http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/01/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-rhyme-afloat-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/01/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-rhyme-afloat-2/#comments Tue, 01 Jan 2013 20:13:12 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=29278 On New Year's Eve the midnight log entry at a Coast Guard unit takes on a life of its own and is traditionally written as a poem. The Compass reached out to those standing the mid-watch to share the tradition of applying verse to the ship’s log as we all rung in 2013.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/01/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-rhyme-afloat-2/feed/ 2 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/spotting-drug-subs-from-the-sky/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/spotting-drug-subs-from-the-sky/#comments Wed, 02 May 2012 20:06:48 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=25116 Coast Guard crews have been hard at work disrupting a rising threat as drug smugglers use increasingly sophisticated and evolving methods to evade authorities in the Caribbean. First, there was the $180 million cocaine seizure by Coast Guard Cutter Seneca. [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/spotting-drug-subs-from-the-sky/feed/ 6 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/another-drug-sub-busted/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/another-drug-sub-busted/#comments Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:51:13 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=24877 It’s been months since Compass last brought you a story of a drug sub bust – but the wait is over! Last month a team of Coast Guard crews and the Honduran navy interdicted a a drug smuggling, self-propelled semi-submersible [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/another-drug-sub-busted/feed/ 10 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-bm2-derrick-dyess/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-bm2-derrick-dyess/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:36:09 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=23299 Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class William ColClough, 8th Coast Guard District public affairs. Pick any adjective that describes efficiency and action, and you will find a member of the U.S. Coast Guard who either embodies it or makes it [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-bm2-derrick-dyess/feed/ 3 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-rhyme-afloat/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-rhyme-afloat/#comments Sat, 01 Jan 2011 19:10:49 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=13164 The Coast Guard as a service embraces many traditions that binds us together and enriches our heritage. One of these maritime traditions falls but once a year, on New Year’s Eve, and allows watchstanders to show their penchant for prose [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/ringing-in-the-new-year-with-rhyme-afloat/feed/ 3