Coast Guard
US Navy taking billions from drug traffickers
Stars and Stripes reports that since April 1st the USN has been taking part in anti-drug running operations hand-in-hand with the US Coast Guard in the Caribbean and in the Pacific. The operations are collecting massive amounts of drugs from cartel sources before they can arrive in the US. The picture above shows; More than […]
Coasties earn awards for rescuing firefighters
Stemming from an incident last September, four men of the US Coast Guard have received medals for their part in rescuing two injured firefighters. The firefighters were battling the Middle Fire in northern California. They’d been injured by falling rocks and were reported to have serious head, neck, and back injuries. The US Forest Service […]
Coastie earns lifesaving medal
We have a valor story early this week. Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Victoria Vanderhaden was presented the rare Silver Lifesaving Medal this week for her actions on a beach in Long Island, NY back in 2018. You might notice that she was presented the award by the Master Chief Petty Officer of the […]
Valor Friday
Coast Guard Senior Chief Terrell Horne III For today’s Valor Friday Mason brings us Senior Chief Terrell Horne III, USCG, and his remarkable heroism in the “Other” War, the War on Drugs. Mason The Korean War is often called “The Forgotten War”. Overshadowed by the much larger World War that preceded it by only five […]
They Are Everywhere
US Coast Guard Photo – Vigilant WMEC 617 Every now and then, I try to present something on the other branches of the US armed services, which includes the puddle pounders, a/k/a the Coasties and water dogs – or some such stuff. And occasionally, something happens that gets more than average attention. They were, […]
USCGS Taney Name Change
The USCGC Taney resides on Pier 5 along with the Seven Foot Knoll Lighthouse in the Inner Harbor. Additionally, the Taney participates in educational and overnight programs for all ages. Taney’s keel was laid on May 1st, 1935 at the Philadelphia Navy Yard alongside her sister ships: Campbell, Duane, and Ingham. She was built to […]
Armed Forces Day
Happy AFD, TAH Delta Whiskies and Whiskettes. Jeff LPH 3 sends. Armed Forces Day 2020 Armed Forces Day is celebrated on the third Saturday in May. Thanks to President Harry S. Truman, it’s a day to pay special tribute to the men and women of the Armed Forces. President Truman led the effort to establish […]
Iran’s Gulf Harassment Incurs Ire. Update.
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Gunboat Nearly a dozen Iranian Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy (IRGCN) vessels harassed a formation of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships in the northern Persian Gulf, the Navy announced. Eleven Iranian vessels “repeatedly conducted dangerous and harassing approaches of USS Lewis B. Puller (ESB-3), USS Paul Hamilton (DDG-60), USS […]
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