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Posts on ‘March 21st, 2009’

Coast Guard oversees completion of pollution response near Oregon Inlet, N.C.

OREGON INLET, N.C. – Coast Guard on-scene coordinators from Sector North Carolina oversaw the completion of the removal of potential pollutants from the Makayla and Noah aground in Pea Island Wildlife Refuge south of Oregon Inlet Saturday.

Video – Gold Lifesaving Medal Awarded Posthumously

SEATTLE – Rear Admiral John Currier, Commander of the 13th Coast Guard District, presents a Gold Lifesaving Medal to the family of Ross Barfuss at Aloha High School, Aloha, Ore., March 19, 2009.
Barfuss died at 16 years old in 2008, attempting to rescue a 12 year old boy who had been swept offshore.
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This Is Not Your Mothers Coast Guard

Petty Officer Tara Molle wrote an interesting post on the D13 blog Friday evening about a Women’s Leadership Panel Discussion at Coast Guard Sector Seattle. Along with the post, she included two videos. The first was a 1943 Coast Guard SPARS recruiting film, and the second was part of the panel discussion from [...]