Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro return home from final patrol
The Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro (WHEC 724) is pictured during their last Bering Sea patrol, in which the crew conducted boarding evolutions of the fishing fleet and were available to respond to search and rescue cases in March 2021. U.S. Coast Guard courtesy photo.
KODIAK, Alaska — The crew aboard Coast Guard Cutter Douglas Munro, the service’s last operational 378’ high endurance cutter,...
Coast Guard Cutter Munro holds change of command in Alameda
Honor Guard members of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro crew begin the change-of-command ceremony in Alameda, California, May 24, 2018. (Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Paul Krug)
ALAMEDA, Calif. — Capt. James Estramonte relieved Capt. Thomas King as commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Munro (WMSL 755) in a change-of-command ceremony at Coast Guard Base Alameda Thursday.
As inaugural...
Coast Guard historian to present history of Douglas Munro at National Museum of the Marine Corps
Douglas Munro
WASHINGTON — U.S. Coast Guard Assistant Historian Beth Crumley will present the personal history of Signalman First Class Douglas Munro, the Coast Guard’s only Medal of Honor recipient, during a special exhibit on the history of the Battle of Guadalcanal at the National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., Friday, Sept. 8, and Saturday, Sept. 9.
Crumley will speak about...
Leading from the front; Coast Guard member receives Douglas A. Munro Award for Inpirational Leadership
by Petty Officer 1st Class Crystalynn A Kneen and Chief Petty Officer Judy Silverstein
The dictionary definition of leadership is, “the capacity to lead, or the act or an instance of leading”.
Yet to Coast Guard Sector St. Petersburg, Fla., crewmembers, the definition of leadership means much more. That was highlighted when Petty Officer 1st Class Joshua Figueredo, a storekeeper, was awarded...
