Local Veterans Visit Coast Guard Training Center Cape May
Residents of the Vineland Veterans Memorial Home attended the graduation ceremony of the Coast Guard’s newest members, June 22, 2018, aboard the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May. Official U.S. Coast Guard photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Richard Brahm.
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Residents of the Vineland Veterans Memorial Home attended the graduation ceremony of the Coast Guard’s newest members,...
Haunted Coast Guard station event results in successful food drive
Chief Petty Officer Mike Jorgensen (top) and Petty Officer 3rd Class Isaac Padilla of Coast Guard Station Marblehead, Ohio, staffed the “haunted” station as roughly 200 visitors toured the facility Oct. 28 and 29, 2016. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Chief Petty Officer Lauren Jorgensen)
MARBLEHEAD, Ohio – Coast Guard Station Marblehead opened its doors to roughly 250 visitors who toured...
Coast Guard announces commissioning ceremony for security cutter Munro
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Coast Guard announced Monday that the service’s sixth national security cutter, Munro, will be commissioned April 1, 2017, at the Smith Cove Cruise Terminal in Seattle.
The cutter, which will be homeported in Alameda, California, is named after the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro.
The timing of the...
Coast Guard members donate to holiday meal drive
The crew of Coast Guard Station St. Ignace, Mich., and the Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., chapter of the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association partnered with the St. Ignace Kiwanis Club to make a donation Friday, Dec. 4, 2015, to provide meals to local families in need during the holiday season. Pictured are Seaman Aja White, Seaman Apprentice Cameron Porter, Kiwanis President Phil Ruegg, Chief Petty...
Coast Guard CPOA 2nd Annual Move 4 the Memorial Run Scheduled for Saturday
CAPE MAY, N.J. – The Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association is scheduled to hold the 2nd Move 4 the Memorial run, Saturday, in Cape May to raise funds for a memorial honoring enlisted members of the Coast Guard who have died in service to their country.
Move 4 the Memorial will offer a 10-mile, 10K, and a 5K run that will follow along Cape May Harbor and onto the Coast Guard Training Center....
Coast Guard Medal of Honor recipient honored in Cle Elum, Washington
Cle Elum, WA – More than 50 Coast Guardsmen, along with representatives from Seattle-area chapters of the Coast Guard Chief Warrant Officers Association, the Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association and the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association gathered today to honor the memory of Signalman First Class Douglas A. Munro. Munro died heroically on Guadalcanal on September 27, 1942. Having...
Coast Guard chiefs to host annual seniors dinner in Juneau, Alaska
JUNEAU, Alaska — The Juneau-area Coast Guard Chief Petty Officers Association will host the 39th Annual Senior Citizens Holiday Dinner at the Elizabeth Peratovich Hall at 4 p.m., Sunday.
The event, which is open to senior citizens and their care givers, will begin with an hour of entertainment followed by a free dinner at 5 p.m.
“The dinner was first organized in 1974 and has become an...
Coast Guard Base Ketchikan to hold open house
KETCHIKAN, Alaska – Coast Guard Base Ketchikan commands including the Coast Guard Cutters Naushon and Anthony Petit are hosting an open house for the public from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., Aug. 27, 2011.
The open house includes tours of the two cutters, emergency medical treatment demonstrations from medical clinic crews, an oil pollution recovery demonstration from marine safety detachment personnel...
Coast Guard crews to host Special Olympics
BUZZARD’S BAY, Mass. – U.S. Coast Guard crews are scheduled to host the 22nd Massachusetts Special Olympics at Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Sept. 24, 2010.
