Coast Guard
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 […]
A Presidential Proclamation
By Presidential Proclamation, November 2018 is Military Families and Veterans’ Month. https://www.militarytimes.com/news/your-air-force/2018/11/01/trump-extends-veterans-day-celebrations-through-all-of-november/ President Donald Trump issued a proclamation Wednesday designating November 2018 as National Veterans and Military Families Month. “I encourage all communities, all sectors of society, and all Americans to acknowledge and honor the service, sacrifices, and contributions of veterans and military families […]
Coasties rescue man, boy, dog after boat capsizes
Seaman Tristan Beatty holds “Pepper” who was rescued from the Long Island Sound waters off Cedar Beach, N.Y., along with an adult male and 9-year-old boy, Saturday, Oct. 6, 2018, in Babylon, N.Y. (Petty Officer 1st Class Steven Strohmaier/U.S. Coast Guard via AP)
Coast Guard Mostly Saves Very Stupid People, Study Finds
When it comes to Search and Rescue (SAR) our Coast Guard is world class. But after a while, it must get pretty repetitive saving people suffering from self-inflicted wounds. So a study was conducted, with some surprising results. WASHINGTON, DC — Nearly 83 percent of mariner rescues since 1960 involved unrelentingly stupid behaviors and/or people, […]
One of the greatest Coast Guard rescues to be celebrated
The Navy Times reports that, beginning Aug. 13, the historical association is planning five days of events to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Mirlo rescue — one of the most daring in Coast Guard history. Mirlo, a British tanker loaded with gasoline was torpedoed seven miles off the shore from Chicamacomico, North Carolina. The […]
Pilot missing after landing plane on Cape May beach
A plane usually used to tow banners for Paramount Air Service landed on a Cape May beach, a Coast Guard facility. The Piper PA12 pilot skipped out after touching down nose first, according to the Cape May Star and Wave Newspaper; Personnel from Training Center Cape May, county Sheriff’s Department and Cape May police continued […]
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