Wings on High: How an air station is always ready
Click the image to play the videoThe Coast Guard has 210 aircraft located at 24 air stations strategically placed across the United States. The Coast Guard men and women assigned to these air stations work 24/7 to ensure that the Coast Guard’s [...]
Coast Guard and Marine Corps host tour for Boy and Girl Scouts
To be prepared, a group of Boy and Girls Scouts got a glimpse of service members who are always ready and always faithful. Several Boys and Girls Scouts toured Coast Guard Sector New Orleans and the Marine Corps Support [...]
On the front lines of diversity
The military has long been a microcosm of society, reflecting changing values and norms. With mission readiness at the forefront of any policy changes, the military has historically kept pace with the pulse of societal change to bring [...]
Myth abuse: Sexual Assault Prevention and Response
Ostriches hide their heads in the sand, Twinkies last forever and the U.S. Coast Guard is not really the military. One might doth protest, but these commonly accepted “facts” are erroneously considered universal truths. They are, however, truth be told, [...]
Evolving Dreams: How History Inspires the Future
If we look back through the lens of the present, we can see that small events in our history can alter the very course of the future. Many of those events come from amazing women such as Clara Barton, who [...]
The Power of Impressions: Revealing the Future
As a child have you ever encountered anyone that made a profound impact on the rest of your life? Changed the way you thought of the world and what was in it? Perhaps it was an astronaut, a doctor or [...]
Laissez-nous sail Mardi Gras roads
As you ride the Coast Guard’s cutter float through the streets of New Orleans, a cacophony of screaming masses fill your ears with, “Throw me something mister.” A gumbo of carnival regalia fills your vision as you pass hordes of [...]
Leading on, off the court
By Petty Officer 3rd Class Jonathan Lally A coach sits, stands and paces along the sidelines of a basketball court encouraging, motivating and, yes, yelling at his players to perform better. He sternly scolds them to play better defense and [...]
A common cause unites us all
In 1912, Juliette “Daisy” Gordon, had the belief that girls should be given the opportunity to develop physically, mentally, and spiritually by removing them from the home and thrusting them into the community. Gordon wanted to help these girls grow [...]
Devotion sticks to service since 1989
By Chief Petty Officer Christopher Browning The Coast Guard lost an extended family member on Aug. 18. After a short battle with cancer, Ruth Brace, known to most Coast Guardsmen as the sticker lady, passed away. For more than 20 [...]
