Introducing Shipmate of the Week
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 [...]
Guardian of the Week – BM2 Joseph D’Amico
With a history dating back to 1847, Coast Guard Cutter Bear has had remarkable crewmembers call her decks home, including Captain Michael Healy, First Lieutenant David Jarvis and Second Lieutenant Ellsworth Bertholf. Living up to the cutter’s legacy of “Serving [...]
Guardian of the Week – The crew of the Amy Julie
Last week, the Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) held its annual award ceremony and awarded the Gold AFRAS medal to Aviation Survival Technician First Class Pepe Carire. This week the Compass brings you the story of the AFRAS Silver [...]
Guardian of the Week – AST1 Salvador Carire
The Association for Rescue at Sea (AFRAS) held its annual award ceremony Thursday, and Aviation Survival Technician First Class Salvador “Pepe” Carire, who risked his life to save a fisherman at sea, was awarded the AFRAS Gold Medal for his [...]
Guardian of the Week – AMT3 Kelly Dunn
In air station hangars across the country, hidden below a C-130 aircraft servicing the break system, or high above the fuselage of a helicopter repairing rotor blades, you will find an aviation maintenance technician (AMT). AMTs, or flight mechanics, are [...]
Guardian of the Week – LT Wayne Miller
“Other Coasties would have done the same,” said LT Kenneth “Wayne” Miller as he reflected on his rescue of a man trapped in a vehicle fire. On July 16, Miller, one of the thousands of reservists who have been called [...]
Guardian of the Week – SKC Dave Curran
The sport of fly-fishing requires an abundance of gear – rods, waders, vests and ties. For Chief Storekeeper Dave Curran, fly-fishing requires heart. “I wanted to do a trip centered around fly fishing for wounded veterans but just didn’t know [...]
Guardian of the Week – The crew of CG 6565
Crewmembers at Coast Guard Air Station Savannah provide search and rescue (SAR) coverage for 450 miles of coastline, 24 hours a day, 365 days a year… and they’ve been doing it since 1963. The aircrews hear their SAR alarm go [...]
Guardian of the Week – LTjg Amanda Bazinet
Post written by: Petty Officer Second Class Daniel Bender So often junior personnel in the Coast Guard are able to have a greater impact than their rank would usually imply. While stationed aboard the Cutter Escanaba until earlier this year, [...]
Guardian of the Week: AUX James McReynolds
Our Guardian of the Week is one of the 30,000 volunteers of the Coast Guard Auxiliary and earned the 2009 Commodore Charles S. Greanoff Inspirational Leadership Award for single-handedly rescuing his flotilla from being disbanded. James McReynolds, a retired Army [...]
