Coast Guard Magazine articles from December 2004

Coast Guard Magazine archives from December 2004

2004: this issue of Coast Guard magazine is dedicated to all those who have faced incredible challenges to ensure the safety and security of our nation. Their dedication is recognized and honored in this review of 2004.(INTRODUCTION)
December 1, 2004... There is a common thread that holds together each of us wearing Coast Guard blue. We have all, whether Active or Reserve, officer or enlisted, Auxiliary or civilian, raised our right hands and sworn an oath to honor, protect and defend the laws...

Winter.
December 1, 2004... Jan. 4 -- The crew of a Coast Guard HH-65 Dolphin helicopter from Air Station Miami medevaced 81-year old Lourdes Caballero, who was suffering from chest pains, from the island of Cat Cay, Bahamas, to Mercy Hospital in Miami. Jan. 8 -- Two...

Tanker down: Coast Guard units respond when a 570-foot tanker explodes off the coast of Chincoteague, Va.(SPOTLIGHT)
December 1, 2004... The foreign accent was filled with urgency and terror and demanded immediate attention. "Bow Mariner, Bow Mariner. We are on fire, we are on fire! Mayday, mayday, mayday. This is Bow Mariner, Bow Mariner, we are on fire. Mayday, mayday,...

Spring.(search and rescue)
December 1, 2004... March 8 -- The CGC Vashon, a 110-foot patrol boat from Puerto Rico, intercepted a boat attempting to smuggle 89 Dominican Republic migrants into Puerto Rico. March 13 -- The crew of an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter from Air Station Astoria,...

DC3 Bruckenthal: DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal gave the ultimate sacrifice while serving the Coast Guard in Iraq. His valor will always be remembered, and his memory eternally honored.(SPOTLIGHT)
December 1, 2004... From his remote Coast Guard post at Neah Bay, Nathan Bruckenthal, a transplanted New Yorker, took 9/11 personally. He flew home three times to help bury the dead and feed rescuers. On his final trip, he stripped off his Coast Guard T-shirt and...

Summer.(search and rescue)
December 1, 2004... June 2 -- Six people, including two young children, were rescued from their sinking vessel approximately 25 miles east of Oregon Inlet, N.C., by Coast Guard rescue personnel after their vessel started taking on water at about 10:30 a.m. Kevin...

Goodbye to the gipper: Coast Guardsmen from around the country pay their respects and join together with all the services to honor and say farewell to our nation's 40th president, Ronald Reagan.(SPOTLIGHT)(Obituary)
December 1, 2004... The Coast Guard joined other military services to honor former president Ronald Reagan. The death of Reagan June 5 set into motion a plan that involved countless military members from all the Armed Forces. The Military District of...

Fall.(search and rescue)
December 1, 2004... Sept. 11 -- The crew of the CGC Bear located a 50-foot wooden vessel holding 174 Haitian migrants 28 miles southeast of Great Inagua in the Bahamas. As two small-boat crews from the Bear passed life-jackets to the people aboard the homemade...

Endless winds: four hurricanes rolled across Florida and the Southeast in August and September, leaving devastation and disarray in their wakes.(SPOTLIGHT)
December 1, 2004... Four hurricanes pounded the Southeastern United States in the months of August and September, causing dozens of deaths and billions of dollars in damage. First, Hurricane Charley struck with brute force just north of Fort Myers, Fla., Aug....