http://coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the U.S. Coast Guard Fri, 17 May 2013 21:01:23 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/announcing-the-2010-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-winners/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/01/announcing-the-2010-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-winners/#comments Tue, 11 Jan 2011 15:45:23 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=13478 Results are in! With 31,639 total YouTube views and 1,064 votes (wow! Thank-you to all who voted), the winners of the second annual Coast Guard Video of the Year Award are… It was a VERY close race… Drum roll please….. 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Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to vote for your favorite… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-10-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 4 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-9-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-9-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/#comments Wed, 29 Dec 2010 13:11:09 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12754 Our ninth video features Air Station Clearwater rescuing two men from the water after their boat capsized and they were left clinging to the hull. Petty Officer 2nd Class Morgan Miholics, the flight mechanic and hoist operator in the video, narrates the b-roll footage. 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Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to vote for your favorite… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-8-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 7 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-7-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-7-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/#comments Mon, 27 Dec 2010 14:18:17 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12748 Our seventh video features Coast Guard Air Station Houston rescuing a man who was stranded and clinging to a piling near Rollover Pass, Texas. Petty Officer 2nd Class Brad Pigage, the rescue swimmer and aviation survival technician who was lowered into the water to free the fisherman tangled in fishing line, narrates the video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to cast your vote for your favorite… ]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-7-coast-guard-video-of-the-year/feed/ 30 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-6-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-6-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Sun, 26 Dec 2010 13:21:44 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12745 Our sixth video features Aids to Navigation Team (ANT) San Diego and their work on the Zuniga Jetty light 'Zulu' at the entrance of San Diego Bay. Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Tapp, officer-in-charge of the ANT, narrates the b-roll video and explains why the crew has to be hoisted by a helicopter onto the light to conduct repairs. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to cast your vote for your favorite…]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-6-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 2 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-5-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-5-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Sat, 25 Dec 2010 12:26:49 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12740 Our fifth video features members of Port Security Unit 307 and the Haitian Coast Guard providing medical attention and medicine during an orphanage relief project after the magnitude 7.0 earthquake struck the Port-au-Prince. Capt. Steven Baynes, Coast Guard Liaison to Joint Task Force Haiti who was working with the PSU, narrates the b-roll video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to cast your vote for your favorite...]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-5-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 38 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-4-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-4-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Fri, 24 Dec 2010 13:23:10 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12736 Our fourth video features the Coast Guard Cutter Morro Bay breaking ice on the Hudson River in January. Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Romano, a boatswain's mate on Morro Bay, narrates the b-roll video. Click on the post to watch the video and find out how to cast your vote for your favorite...]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-4-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 0 http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-3-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/ http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-3-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/#comments Thu, 23 Dec 2010 13:52:32 +0000 LT Connie Braesch http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=12708 Our third video features the rescue of two elderly people who jumped into the water from a disabled sailboat in order to be hoisted out of danger by a Coast Guard helicopter. Petty Officer 3rd Class Jacob Warner, the rescue swimmer, narrates the b-roll video. This case was Warner's first rescue as an aviation survival technician.]]> http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/12/day-3-coast-guard-video-of-the-year-2/feed/ 45