
March 7th, 2010 |
A great video was published today showing some of our Coasties involved in last weeks accident involving the CG-6028 in Utah. In this video we see CAPT John Hardin, AIRSTA Elizabeth City’s CO, giving a welcome home to Cmdr. Patrick Shaw (I remember when he was an LT), Petty Officer 3rd Class Darren M. Hicks, and Petty Officer 3rd Class Edward Sychra. Along with CAPT Hardin is a plethora of Continue reading…

March 3rd, 2010 |

It a busy week for the folks at the U.S. Coast Guard Motion Picture & Television Office (yep, it’s a real office).
This is a yet another reminder (’cause I’ve been seeing them all week) to everyone that you can catch the airing of the new show Mayday! Bering Sea on the Discovery Channel tonight (03 March) at 9:00PM and 12:00AM (EST) or 6:00PM and 9:00PM (PST). The show is Continue reading…

February 27th, 2010 |
Not that it’s really a question as much as a statement.

February 26th, 2010 |
[tweetmeme][fbshare]On the 3rd of September, that would be way back in 2009, the Coast Guard shook up the workforce with a revised tattoo policy basically bringing us back to the previous standard. ALCOAST 505/09: RELEASE OF UPDATED TATTOO, BODY MARKING, BODY PIERCING, AND MUTILATION POLICY, COMDTINST 1000.1B was/is a welcome policy change. In fact my friend over at CGBlog, Anastacia, noted “Nows the time to go get new ink!”
But Continue reading…

February 25th, 2010 |
My friend and fellow public affairs social media guru, PA1 Susan Blake, left me a message via Facebook (are you a FAN yet?) the other day giving me a heads up on the video that was over on CGVI. The video is titled Mission Profile, JTF Haiti Relief and was put together by PA2 Eric Chandler (check here for a version you CAN see on your workstation if the Continue reading…

February 24th, 2010 |
You can consider this a “my homework comes before a post” post… remember the Coast Guard Obstacle Course post from a few months ago? Here it is again.

February 12th, 2010 |
U.S. Coast Guard photo/Telfair H. Brown Sr.
This is a reminder that the State of the Coast Guard address by ADM Allen will be held this afternoon (here on the East Coast) from 1300-1400. ADM Allen put out an all hands eMail with a follow up PDF version on his own site letting us/you all know that we’ll be able to watch it live via the web. He notes that Continue reading…