Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Texas City to host annual Run to Remember
HOUSTON — Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Texas City is hosting the annual Run to Remember, a 5k run open to the public that honors Coast Guard members who made the ultimate sacrifice, on Saturday morning at Nessler Park in Texas City, Texas.
The event is especially meaningful this year as it marks the 25th anniversary of the loss of two of MSU Texas City shipmates. In 1994, Senior Chief Petty Officer...
Newburyport, Mass. surpasses ‘rigorous criteria’ to earn re-designation as Coast Guard City
A ceremony is held Saturday, December 3, 2016 at The Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport, Massachusetts to re-designated Newburyport as a “Coast Guard City.” U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Cynthia Oldham
BOSTON — The city of Newburyport was re-designated as a “Coast Guard City” Saturday during a ceremony at The Custom House Maritime Museum in Newburyport.
During...
Coastie Kids to College Grads
Recipients of Coast Guard Foundation scholarships pose during a foundation dinner. In all of 2015, the Coast Guard Foundation awarded 86 scholarships worth $400,000. U.S. Coast Guard photoFor the first 18 years of her life Kaitlin Long moved with her family seven times as they followed her father, John Long, a 30-year-veteran who retired as a Coast Guard master chief.
For Coast Guard families, moving...
Coast Guard dedicates Capt. Jimmie H. Hobaugh community center in Sault Ste. Marie
Rear Adm. June Ryan and Capt. Steven Teschendorf, the Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie commander, dedicate the newly constructed Captain Jimmie H. Hobaugh community center in Sault Ste. Marie, Mich July 27, 2015. (U.S. Coast Guard photo courtesy of O’Gorman Photography/Released)
SAULT STE MARIE, Mich. — Representatives from the U.S. Coast Guard 9th District, Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste....
Coast Guard Training Center to host third Sunset Parade of 2014
CAPE MAY, N.J. – Coast Guard Training Center Cape May is scheduled to host its third Sunset Parade of 2014, which will honor the Coast Guard Foundation, Sunday, Aug. 3 at 8 p.m.
Sunset Parades are military displays of marching troops and the Coast Guard Recruit Precision Drill Team. More than 250 recruits will march in the parade and strike the National Ensign from the Parade Field at sunset. Additionally,...
Remembering our Fallen Coast Guard Shipmates and their Families
by Ryan Erickson
I still remember the first time ME1 (formerly MK1) Sean Lawler called me up to tell me about this guy who decided he was going to run the Keys 100 (in Key West, FL) in remembrance of Coast Guard members who’d fallen in the line of duty. To put it bluntly I thought it was a crazy idea – ambitious – but crazy. However, as I started to work with ME1 on getting the word...
Coast Guard Commandant presents Spirit of Hope Award
WASHINGTON — Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Bob Papp presented the Spirit of Hope Award to Mr. Ross E. Roeder at a Pentagon ceremony yesterday for his selfless dedication to the men and women of the U. S. Coast Guard.
The Spirit of Hope Award recognizes the outstanding service of men and women of the U.S. Armed Forces, entertainers and other distinguished Americans and organizations whose patriotism...
American Samoa Coast Guard unit receives regional excellence award
SAN DIEGO – Marine Safety Detachment American Samoa received the Admiral John B. Hayes Award for Unit Excellence during the Coast Guard Foundation’s 26th Annual Pacific Area awards dinner in San Diego, Aug. 3, 2011.
The awards dinner was held to recognize specific acts of outstanding heroism, leadership and mission achievement performed in the Pacific region.
Information from the Coast Guard Foundation...
Santa Barbara Coast Guardsman receives regional professional excellence award
SAN DIEGO – Chief Petty Officer James S. Gracey, executive petty officer of Coast Guard Cutter Blackfin, received the Admiral James S. Gracey Award for Professional Excellence during the Coast Guard Foundation’s 26th Annual Pacific Area awards dinner in San Diego, Aug. 3, 2011.
The awards dinner was held to recognize specific acts of outstanding heroism, leadership and mission achievement performed...
