Preserving a national treasure
Monday, February 27, 2012
At the heart of Old Town Key West, Fla., nestled alongside a pier at Truman Waterfront, is the Coast Guard Cutter Ingham Memorial Museum. Ingham is the only Coast Guard cutter in history to receive two Presidential Unit Citations for extraordinary heroism in action against an armed enemy and truly is a national treasure. From [...]
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Farewell to Dallas – A word from the commanding officer
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Endings usually stir a little melancholy. I am not talking about the end of a long deployment – which is normally reason for some celebration – but something a bit more weighty: the last patrol for a Coast Guard ship in a nearly 45-year-long career. Such is the case aboard Dallas as we sail homeward bound for the last time as a Coast Guard cutter.
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The 60th anniversary of the Pendleton rescue
Saturday, February 18, 2012
Written by Rear Adm. Daniel Neptun, commander of 1st Coast Guard District. It was Feb. 18, 1952, when Coast Guardsmen from the 1st Coast Guard District responded to a maritime disaster. During the height of a winter nor’easter, two World War II era tankers, SS Fort Mercer and SS Pendleton, split in half placing the [...]
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What a mess…
Thursday, February 16, 2012
After nearly 45 years of service to the nation, Coast Guard Cutter Dallas is being decommissioned. From performing naval gunfire support missions off Vietnam to being the command ship during the 1980 Mariel Boatlift, Dallas has truly seen it all. As Dallas is decommissioned, a new fleet of national security cutters are coming on the [...]
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The Coast Guard Exhibit Center
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Written by Arlyn Danielson, Coast Guard curator. The United States Coast Guard and its predecessor services have served our nation for more than 220 years. Starting with a small fleet of ships enforcing customs and tariffs, the service quickly established itself as a viable force. Over the years the Coast Guard has evolved but our [...]
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Laying to rest a Coast Guard veteran
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Written by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael De Nyse, 7th Coast Guard District public affairs. The Greatest Generation came of age during a world at war and created a lasting legacy that has shaped us all and the communities we live in. One of the members of this generation was Coast Guard Lt. j.g. Frank [...]
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The manners of our profession: remembering lives that ended tragically and too soon
Sunday, January 29, 2012
Yesterday marked 32 years since the sinking of Coast Guard Cutter Blackthorn. Twenty-three of the Blackthorn’s 50 crewmembers lost their lives during the Coast Guard’s worst peacetime disaster, and a memorial inscribed with the names of the crewmembers that perished now stands two miles north of the accident site. Vice Adm. Robert C. Parker, Atlantic [...]
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The right to serve & defend your country
Friday, January 27, 2012
Mentorship often involves the sharing of personal experiences and stories passed down among generations with the sole purpose of bettering the life of others. Over the past week, the story of the Tuskegee Airmen has likely become the focal point for many a mentoring discussion before and after screenings of the film Red Tails. During [...]
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WWI sailor awarded Purple Heart 96 years later
Monday, January 23, 2012
Written by Chief Petty Officer Jeff Hall, 1st Coast Guard District public affairs. On a grey winter’s day along the coast of New Hampshire, recognition for sacrifice came to a local man nearly 100 years after he perished aboard Coast Guard Cutter Tampa during World War I. Fred Wesley Wyman was posthumously awarded the Purple [...]
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Tensions leading to the War of 1812
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Two hundred years ago, the United States, independent for less than 30 years, went to war with Great Britain to preserve its economy, its way of life and its independence. Beginning in 2012 and continuing through 2015, the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marine Corps and U.S. Coast Guard will commemorate the bicentennial of the War of [...]
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