http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Wed, 22 May 2013 18:18:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/5-drug-busts-2-months-135-million-of-cocaine/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/5-drug-busts-2-months-135-million-of-cocaine/#comments Thu, 31 May 2012 23:10:28 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=25577 What happened when a Coast Guard law enforcement detachment and medium endurance cutter teamed up with a U.S. Navy frigate and Customs and Border Protection? A total of 168 bales of cocaine, worth more than $135 million, never made it [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/5-drug-busts-2-months-135-million-of-cocaine/feed/ 17 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/on-guard-for-america-coast-guard-cutter-diligence/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/on-guard-for-america-coast-guard-cutter-diligence/#comments Tue, 08 May 2012 16:19:12 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=25171 Written by Cmdr. D. Goodwin, commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Diligence. If you live on our nation’s coasts, it is likely you have seen a Coast Guard helicopter soaring overhead on a training flight. Or maybe you’ve even seen [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/on-guard-for-america-coast-guard-cutter-diligence/feed/ 7 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/05/from-the-bridge-of-the-bertholf-eastern-pacific-counter-drug-arena/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/05/from-the-bridge-of-the-bertholf-eastern-pacific-counter-drug-arena/#comments Thu, 26 May 2011 19:16:57 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=17430 While our current patrol of the Bering Sea provides us with yet another opportunity to refine our use of ship sensors, command and control, helicopters, small boats, crew compliment, speed and endurance - what we call improving the “speed of the system” - I find myself reflecting on the impact this class of ship has already had in the Eastern Pacific counter-drug arena, and the impact it will have for other missions such as high seas drift net enforcement, Western and Central Pacific fisheries enforcement and disaster response.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/05/from-the-bridge-of-the-bertholf-eastern-pacific-counter-drug-arena/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/coast-guard-aircrews-honored-for-excellence/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/coast-guard-aircrews-honored-for-excellence/#comments Mon, 07 Mar 2011 22:15:34 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=15066 Although the birth of naval aviation is traced back to 1911, it wasn’t until almost 30 years later that one of the Coast Guard’s most powerful assets, the helicopter, became part of naval flight. In the spring of 1943, then [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/03/coast-guard-aircrews-honored-for-excellence/feed/ 13