http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the 8th Coast Guard District Mon, 20 May 2013 20:13:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/heroes-of-history-uss-leonard-wood-crewmember-burton-cary/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/heroes-of-history-uss-leonard-wood-crewmember-burton-cary/#comments Mon, 20 May 2013 20:02:04 +0000 PA2 Bill Colclough http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3139   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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/heroes-of-history-uss-leonard-wood-crewmember-burton-cary/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/wings-on-high-how-an-air-station-is-always-ready/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/wings-on-high-how-an-air-station-is-always-ready/#comments Fri, 10 May 2013 20:58:21 +0000 PA3 Richard Brahm http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3133 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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/wings-on-high-how-an-air-station-is-always-ready/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/a-40-year-journey-across-the-coast-guard/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/a-40-year-journey-across-the-coast-guard/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 19:27:20 +0000 PA3 William Benson http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3099 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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/a-40-year-journey-across-the-coast-guard/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-and-marine-corps-host-tour-for-boy-and-girl-scouts/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-and-marine-corps-host-tour-for-boy-and-girl-scouts/#comments Wed, 01 May 2013 21:23:00 +0000 PA3 Carlos Vega http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3083   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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/05/coast-guard-and-marine-corps-host-tour-for-boy-and-girl-scouts/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/on-the-front-lines-of-diversity/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/on-the-front-lines-of-diversity/#comments Fri, 19 Apr 2013 16:30:19 +0000 rtippets http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3063     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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/on-the-front-lines-of-diversity/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/when-lives-are-on-the-line/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/when-lives-are-on-the-line/#comments Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:37:35 +0000 PA3 Richard Brahm http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3053 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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/when-lives-are-on-the-line/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/myth-abuse-sexual-assault-prevention-and-response/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/myth-abuse-sexual-assault-prevention-and-response/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 20:03:19 +0000 PA2 Bill Colclough http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3044 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, [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/myth-abuse-sexual-assault-prevention-and-response/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/heroes-of-history-in-remembrance-of-william-a-barnes/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/heroes-of-history-in-remembrance-of-william-a-barnes/#comments Mon, 01 Apr 2013 18:07:19 +0000 PA2 Bill Colclough http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3007     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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/04/heroes-of-history-in-remembrance-of-william-a-barnes/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/texas-city-coast-guard-members-teach-basic-damage-control/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/texas-city-coast-guard-members-teach-basic-damage-control/#comments Fri, 29 Mar 2013 17:37:31 +0000 PA2 Stephen Lehmann http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=3013 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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/texas-city-coast-guard-members-teach-basic-damage-control/feed/ 0 http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/critical-mass-training/ http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/critical-mass-training/#comments Fri, 22 Mar 2013 19:07:39 +0000 PA3 Carlos Vega http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=2995 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 [...]]]> http://heartland.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/critical-mass-training/feed/ 0