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 [...]
A 40-year journey across the Coast Guard
A tall man leans back in his chair and sips his cup of coffee. He smiles behind a thin mustache as he looks at a black-and-white photo from his boot camp graduation. His brown hair is neatly trimmed into a [...]
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 [...]
Critical mass rescue training
When anyone thinks of a tabletop exercise, the first thing that may come to mind is Dungeons and Dragons. But one type of tabletop exercise is no game; it is in fact training several agencies in preparation for ultimate mission [...]
Station New Orleans: Protecting the gateway to global commerce
America is currently besieged by a very particular fear. It is a fear of not enough, a universal fear. It is a fear of not enough money and not enough jobs. It is a fear for the future. [...]
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 [...]
A shipmate for all hands: African American History Month
Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Sir Edmund Hillary, Michael Healy and Alex Haley are kindred spirits all. Never did the five meet but all were brothers. Lewis and Clark discovered what is now the western portion of the United States [...]
A Moment In Time: The Heroic Coast Guard Cutter Campbell
Story by PA3 Kevin Metcalf: On February 21st, 1943, the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Campbell, under the command of Cmdr. James A. Hirshfield, served as part of the international escort group, A-3, that was tasked with escorting convoys [...]
Oldie but Goodie
The age of 50 typically signifies longevity, durability, perseverance and a distinct know how that can only be obtained with time. Coast Guard Cutter Mallet has reached that age and has seen a number of crews come and go during [...]
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 [...]
