http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:16:16 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/logistics-in-action-keeping-cargo-moving/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/logistics-in-action-keeping-cargo-moving/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 17:18:09 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=30509 This year’s ice-breaking season has been a busy one filled with successful missions and a few unexpected challenges. One of the latter was a major electrical failure on board the ice-breaking tug Biscayne Bay, homeported in St. Ignace, Mich. While this would be a lofty challenge to overcome, the centralized depot maintenance – resulting from modernization of the Coast Guard’s Surface Forces Logistics Center – repaired Biscayne Bay in a record 44 days.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/logistics-in-action-keeping-cargo-moving/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/02/icy-resolve/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/02/icy-resolve/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:20:47 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=29861 Icy Resolve – simulating the crash of a commuter airplane into ice-covered Lake Erie – employed numerous airboats, helicopters and shore-based rescue crews and provided rescuers the opportunity to evaluate their plans, capabilities and coordination. Icy Resolve also tested each agency’s ability to execute critical incident communications, emergency medical care and many other elements of mass rescue operations.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/02/icy-resolve/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/12/the-ice-is-coming-the-ice-is-coming/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/12/the-ice-is-coming-the-ice-is-coming/#comments Wed, 12 Dec 2012 17:07:54 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=29018 Like many places around the country, the cold season has arrived on the Great Lakes. Operational seasonality is an ongoing reality for all who call the region home, and Great Lakes crews are all preparing for the ice to come. Just as the summer months bring a busy schedule due to increased search and rescue and law enforcement cases, the winter brings a hectic schedule full of ice maintenance operations including search and rescue, ice-breaking and aids-to-navigation.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/12/the-ice-is-coming-the-ice-is-coming/feed/ 4 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/buoy-up/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/buoy-up/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 17:05:42 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=25046 What body of water is the largest system of fresh, surface water on Earth, containing roughly 21 percent of the world’s supply? If you answered the Great Lakes, you are correct! The entire Great Lakes system is connected by a [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/04/buoy-up/feed/ 6 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/12/your-coast-guard-in-2011-great-lakes/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/12/your-coast-guard-in-2011-great-lakes/#comments Thu, 15 Dec 2011 22:50:41 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=21984 The 9th Coast Guard District has responsibility for the largest freshwater system on Earth – the Great Lakes. Made up of massive inland seas stretching from Minnesota to Upstate New York, the Great Lakes contain enough fresh water to cover the lower 48 states to a depth of 9 1/2 feet. ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/12/your-coast-guard-in-2011-great-lakes/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/10/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-ast3-thomas-mcarthur/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/10/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-ast3-thomas-mcarthur/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 20:33:56 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=20998 UPDATE: As a Dunwoody, Ga., native Petty Officer 3rd Class Thomas McArthur was a guest on MyFOX Atlanta Nov. 3. Click to watch his interview. It was a beautiful summer day along Frankfort Beach, Mich., with sun-drenched sands and blue [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/10/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-ast3-thomas-mcarthur/feed/ 13 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/preparing-for-the-worst-case-scenario/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/preparing-for-the-worst-case-scenario/#comments Thu, 25 Aug 2011 22:49:24 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=19636 With this week’s 5.9-magnitude earthquake felt along the U.S. East Coast and Hurricane Irene inching on a path towards the eastern seaboard, preparedness is at the forefront of many American’s minds. Preparedness plays an important role in the Coast Guard, [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/08/preparing-for-the-worst-case-scenario/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/breakout-opens-great-lakes-to-shipping/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/breakout-opens-great-lakes-to-shipping/#comments Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:03:20 +0000 CDR Glynn Smith http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=15650 Posted by Cmdr. Glynn Smith on behalf of Coast Guard Vice Commandant Vice Adm. Sally Brice-O’Hara. The term “facilitation of commerce” takes on different meaning as you move around the U.S. Atlantic, Gulf and Pacific coasts, but on the Great [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/breakout-opens-great-lakes-to-shipping/feed/ 2 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-crew-of-cg201240/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-crew-of-cg201240/#comments Fri, 18 Feb 2011 20:27:24 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=14539 Ice. Freezing temperatures. Blinding conditions. These are hostile environments to perform the Coast Guard’s missions, but for the men and women of the Great Lakes, it just comes with the territory. A Coast Guard Station Marblehead airboat crew faced these [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/shipmate-of-the-week-%e2%80%93-crew-of-cg201240/feed/ 8 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/ice-rescue-training-on-the-great-lakes/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/ice-rescue-training-on-the-great-lakes/#comments Wed, 09 Feb 2011 23:02:22 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=14221 Coast Guard men and women standing the watch on the Great Lakes perform their missions in one of the nation’s most environmentally challenging areas, and one element above all others presents the biggest challenge – ice. This winter season has [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/ice-rescue-training-on-the-great-lakes/feed/ 5