Coast Guard
Coastie jumps on moving drug runner submarine…
…and starts beating it with fists ChipNASA sends us an article of how the Coasties deal with drug running submersibles. When pulling up along side and yelling doesn’t seem to have much effect, well, watch the video and see for yourselves. These guys are not the friendly puddle pirates wanting to see your personal flotation […]
Trump outmaneuvers the media on the 4th
Our own Poetrooper is back, this time with some thoughts about the 4 July festivities and the reception it received. Its as if there were two 4ths, one Americans saw and another, those ‘nattering nabobs of negativity’ claim to have witnessed. Time to step back and give Poe the podium. Poetrooper I got an email […]
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 […]
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