http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Thu, 09 Feb 2012 11:59:14 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/04/new-coast-guard-headquarters-to-incorporate-sustainable-design/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/04/new-coast-guard-headquarters-to-incorporate-sustainable-design/#comments Sat, 30 Apr 2011 13:29:05 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=16724 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 [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/04/new-coast-guard-headquarters-to-incorporate-sustainable-design/feed/ 2 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/shipmate-of-the-week-bmcm-jim-clemens/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/shipmate-of-the-week-bmcm-jim-clemens/#comments Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:30:57 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=15444 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 [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/shipmate-of-the-week-bmcm-jim-clemens/feed/ 9 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/introducing-shipmate-of-the-week/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/introducing-shipmate-of-the-week/#comments Thu, 06 Jan 2011 22:38:07 +0000 CDR Glynn Smith http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=13323 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 [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/introducing-shipmate-of-the-week/feed/ 3 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-11-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-11-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/#comments Fri, 31 Dec 2010 14:14:05 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12762 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… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-11-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/feed/ 3 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-10-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-10-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Thu, 30 Dec 2010 14:28:39 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12759 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… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-10-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 4 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-9-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-9-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:11:09 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12754 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… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-9-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/feed/ 7 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-8-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-8-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Tue, 28 Dec 2010 14:23:26 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12751 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… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-8-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 7 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-7-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-7-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:18:17 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12748 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… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-7-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/feed/ 30 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-6-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-6-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:21:44 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12745 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…]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-6-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 2 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-5-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-5-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:26:49 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12740 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...]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-5-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 38