Heroes of history: USS Leonard Wood crewmember Burton Cary
Seventy years ago this month, New Orleans native Burton Cary boarded a train headed to the resort hotel Ponce De Leon in St. Augustine, Fla., for Coast Guard boot camp. After 10 weeks of training as Company “J1,” he [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Heroes of history: In remembrance of William A. Barnes
Born on the 15th of July in 1920 and died on the 15th of March 2013, William A. Barnes is now Clarksdale, Mississippi’s most legendary resident. As he rests in peace in Jackson, Miss., Barnes shares citizenship with [...]
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 modern day Wonder Woman: MSU Port Arthur reservist recognized as a super performer
The Coast Guard is full of everyday heroes. Men and women who risk their lives to save mariners in distress, protect our nation’s coastal resources and facilitate the flow of commerce on America’s waterways. While the first thing that may [...]
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 [...]
