Is the Coast Guard knowingly shielding a a fugitive from justice? Why are senior Coast Guard officials preventing the transfer of an active duty member to civilian custody to serve a three year prison sentence? Why have senior Coast Guard officials basically stonewalled members of Congress who have asked the same questions? At [...]
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Coast Guard News Available on Twitter
If you want to keep up with CoastGuardNews as it changes, we are happy to introduce the latest tool in our arsenal. In addition to our RSS feed and email updates, we have established a CoastGuardNews Twitter.
If you aren’t familiar with Twitter, here’s how they describe it:
Twitter is a service for friends, family, and [...]
A New Way to Learn at the Reserve Boat College
By Petty Officer David R. Marin
SEATTLE – Located in the remote fishing town of Ilwaco Wash., the Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School (NMLBS) and Station Cape Disappointment serve as two of the Coast Guard’s most challenging training grounds. Generally occupied by active duty personnel, from May 5-16, the station and NMLBS were predominantly populated [...]
The Night Shift
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher D. McLaughlin
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -The sky is set a blaze with warm colors of red and orange as the setting of the day’s sun falls closer to the horizon. Night is fast approaching and is welcomed by a blanket of thick, warm, vaporous fog. Laughter set off by undertones [...]
Freedom Never Cries
This song by Vladimir John Ondrasik III (“Five for Fighting”) is a fitting tribute to our troops as we celebrate Memorial Day. . Our military troops who honorably serve our nation–and those who have died doing so–are among those to whom honor is due. As we celebrate this Memorial Day, let us never forget [...]
A Long Day for One Atlantic City Aircrew
by Petty Officer 2nd Class Christopher D. McLaughlin
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. -As the duty aircrews of Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City went to bed, Sunday, May 11, a powerful storm known by locals as a “nor’easter” was brewing offshore. At 3a.m., the crews were awakened by a distress call from a 27-foot sailboat with two [...]
Coast Guard Foundation Awards
On May 2, 2008 the Coast Guard Foundation held its annual awards dinner. There were 3 primary awards given out, the Admiral John B. Hayes award for Unit Excellence, the Admiral James S. Gracey Award for Professional Excellence and the Admiral Chester R. Bender Awards for Heroic Excellence.
Chief Petty Officer Leigh W. Johannsen, a [...]