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It was announced in the comments of the FORCECOM message but at the time the site wasn't working... well it does now. The DCMS Log, or USCG Mission Support Log if you will, is up and running with availability to the public. The site is' [...] It was announced in the comments of the FORCECOM message but at the time the site wasn’t working… well it does now. The DCMS Log, or USCG Mission Support Log if you will, is up and running with availability to the public. The site is [...]
Today was that day in 1944… D-Day. As such I’m willing to guess you’ll see several posts on the subject of the Normandy Landings. Here are some great pictures I found over this past week, of course with Coast Guard related-ness, leading up to and on June 6, 1944. [...]
Auxiliary Facility 251013 William Kerr on the Columbia River, 03JUN2009. We don't often get flat water but it is a gift that all USCG photographers should look for and exploit. (Photo AUX Daren Lewis) ' [...]
Auxiliary Facility 251013 William Kerr on the Columbia River, 03JUN2009. We don’t often get flat water but it is a gift that all USCG photographers should look for and exploit. (Photo AUX Daren Lewis)
[...] From Rescue Coordination Center Norfolk (which is actually in Portsmouth and isn’t called, at least inside the Coast Guard, generally, RCC Norfolk), comes this piece from the local TV station about technical support the Coast Guard has provided in search planning inputs for the Air France crash of Brazil:
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Today marks the 67th anniversary of the Battle of Midway. A great victory indeed for U.S. forces. While the main enemy body was headed to Midway, the U.S. was also focused on the Aleutian Islands. As you can see from the order of battle below, the USCG had deployed 5 [...]
Gotta get some homework done, but here’s the message…
FORCECOM COMMISSIONING
1. TODAY WE COMMISSIONED THE FORCE READINESS COMMAND (FORCECOM) IN ALAMEDA,CA. AS COMMISSIONED, FORCECOM WILL OVERSEE INDIVIDUAL AND ASSET-LEVEL OPERATIONAL TRAINING. THE COAST GUARD IS CONTINUING TO WORK THROUGH OUR NEW ADMINISTRATION AND WITH CONGRESS TO SEEK THE STATUTORY CHANGES [...]
I wrote last month about the mandatory self validation that was/is to be required by all active and reserve personnel. At the time the mandatory self validation of Direct Access information was being touted as being, well, mandatory. And according to the previous ALCOAST [...] I wrote last month about the mandatory self validation that was/is to be required by all active and reserve personnel. At the time the mandatory self validation of Direct Access information was being touted as being, well, mandatory. And according to the previous ALCOAST [...]
Late last night I came across an interesting post with some Coast Guard nexus that may be of some great help next time you need to do a PowerPoint show for a Coast Guard function of sorts… The site, Thoughts On Presenting And Design, has posted a great makeover [...]
As a modernized organization, the Coast Guard is going to have to become a learning organization. Oh, I know, that’s a term that’s tossed around quite a bit, and you probably think it means nothing.
Perhaps. [...]
The National Hurricane Center, that little subset of NOAA, recently held its annual Hurricane Preparedness Week which lasted all of last week. Big deal 'eh? Well today officially starts the 2009 Hurricane Season and as of now it's being predicted, with the latest numbers from April [...] 
What's better than just being in the Coast Guard? Well not much, but you could try being in the Coast Guard and being able to wear your Jump Wings that you earn while being in our service. Well that's exactly what PO Bridgette Milheim did while being [...] h/t to a tweet from the USS Chafee...
Follow the USS Chafee on Twitter here. This tweet is a great example of inter-agency and international cooperation at its best!
Chafee, Philippine Sailors and U.S. Coast Guard Team Up For Maritime Security Training
Release Date: 5/26/2009 4:12:00 PM
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An Unofficial Coast Guard Blog has finally moved to our new house on a self hosted WordPress site. Please be sure to update your bookmarks to point to http://CGBlog.org. Your RSS feed should be good to go though.
The military + social media effort continues tomorrow with the live Twittering of the Commandants and Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guards talk on the hill. They'll be talking about the FY-2010 budget hearing with the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee's Subcommittee on Coast [...] 
Ok, so that was kind of a bad joke for a title, but the fact it that the HH-65 really is a model. Again found while surfing the interwebs I came across the website cybermodeler which has a 1/48 scale model of our Dolphin. According to [...] 
Greetings from St. John's, Antigua! In a few short hours, I will be onboard COMFORT blogging about Continuing Promise '09 for USNI Blog and CGBlog.org Check both sites for updates.
Here is an iPhone shot of the two much publicized Cutters in the Yard for some much needed repairs. CGC's DALLAS and GALLATIN sit alongside each other during their drydock periods.
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The Coast Guard was quick to take a commanding lead in the movement to use social media as an outreach tool to the techno geek and general public alike. We essentially took a top-down approach to following our leaders. Though there were a few sporadic sites [...] 
Being such a small service, the Coast Guard's list of celebrity veterans is short but distinguished. As many know, author Alex Haley served in the Coast Guard. He was notable enough to have a cutter named for him. Golfer Arnold Palmer is another name that comes' [...] 
We here at CGBlog would like to thank all of our mothers and especially our wives (those that are mothers, and I guess those that are not) for all that you do and all that you've done. Without your work we would all be, well, not here.' [...] 
This is the open thread for the week of May 10, 2009. What's on your mind?
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Wow, I didn't see this one coming but I'm glad it did. On the public side the Coast Guard has released a new ALCOAST titled REQUIREMENT OF MAINTAINING BASIC PHYSICAL FITNESS CLOTHING. And it lives up to its name; from the message-THE FOLLOWING ITEMS WILL [...] 
