Coast Guard
Coast Guard Vaccine Woes
CG Helo Rescue Swimmer hangs from rescue basket The U.S. Coast Guard is under fire for allegedly issuing heavy handed guidance on how to acess service members’ requests for a religious exemption from the COVID vax mandate – prompting criticism that it’s conducting a “modern-day inquisition.” Fox News reports the U.S. Coast Guard is requesting […]
Biden insults the troops. Again.
President Biden gave a commencement speech yesterday to the Coast Guard’s newest officers at their Academy graduation. With echoes of his speech to deployed troops when he was Vice President, when he called them “stupid bastards” and “dull”, he again insults the troops as “dull” when they didn’t laugh at his incoherent rambling “jokes(?)”. He […]
Coast Guard’s Greatest Recsue
SS Pendleton Nearly seventy years ago SS Pendleton, a T2-SE-A1 class oil tanker came to grief bound for Boston, Massachusetts. She encountered a powerful Nor’easter storm generating waves up to 70 feet in height, and basically broke in half. Most of the crew was able to evacuate to the stern section, which amazingly still had […]
Valor Friday
When researching past heroes, it’s common to see a phrase like “most decorated soldier” of a particular war, but what exactly does that mean? It’s largely open to some interpretation. Both the Army and the Air Force have point based systems in place for awards and decorations when it comes time to promote to certain […]
Capsized Car Carrier Starts Lift
Capsized Car Carrier MV Golden Ray The MV Golden Ray is a 200-meter-long car carrier that capsized on 8 September 2019 in St. Simons Sound near the Port of Brunswick in Georgia, United States. She was declared a total loss, and is being removed as scrap. On Saturday, September 8, 2019, Golden Ray capsized within […]
Coast Guard Unicorn Redux
Unicorn Rescued From Shark Attack Posted here earlier, the crew of USCGC Kimball were enjoying swim call in the middle of the Pacific Ocean when an uninvited guest swam up to investigate. The intruder was spotted by the Shark Watch, Maritime Law Enforcement Specialist First Class Cintron, who opened fire on the Mako. He managed […]
Military services working to remove all identifying information from promotions processes
ninja sends us this article from Stars and Stripes. Top leaders for each of the Defense Department’s military services are working to remove all personal identifying information from promotions packets, the top U.S. military officer said Thursday. The top uniformed officers and the civilian secretaries of the Army, the Navy and the Air Force have […]
Feds ask court to uphold Coast Guard officer’s sentence
We talked about former Lieutenant Hasson here; Coast Guard officer plotted to ‘murder innocent civilians’ and Such a Jerk. It looks like he previously pled guilty to some of the charges (though not specifically a terrorism charge) and was sentenced to 13 years due to an enhancement for terrorism. Now his lawyers believe the judge misapplied […]
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