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End of WWII–65 Years Ago Today

by Chuck Hill on 02 September 2010 · 1 comment

We shouldn’t let the day pass without recognizing that WWII ended 65 years ago today with the formal surrender of Japan on the deck of the battleship Missouri. Acceptance of terms of surrender had been announced on August 15. The boys and girls who entered the services to defeat the enemies of mankind are old or dead today, but we salute them.

Thank you, for all you did.

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Another rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico

by Dan Trimble 02 September 2010 4 comments

Breaking News
Another oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, reportedly about 80 miles off Louisiana’s coast and due west of the Deepwater Horizon site.
12 people were reported aboard with 1 missing, and the Coast Guard responding. No other information at this time, but we’ll do our best to cover as this develops.
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“A Mind Puzzle”–USNI

by Chuck Hill 02 September 2010 1 comment

Sorry I’m late pointing to this, but if you don’t regularly look into the US Naval Institute Blog this entry is worth a look. It is really a Coast Guard question.

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CG 1705 Mid-Air, Where was the Squawk?

by Chuck Hill 01 September 2010 1 comment

The Coast Guard investigation of this mid-air collision found that ” No single factor or individual act or omission caused this mishap. It was the product of a tragic confluence of events, missed opportunities, and procedure/policy issues in an airspace where most aircraft fly under a “see-and-avoid” regime (i.e. where individual [...]

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Arming Merchant Ships, Yes, err–No!

by Chuck Hill 01 September 2010 10 comments

An interesting bit of bureaucratic conflict here. It seems we want merchant ships carrying our cargoes off Somalia to hire armed guards on one hand, but then we make it difficult and add to the cost. There is also the question of letting armed vessels into US waters. There are many aspects to this issue, [...]

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USCG Auxiliary conference makes for a great week

by Andrew Welch 31 August 2010 1 comment

I urged you to “Meet the New Face of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary” in a post last week before I left for the National Conference (NACON) in Arizona. I also promised to provide updates via this blog while I was away, so I must now apologize that the days’ schedules did not permit much [...]

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Mission Modules, a Possible CG System?

by Chuck Hill 28 August 2010 10 comments

For those who might be interested, here is a “pdf” with a bit of information on how the Navy is implementing their mission module concept on the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS). Unfortunately the information only covers the 30 mm gun and 60 round missile system. They are also developing mission modules for ASW and Mine [...]

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Meet the new face of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary

by Andrew Welch 25 August 2010 6 comments

They are great people, rising leaders on their campus and in the world beyond; and just like generations that have preceded them, these college students are out getting it done, performing the mission as a part of their Coast Guard Auxiliary training and education, and renewing the spirit of service to which “Americas Volunteer Guardians” [...]

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Coast Guard Dogs to the Rescue (in Italy)

by Chuck Hill 24 August 2010 0 comments

A new recruit for the Deployable Operations Group? Not exactly our type of Coast Guard, but cute, interesting, and perhaps we will find an application someday.

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CG-1705 Collision Report Released

by Dan Trimble 24 August 2010 2 comments

The 11th Coast Guard District, Naval Air Forces, and 3rd Marine Air Wing have each released their final reports on the collision involving CG-1705 and the Marine Corps helicopter. As we all painfully remember, we lost all seven of our shipmates aboard 1705, and both Marines aboard the helicopter in this terrible tragedy.
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