Coast Guard Magazine articles

Recent articles from Coast Guard Magazine

Always remembered.
July 1, 2008... The Coast Guard experienced the tragic loss of four of its crew members when "Coast Guard 6505" crashed during the evening of Sept. 4. The HH-65C crew was home based out of Air Station Barbers point, Hawaii. The accident took place during a hoisting exercise with a 47-foot motor lifeboat...

Dallas drop.
July 1, 2008... A pallet of humanitarian assistance supplies is offloaded from the CGC Dallas in Batumi, Georgia, Aug. 27. The crew arrived with more than 76,000 pounds of supplies for the Georgian people. Navy photo by MC3 Eddie Harison

Fire Island.
July 1, 2008... Lightning rips through the twilight air as an evening thunderstorm bears down on Station Fire Island, N.Y., Aug. 9. Fire Island is located on Long Island's South Shore. Photo courtesy of Cathy Cummings

All coast.
July 1, 2008... GOLDEN EAGLE The CGC Eagle sails under the Golden Gate Bridge, leading 35 tall ships into the San Francisco Bay during the Parade of Sail July 23. The Eagle is visiting San Francisco and five other West Coast ports including Los Angeles, San Diego, Tacoma, Wash., Astoria, Ore., and...

Coast Guard: if you're 20, you had a MySpace page 5 years ago. If you're 40, you didn't know about MySpace until you saw an expose on the evening news 2 years ago.(THE WEB)
July 1, 2008... The 20-somethings all left home and switched to FaceBook. Their 40-something parents joined to keep tabs on them. The 20-somethings got embarrassed and quit paying attention to their pages. So did their parents. Social media was just a passing fad. Wrong. Maybe the story sounds...