Thanks to Yamil Hernandez for commenting on the last post and pointing this out. It seems a simple mistake was made in noting the founding year of the Coast Guard. The graphic was taken from the DHS' Budget-in-Brief (PDF). According to this we are a' [...] 
On an oft read blog of mine, Homeland Security Watch, I was informed that the DHS' Budget-in-Brief (PDF) is now available and within it is the 2010 budget request for all the DHS agencies, to include the Coast Guard. And by the looks of' [...] 
As I was continuing my nightly routine of checking the day's news I came across the Coast Guard Yeoman Coin, a first I must say. Nice coin though.
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This shot is of the CGC FINBACK while she was moored int Cape May, NJ and again brought to us by user Casher Haggerty. [...] 
If you've been keeping up with the buzz of the other services and their use of social media you'll no doubt have heard that they're not only using it as means to talk/write about things that are going on in the service but the plethora of' [...] 
The question has come up several times in the last few months as to what is the U.S. Coast Guard doing to fight the war on piracy on the worldwide scale. You'll already know, but this is has been going on for years. What really struck a' [...] 
Flickr ROCKS! This is from user Casher Haggerty, and though it has no given caption this is obvioulsy the CGC Elm. Very nice shot. [...] 
You'll notice that posting around here has slowed down a little. Not to worry, we're not going away... Just to give you an update on what's been happening: Work and play are competing. At work we're standing up the pre-cursor to OPCOM and as my last [...] 
Today was day one of two for giving the Coast Guard Service Wide Exam. As the LANT ESO I am fortunate enough to administer the exam; a job that I'm glad to do. Today was the day for our Third-Class Petty Officers and First-Class Petty Officers' [...] 
VBS.TV has an excellent show on the history, current use and technology of semi-submersibles to transport drugs. The first part is embedded here:
Not the best photo we've seen from Bast Productions but by this photo alone we learn a very important lesson: The Coast Guards Auxiliary members can glow in the dark.SACRAMENTO, CA (Dec 6, 2008) - US Coast Guard Auxiliary Vessel "This Side Up" (200127), with Cox'n [...] 
I received these photo's from Vincent Pica, Division Commander, Division 18 (1SR), USCGAux. Thank you CAPT Pica for the photos.
Posted on the Flickr pages of kevinh_photos. There is no given caption for this shot, but does there really need to be one? I think not. Enjoy your week.
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As noted by Ryan here and U.S. Southern Command here, there are 4 Guardians onboard the U.S. Naval Hospital Ship COMFORT as it deploys in support of Continuing Promise '09.
So I got a wild hair up there and began to wonder where retired Admiral Thomas Collins went after his 2002-2006 tenure as our Commandant. There isn't a whole lot online but I did come across a bio for him on the website SPACDAC.com.' [...] 
You'll notice that this site tends not to dive to far into items that teeter on the edge OPSEC or general intelligence or security matters as they pertain a mission at hand. And for good reason, we are/were members of the Coast Guard at one time' [...] 
It makes more sense if you sing it to the Carmine San Diego theme song... As many of you know, or maybe you didn't, ADM Allen is on a world tour visiting various units around the globe. On his own blog, iCommandant, ADM Allen has' [...] 
A few weeks ago we were here to inform you that the Coast Guard was setting out to ensure all it's data on each and everyone of us was up to date. Well as of tomorrow, 1 May 2009, the magic month of self-validation is [...] 
This came from the Sector LA/LB Blog and shows what's left of a 65' Schooner off the bow of a responding 47' MLB. Coast Guard responders worked late through the night to assist a sailing vessel that was taking on water off shore Morro Bay, California. [...] 
Well this isn't something you see everyday. This also came from the D17 Blog with the following caption-
The Navy has relased a press peice for there hospital ship the USNSComfort with a Coastie (yes, Coastie) twist. Did you know that we have folks from the Coast Guard aboard? Well, maybe you did Jim, but the rest of us I'm sure we're unaware. [...] 
Mr. Lary Tate, the man who cost tax payers $180,000 is now behind bars for a warrant by Arkansas authorities on sexual assault and incest charges. However disgusting that is, it's not the point of this post. The noted $180k is the amount the Coast Guard [...] 
Posted on Flickr by planephotoman. The caption for this photo was: They usually park FA-18's in this spot!
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I stood for my dockside and on-the-water qualification exams for coxswain today. There a moments in a life where things come together, where one finds oneself lucky that we have the opportunity to serve in the company of such shipmates. My Qualification Examiners today were COMO Jack [...] 
I quickly mentioned this little bit in my post related to the April issue of Delivering the Goods, but thought it was something to further cover as it applies to all mariners who own and hope never to use their 406mhz EPIRB. The Coast Guards [...] 
The Coast Guard played an integral role in the War in Vietnam through the use of its 82-foot Patrol Boats. These Point Class Cutters were loaded onto freighters and taken overseas in support of Operation Market Time. Their White paint was covered in haze gray to [...] 
The April issue of Delivering the Goods is now available for download, and to date I got to say these little newsletters are the best way to stay abreast of what's going on... Thank you CG-9! In this issue we learn, among other things, about [...] 
It was five years ago today that DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal lost his life in Iraq, rendering service to the Coast Guard and his country. Along with Petty Officer Bruckenthal, 2 members of the US Navy were also killed: Petty Officer 1st Class Michael Pernaselli and Petty [...] 
And if you're waiting for the punchline... well, there isn't one. This actually has nothing to do with the local pirates union thinking they are a coast guard (note no capitalization there) but in fact this is the local government in Somalia is wanting to set [...]
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