 March 3rd, 2010 |   March 2010 Calendar by Sean Lawler
Well better late than never I guess… I thought I has the March 2010 calendar all ready to post before March even got here and, well, I didn’t. Anywho… here’s the March Coast Guard themed calendar from Sean Lawler. I asked Sean why he choose the theme of Douglas Munro for this month expecting him to pull out some obscure fact about Signalman First Class Munro, alas he just like the art work. But I did, in fact, find a March fact about him-
The destroyer escort Douglas A. Munro (DE-422) was launched 8 March Continue reading…
March 2nd, 2010 | Simply put: ease and simplicity.
One of the most common questions asked when someone finds out that the USCG isn’t part of DoD is: “If the Coast Guard isn’t part of the Department of Defense then why are we/they considered a branch of the military?”
It’s actually a great question and one I’ve been waiting to answer in light of some historical references. The month of March, as it pertains to Coast Guard history, is a busy one. However, I’d venture to say that one of the most pertinent pieces of our history, with regard to said question, happened today in 1799; Continue reading…
February 16th, 2010 | No, really, what is it?
As I sit here watching the Winter Olympics I find my mind drifting to a most peculiar place- or rather subject. I’ve began thinking about our shipmates and fellow servicemen who lost their lives in the mid-air collision on 29 October 2009. You’ll recall this collision involved one of our HC-130’s (CG-1705) with 7 shipmates and a Marine Corps helicopter with 2 people aboard. The search for the 9 missing service members was called off on 01 November 2009 and the mission when from search to recovery.
I’ve noted before that I was on watch the Continue reading…
February 8th, 2010 | Today marks the beginning of the end for the long used LORAN-C signal/program under the USCG. It’s been long advertised that the Coast Guard has been was the process of terminating its LORAN-C signal thus eliminating LORAN Stations around the world. As a system that’s both outdated and hardly used (oh I can here the naysayers now…) this will surely save the U.S. taxpayer at least some cash. The Coast Guard, on 25 November 2009, released ALCOAST 675/09 officially announcing, internally, the plan to terminate the LORAN-C program. In said message the time table to begin the termination process was Continue reading…
January 22nd, 2010 |
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There is no shortage of pictures coming out of Haiti right now; in fact, if you were to visit the Coast Guard flickr account (here) or the CGVI page (here) you’ll be presented with a deluge of photos coming out of there. The Coast Guard’s own service blog is also ripe with stories like this putting words behind said pictures for a better understanding of the local devastation… from the perspective of our folks on the ground.
However, with all these pictures the Coast Guard, other services, and the media are taking I would have to pin Continue reading…
January 21st, 2010 | I can’t say I’m a naysayer of our current Modernization/Deepwater movement; but living it everyday sure makes things move at a snail’s pace. None the less I thought I’d share a little piece of repeating history. Under our current Modernization efforts we’ve restructured our ways of doing business by way of consolidating units, long-term efficiency projects, and rate elimination/creation to name just a few. Well, as they say, history repeats itself and I see us doing this all over again someday. But for now I can tell you that in 1982 something similar did indeed take place making our current Continue reading…
December 23rd, 2009 | … ’cause it ain’t official until you see a CGMS message, right? Ok, so I’m not really here, but if I were I’d congratulate VADM Papp on his nomination to become the Coast Guard’s 24th Commandant. The word officially went out yesterday via several different mediums and everybody and their mother is claiming they “called” it (yep, even I), but truth be told it was the obvious choice; however, there’s always that what if factor the guessing public has to put into their projections. Anyway, here is the official ALCOAST released yesterday with the announcement of his nomination- and this Continue reading…
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