Recently added articles from Coast Guard Magazine:
Always remembered.
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Coast Guard experienced the tragic loss of four of its crew members when "Coast Guard 6505" crashed during the evening of Sept. 4. The HH-65C crew was home based out of Air Station Barbers point, Hawaii. The accident took place during a hoisting exercise with a 47-foot ...
Dallas drop.
Jul 01, 2008 ... A pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is offloaded from the CGC Dallas in Batumi, Georgia, Aug. 27. The ...
Fire Island.
Jul 01, 2008 ... Lightning rips through the twilight air as an evening thunderstorm bears down on Station Fire ...
All coast.
Jul 01, 2008 ... GOLDEN EAGLE The CGC Eagle sails under the Golden Gate Bridge, leading 35 tall ships into the San Francisco Bay during the Parade of Sail July 23. The Eagle is visiting San Francisco and five other West Coast ports including Los Angeles, San Diego, Tacoma, Wash., Astoria, Ore., ...
Coast Guard: if you're 20, you had a MySpace page 5 years ago. If you're 40, you didn't know about MySpace until you saw an expose on the evening news 2 years ago.(THE WEB)
Jul 01, 2008; ... The 20-somethings all left home and switched to FaceBook. Their 40-something parents joined to keep tabs on them. The 20-somethings got embarrassed and quit paying attention to their pages. So did their parents. Social media was just a passing fad. Wrong. Maybe the ...
Surf's up: AST3 Lake Downham started a non-profit group to share his love of the beach with special needs children.(THE VOLUNTEER)
Jul 01, 2008; ... It seemed like just another summer day at the beach on the New Jersey shore. The air was growing thick and heavy as temperatures broke the 100-degree mark. Thousands enjoyed the day from beneath a sea of multi-colored umbrellas, but for a group of 16 kids the day was about to become a lot ...
Hardships, battleships bottle ships.(THE VETERAN)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Long retired, Coast Guard veteran Maurice Poulin relaxes at a small workbench in his home in Nahant, Mass., building ships in bottles. His hands are steady for an 85-year-old man. Just outside the window, waves from Boston Bay slap the shore and a sea breeze fills the room. ...
Pirate hunter: a wish comes true when a boy joins the Coast Guard and becomes a ...(THE YOUNG)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Richie Wood is no ordinary child. This hip-hop dancing, rock wall climbing, straight-A student has Goldenhar Syndrome, a congenital birth defect with no genetic or hereditary cause. It also has no cure and is something Richie will live with for his entire life. Soon he will be going ...
Grandpa Max.(THE PATRON)
Jul 01, 2008; ... The crew of Station Ocean City, Md., was assembled on the messdeck busy with the details of passing the watch. It was 1999 and BM1 Chris Karpf was a seaman apprentice fresh from boot camp then. An elderly man entered the room, his shoes shuffled across the shiny black and white checkered ...
Dark waters.
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Eighth District experienced an amazing string of disasters in a very short period of time. While responding to an oil spill stretching for a 100 miles of the Mississippi River, Coast Guardsmen prepared for the first major hurricane to hit New Orleans since Katrina. When that ordeal was ...
The warmup: we figured the best way to kick off our new health and wellness section was with ...(FIT & READY)
Jul 01, 2008; ... A proper warmup before exercise increases circulation and promotes good movement through out the range of motion at joints and through the core. Warming up also maximizes gains from exercise and, along with stretching and cooling down, helps prevent injuries. Throughout the ...
Mow-Jo.(LOG BOOK)
Jul 01, 2008; ... The green flag drops. Howling around the track, choked by dust and exhaust, MKC Danny Dupepe is in his element, behind the wheel of his lawn mower racer. Armed with 17 years of mechanical know-how gained from the Coast Guard, he has taken what most consider a dreaded weekend ...
The edge of the world.(LOG BOOK)
Jul 01, 2008; ... "Polar bears will stalk humans," warned the instructor in a serious tone. Two Coasties sitting at the back of the classroom turn to each other with wide eyes. Hungry polar bears are common on the desolate and deadly North Slope of Alaska where this crew from MSST Anchorage is ...
Scratching the surface.(LOG BOOK)
Jul 01, 2008 ... Under the cover of darkness, Law Enforcement Detachment 404 was aboard the USS McInerney, closing in on a target spotted by a Navy over-flight. With only inches of the long, flat vessel above the water, no running lights, and no flags flown, the suspicious vessel was likely loaded down ...
Fishing for boating safety.(LOG BOOK)
Jul 01, 2008; ... As a bosun with 28 years in the Coast Guard, CWO Doug Luper understood the importance of boating safety better than most. He has spent many years at the helm and seen many people in bad situations because they didn't take basic precautions on the water: wearing a lifejacket, filing a float ...
No words in the world: "no words in the world could express my appreciation," is how a 12-year-old boy began the letter to one of his rescuers. Almost four decades later he finally has the chance to tell him in person.(LOG BOOK)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Keith Barnett came across a letter addressed to his father from the commanding officer of Coast Guard Air Station Miami in June 2005. Dated July 18, 1969, it listed James Kamenar as one of the Coast Guard crewmembers who rescued him 39 years ago. It wasn't long before the phone rang at the ...
Global partnerships.(LOG BOOK)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Senior enlisted leaders from 40 nations came together in Oahu to share ideas and foster international relationships during the Global Maritime Senior Enlisted Symposium Sept. 22-24, 2008. The symposium, co-hosted by MCPOCG Charles Bowen, and MCPON Joe Campa, supports the Navy ...
Galveston.(STATION)
Jul 01, 2008; ... Station Galveston is located on Galveston Island, 50 miles south of Houston at the mouth of Galveston Bay and the Houston Ship Channel. The station has a crew of 50 personnel, which includes seamen, firemen, machinery technicians, and boatswains mates. The unit shares the base with Aids to ...
Out with the old in with the new.(LOG BOOK)
Jul 01, 2008; ... The Uniform Distribution Center in Woodbine, N.J., is what some would call nondescript--plain, white and brick. But behind its simple steel door is a beehive of activity--like a hidden casino in a gangster movie. Except these would-be kingpins' only racket is the operational dress uniform, ...
Up front.
May 01, 2008 ... TACTICAL TRAINING Members of Port Security Unit 313, based in Tacoma, Wash., fire M203 grenade launchers during a training exercise at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, April 28. PSU ...