feed/ 5