Coast Guard
Flag Day and Happy Birthday Army!
Flag Day is celebrated annually in the U.S. on June 14. Here are some key things to know about the holiday. Its origins date back to 1885, when a schoolteacher in Wisconsin had his class honor “Flag Birthday” on June 14 to mark the anniversary of the Flag Resolution of 1777. From there, communities across […]
Memorial Day, After.
Poetrooper sent me his thoughts on the celebration of Memorial Day, and I’ve finally found time to post up. It is a bit late, and for that I apologize- need to manage my time better. Anyway, here’s Poe, with another thought provoking article. Poetrooper A National Wake: Simply honor them the way they would have […]
Valor Friday
Here’s Mason, and another of his articles of heroism in our armed forces. This one takes us back to World War II in the Pacific, and how the Coast Guard’s own saved the lives of Marines early in the war, at a place called Guadalcanal. Mason In the history of the Medal of Honor there […]
Memorial Day FGS
“Freedom does not come without a price. We may sometimes take for granted the many liberties we enjoy in America, but they have all been earned through the ultimate sacrifice paid by so many of the members of our armed forces.” Monday Feel Good Stories is closed today in memory of those who fell in […]
Keith Ramsey – NOT a Coast Guard SEAL
The folks at Military Phony sent us their work on Ernest Keith Ramsey. He primarily goes by Keith and his first name is spelled both “Ernest” and “Earnest” according to alias listings. BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT: (or better know as the “BLUF”) Keith Ramsey has a plethora, cornucopia, surfeit – “boatload” for those that […]
Water Dogs In the News
Yes, they drive orange boats and fly orange choppers. The Coast Guard has a new contract out to get the Water Dogs a new icebreaker fleet. The Navy and Coast Guard have awarded a Mississippi shipbuilder a contract that could be worth as much as $1.9 billion to build a new fleet of icebreakers. Naval […]
Such a Jerk
I despise these people in every way. I think Mr. Hasson, the subject of the article, could have been busted sooner, but he has at least been busted. I hope the charges against him stick and that the female attorney he hired is not bamboozled by any of his BS. https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/04/24/coast-guard-officer-accused-of-making-hit-list-targeted-supreme-court-justices-feds-say/ A white supremacist Coast […]
Coast Guard Families Hit by Furlough
By Dam Lamothe Having been the target of furloughs and sequestration before, I can certainly empathize with our Coast Guard brethren. I was senior enough to ride those out and not feel a lot of pain- this was not the case of the junior personnel. The same and more must be affecting junior Coasties- not […]
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