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Contests are fun aren’t they? Here’s my favorites thus far in the Coast Guard People’s Choice photo contest. CARRIBEAN SEA – USCGC Vigorous (WMEC 627) prepares to enter a storm at sea while on routine patrol in the Caribbean Sea. The storm turned the picturesque day quickly into night, and, after a few minutes returned [...] Update: read more of the story and other feats out medics are undertaking. Keep it up my fellow Coasties!!! Found on CGVI (find the press release here) here’s the type-line PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – An Air Station Clearwater, Fla., helicopter crew aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Tahoma assisted in the delivery of a male Haitian newborn on [...] I happened upon this great five-some shot via aviationnews.eu depicting our legacy “H” model HC-130 Hercules, a new HC-144 Ocean Sentry, the aging HU-25 Falcon, and HH-60 Jayhawk, and the HH-65 Tupperwolf, ‘er, that is, the Dolphin. No big changes are en route with the site as of yet so I’ll just keep plugging away [...] It’s that time of the year again- no not Christmas; thought that too is upon us. No I’m referring to the time of the year that people start listing the best (or worst) of the past year. Well the Coast Guard’s been nice enough to share the best, in their opinion, 11 Coast Guard videos [...] This is just a post on some nice formations put onto film (digitally at least) showing off some of our Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawks. You can find these and more on the Coast Guard’s CGVI page; and Petty Officer 1st Class Sara Francis is the rockstar who’s responsible for ‘em. It’s great way to [...] Oh well- it happens. FORCECOM posted an update on their blog that the Coast Guard made a little mistake in noting the LT Thomas Shuler (as posted here) was the first USCG UAV pilot; however, CDR Tony Saliceti is the first pilot to qualify in a UAS Predator B for the Coast Guard, accomplishing this [...] |
       
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