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 [...]
When lives are on the line
Thousands of Coast Guard personnel are stationed throughout the United States and abroad carrying out the service’s 11 statutory missions, but Coast Guard members don’t always accomplish these missions alone. In addition to working with other federal, state and local responders [...]
Texas City Coast Guard members teach basic damage control
While many of the Coast Guard’s missions focus on preventing bad things from happening or managing them when they do, one successful tactic in keeping people safe it education. Coast Guard Petty Officer 1st Class Mike Draughon, a crewmember with [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
Lethal gasp
Chemical formula for an idyllic day: A boat with a full tank, a stocked cooler and not a care in the world, except a smart phone to send a photo as a post card to your coworkers stuck in their [...]
Rising to the challenge of low water on the Mississippi River
Story and photos by Petty Officer 2nd Class Ayla Kelley The rise and fall of river water levels is a constant, impacted by flooding and drought. It’s something those who work on or around the river contend with on a [...]
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 [...]
Staying Frosty
The U.S. Coast Guard has a history of being America’s first responder whenever disaster strikes. Whether it’s search and rescue operations after a natural disaster or when boaters signal distress, the Coast Guard is always ready to send [...]
