http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:50:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/08/life-of-a-service-dog-training-time/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/08/life-of-a-service-dog-training-time/#comments Wed, 15 Aug 2012 21:39:27 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=27546 As a future service dog my training takes many forms. I must understand human words and execute them, I must possess situational awareness so I know what is appropriate and I must have exposure to many types of things and places – as many as my human handler can think of so when I grow up nothing will scare me. If something does startle me I have to learn to recover quickly ‘cause people depend on me.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/08/life-of-a-service-dog-training-time/feed/ 3 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/06/life-of-a-service-dog-the-big-apple/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/06/life-of-a-service-dog-the-big-apple/#comments Mon, 11 Jun 2012 16:41:56 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=25948 Veterans Moving Forward provides veterans with therapy and service dogs and amongst the puppies they are raising to help veterans cope with various injuries is an assistance dog in training that is near and dear to our hearts. His name [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/06/life-of-a-service-dog-the-big-apple/feed/ 3 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/life-of-a-service-dog/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/life-of-a-service-dog/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 17:20:42 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=25128 Petty Officer 3rd Class Nathan Bruckenthal was on a security mission near the Iraqi Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal in April 2004 when suicide bombers initiated a waterborne assault. He was severely wounded and later died from his injuries. Bruckenthal [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/05/life-of-a-service-dog/feed/ 20 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/11/100-faces-of-war-dc3-nathan-bruckenthal/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/11/100-faces-of-war-dc3-nathan-bruckenthal/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 22:43:30 +0000 LT Stephanie Young http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=21232 100 names. 100 faces. 100 Americans who fought for freedom. So began Matt Mitchell’s journey to paint a portrait of 100 Americans who fought in Iraq or Afghanistan. From the commander of a rifle company to an Army cavalry scout, [...]]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/11/100-faces-of-war-dc3-nathan-bruckenthal/feed/ 18