New Coast Guard headquarters to incorporate sustainable design
Saturday, April 30, 2011
Every day Coast Guard units around the country enforce the nation’s environmental laws on and near our oceans, lakes and waterways. Protecting the maritime environment is embedded in the DNA of every Coast Guard man and woman. So, it seemed fitting when the Department of Homeland Security announced plans to develop a new consolidated headquarters [...]
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Shipmate of the Week: BMCM Jim Clemens
Friday, March 18, 2011
Written by Lt. Cmdr. Clint Prindle, surface operations officer, Group North Bend, Ore. A week ago today, all of America was glued to television sets and hanging on weather radio reports as a tsunami hurtled towards our Pacific Coast. As civilians were evacuated and communities braced for impact, Coast Guard men and women sprung into action [...]
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Introducing Shipmate of the Week
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Posted by CDR Glynn Smith on behalf of Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp. Shipmates, I hope you have enjoyed the two end-of-year series brought to you by the Compass staff. The “Video of the Year” contest and the recap of the 2010 Guardians of the Week allowed us to share with you examples of [...]
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Day 11: Coast Guard Video of the Year
Friday, December 31, 2010
Our eleventh and final video features the Coast Guard Cutter Juniper, homeported in Newport, R.I., skimming oil off the Florida and Alabama coast as part of the ongoing Administration-wide effort to combat the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Lt. j.g. Andrew Kauffman narrates the b-roll video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to vote for your favorite…
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Day 10: Coast Guard Video of the Year
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Our tenth video features Aids to Navigation Team Kodiak, Alaska, personnel building a 15-foot tower near Point Hope to help mariners navigate through the Bering Strait. The aid is only one of two permanent Coast Guard aids north of the Arctic Circle. Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Thomasson, a damage controlman, narrates the b-roll video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to vote for your favorite…
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Day 9: Coast Guard Video of the Year
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Our ninth video features Air Station Clearwater rescuing two men from the water after their boat capsized and they were left clinging to the hull. Petty Officer 2nd Class Morgan Miholics, the flight mechanic and hoist operator in the video, narrates the b-roll footage. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to vote for your favorite…
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Day 8: Coast Guard Video of the Year
Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Our eighth video features Coast Guard Air Station Astoria rescuing a 17-year-old boy after he fell from a 200-foot cliff in Lewis and Clark State Park, Wash. Lt. Mark Lynch, a Royal Australian Navy pilot flying the case, narrates the video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to vote for your favorite…
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Day 7: Coast Guard Video of the Year
Monday, December 27, 2010
Our seventh video features Coast Guard Air Station Houston rescuing a man who was stranded and clinging to a piling near Rollover Pass, Texas. Petty Officer 2nd Class Brad Pigage, the rescue swimmer and aviation survival technician who was lowered into the water to free the fisherman tangled in fishing line, narrates the video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to cast your vote for your favorite…
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Day 6: Coast Guard Video of the Year
Sunday, December 26, 2010
Our sixth video features Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) San Diego and their work on the Zuniga Jetty light ‘Zulu’ at the entrance of San Diego Bay. Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Tapp, officer-in-charge of the ANT, narrates the b-roll video and explains why the crew has to be hoisted by a helicopter onto the light to conduct repairs. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to cast your vote for your favorite…
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Day 5: Coast Guard Video of the Year
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Our fifth video features members of Port Security Unit 307 and the Haitian Coast Guard providing medical attention and medicine during an orphanage relief project after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Port-au-Prince. Capt. Steven Baynes, Coast Guard Liaison to Joint Task Force Haiti who was working with the PSU, narrates the b-roll video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to cast your vote for your favorite…
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