Coast Guard
More service members being investigated for Kirk-related posts
The Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard are receiving more information regarding their service members’ comments regarding Charlie Kirk’s assassination. The Army said that over a dozen Soldiers have been relieved of their duties pending investigation of their posts. The numbers of service members being investigated for their Charlie Kirk comments is […]
China Spy Ships in the Arctic Ocean
Chinese research ships in US Arctic draw Coast Guard response By Zita Ballinger Fletcher The U.S. Coast Guard responded last week to two Chinese research vessels that entered U.S. Arctic territory, amid what Coast Guard officials called “increased activity” by such ships in the region in recent years. The Coast Guard deployed a C-130J Hercules […]
Happy Birthday Coast Guard!
Coast Guard Celebrates 235 Years Protecting Nation’s Waterways The Coast Guard was established as the Revenue-Marine, Aug. 4, 1790, when President George Washington signed a bill drafted by Treasury Secretary Alexander Hamilton, authorizing the construction of 10 cutters that would be part of the Treasury Department. The new fleet was used to clamp down on […]
Former Coastie Arrested for Trump Threats
Peter Stinson, Former LT USCG Former Coast Guard lieutenant arrested and charged with threats to kill President Trump Prosecutors say he was also a self-identified member of the Antifa movement. By Alexander Mallin A former Coast Guard lieutenant who received awards for skills in sharpshooting was arrested Monday for allegedly leveling a series of violent […]
Valor Friday
Recently, the keel for a guided missile destroyer was laid down. This future US Navy ship is being named USS Quentin Walsh. DDG-132 is named not for a US Navy hero, but rather a Coastie. Though admittedly, the US Coast Guard was under the Navy Department at the time of his particular noteworthy heroics, as […]
Navy Deploys to Gulf of America
Arleigh Burke Guided Missile Destroyer Pentagon deploys Navy warship that fought Houthis to new US southern border mission in line with Trump order USS Gravely previously deployed to the Red Sea to intercept Houthi-fired missiles By Stephen Sorace A U.S. Navy destroyer was deployed to the southern border over the weekend to help with the […]
Coast Guard Commandant has been terminated: DEI over readiness among reasons
Admiral Linda Lee Fagan has been terminated by the Acting Secretary of Homeland Defense. Fagan’s focus on DEI, lapses in judgement related to border security, and recruitment were among the reasons for her being removed from her post. She also mismanaged the acquisition of icebreakers and helicopters. From Fox News: These include the failure to […]
Valor Friday
It’s not often we discuss the heroism of US Coast Guardsmen. We’ve talked about Douglas Munro before as but one example. Steward Mate First Class Charles Walter David Jr (pictured) is one worth remembering. During WWII, while his ship was attempting to rescue survivors of the torpedoed SS Dorchester in the freezing North Atlantic, he […]
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