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The Coast Guard’s been slowly falling off the radar as a social media user where at one time they were the poster child of government using online social tools. As one who does a lot of observing of military, specifically Coast Guard, social media I’ve been noticing a huge shift in the use of Facebook from all services and the use of other such mediums. By “Coast Guard” I’m referring Continue reading…  I’ve had my news feed looking for this for the last few days wondering when it would happen- and this evening as I was looking around I found it! Not sure when they put it on the docket but the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation notes on their public hearing schedule that VADM Robert J. Papp, Jr. is going before a full committee on 18 March 2010 Continue reading…  I was reading an article about all the hoopla surrounding the former CO of USS Cowpens (and others) and how it may be related to the current norm of living in an ‘everyone’s connected – always connected’ world where access to the internet is almost a given- so far as military personnel are concerned. The end point of the piece found on Wings Over Iraq is that officers (and enlisted Continue reading…  This morning on Defense News the Coast Guard was noted as receiving praise from some Congressional members for the current status of the Deepwater project. You’ll recall that Deepwater is the Coast Guard’s major acquisitions program by which we’re getting new Cutters, small boats, and aircraft. In the past the senior leaders of the service were on the receiving end of some harsh criticism over the handling of the programs Continue reading…  Sean Lawler recently launched a new Coast Guard oriented community site catering to the Law Enforcement aspect of the job- 14USC89.com. The site has gotten nothing but praise and has become a must read resources for those who’ve been looking for information on everything from gear to tactics. And in his traditional fashion of making wallpapers he’s done one up for the MLE community at large. Isn’t it time to Continue reading…  I found this via the D13 Flickr page and it struck me as somewhat monumental. Looking at this photo of our Commandant, ADM Thad Allen, makes me wonder of the weight that- by way of his position- is upon those shoulders (other than the four stars on his lapel). PO2 Crawford found a great opportunity here to show the rest of us exactly what may be on ADM Allen’s mind Continue reading…  What is the United States Coast Guard? Seemingly it’s a simple enough question if you had Google or some resemblance of a nautical history book- but the content of those sources doesn’t quite fit the question I’m asking (or rather stating). The question came about as I was listening to NPR the other day and a comment was being read aloud of which had the simple question of “what is Continue reading… |
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March 15th, 2010 | 
