Coast Guard Magazine articles from July 2007

Coast Guard Magazine archives from July 2007

Ensign Duke plays a hunch rumrunners beware.(Out of the history books)
July 1, 2007... It was the third of July 1927, and Ensign Charles L. Duke was following his instincts. More precisely: there was a shadowy steamer running in the darkness of New York's Upper Bay passing behind a well-lit liner in quarantine and proceeding...

Up front.
July 1, 2007... Helping Hands A crew from Coast Guard Station Yankeetown rescued four people from an overturned vessel more than six miles southwest of the County Road 40 boat ramp, in Yankeetown, Fla., May 28. Popping smoke BM1 Aaron Udland gives training...

All Coast.
July 1, 2007... Escort Duty CGC Mustang escorts the USNS Henry J. Kaiser into Seward, Alaska, May 9. The Mustang escorted the Kaiser as part of standard procedures for naval vessel visits to Alaska. The cutter is a 110-foot Island Class patrol vessel...

Unlea shed: the Coast Guard's Deployable Operations Group marks the next step in national readiness.(DOG)
July 1, 2007... The Coast Guard answers the call for a centralized command response group through the implementation of the Deployable Operations Geoup The Coast Guard has developed a new command to fight terrorism and respond to natural disasters. This...

Undeterred: MSRT: making the world safer, one high-speed tactical vertical insertion assault at a time.(MSRT)
July 1, 2007... Out past the cow pastures of Chesapeake, Va., one of the Homeland Security Department's newest weapons is being honed. Operating under a thick veil of security, the 200-person Maritime Security Response Team is stationed far from prying eyes,...

Unequaled: the Coast Guard's National Strike Force responds any time, any where, for any hazard.(NSF)
July 1, 2007... For more than 30 years, members of the Coast Guard's National Strike Force have deployed around the world, responding to incidents such as major oil and chemical spills, radiological and hazardous materials releases and incident command and...

Unrelenting: MSST Kingsbay is one of a dozen MSSTs specializing in waterborne and shoreside antiterrorism force protection.(MSST)
July 1, 2007... A sleepy little town in Southern Georgia may not seem like the ground level for one of the biggest organizational changes in the Coast Guard, but St. Mary's is home to Maritime Safety and Security Team, 91108 Kingsbay--one of the many units...

The first year of the dog.(DEPLOYABLE OPEARTIONS GROUP)
July 1, 2007... The Deployable Operation Group's is to provide properly euiped, trained, and organized adaptive force packages to Coast Guard, DHS, DoD, and interagency operational and tactical commanders as directed. MSRT CHESAPEAKE, VA MSST...

Unwavering: Tactical Law Enforcement Teams: "where the action is.".(TACLET)
July 1, 2007... "Our PFT is a five mile mountain run; maybe an ocean water swim," joked Cmdr. Mark Ogle, commander of the Pacific Area Tactical Law Enforcement Team. Official physical fitness test or not, the men and women on his crew enjoy the challenge....

Unflinching: the shore corps: Port Security Units epitomize vigilance in deployments around the globe.(PSU)
July 1, 2007... Nigh of noon on the edge of the Persian Gulf, a go-fast races under the Arabian sun. Darting into the security zone of a U.S. Navy aircraft carrier, the operator notices a gray small boat flashing blue lights with.50-caliber machine guns locked...

Albatross discovered: a crew of six departed Air Station St. Petersburg, Fla., in 1967 on a SAR case and delivered a dewatering pump to a disabled yacht only to disappear into the fog from which they came, never to be heard from again.
July 1, 2007... What began as an afternoon of scuba diving with friends turned into a discovery of heroism, honor and bravery. In July 2006, a recreational diver and explorer, Michael Barnette, came across the wreckage of a missing Coast Guard HU-16E...

Lost at sea.
July 1, 2007... The storm swept in from the equator, along the Bahamas and up the Florida coast in September 1800. Devastating winds and towering waves threatened the American frigate Insurgent. Aboard the cutter Scammel, the crew jettisoned cannon and anchors...

Looking back: a veteran remembers the first steps to racial equality.
July 1, 2007... The Coast Guard today is a mirror of the true American spirit and identity. Members proudly sport the blue and orange racing stripe as badge of honor. The Coast Guard is culturally diverse, and offers an abundance of opportunities no matter...

USS Sea Cloud.
July 1, 2007... The Coast Guard-manned USS Sea Cloud was originally built in Kiel, Germany as the four-masted bark Hussar for E. F. Hutton. The U.S. Ambassador to the Soviet Union, Joseph E. Davis, acquired it in 1935 and renamed it the Sea Cloud. With...

Protecting the rescuers: the Coast Guard trains crews how to keep safe while saving lives after an attack involving weapons of mass destruction.
July 1, 2007... An explosion sent ripples of radiation throughout the San Francisco region, leaving the city hazardous to human life. An identifiable orange helicopter slips through the ruined skyline. For the crew, this is no ordinary mission as they prepare...

Wanted.
July 1, 2007... Manny Puri is number two on an America's Most Wanted list. Puri, a reservist with Coast Guard Investigative Service and full time Deputy U.S. Marshal with the New York and New Jersey Regional Fugitive Task Force, was nominated as one of...

Recruits see their futures.(Logbook)
July 1, 2007... The CGC Bainbridge Island pulls up to a pier on a cold January morning at the Coast Guard Training Center in Cape May, N.J. Once the mooring lines are secured by the crew, The cutter prepares for the arrival of a group of young recruits....

COGAP back on track.(Logbook)
July 1, 2007... After a year-long hiatus, the Coast Guard Art Program is back on active duty, poised to take on new initiatives. These will emphasize getting more art out to public venues, deploying artists on select Coast Guard missions and expanding the...

Work and play find common ground.(Logbook)
July 1, 2007... Lt. Rodney G. Martinez is the only COGAP artist who is active duty Coast Guard. The lieutenant has been involved with COGAP since 2005, when his painting, "Majestic Mission: Alaska," was accepted into the collection. "COGAP is a great way...

River runner.(Greetings From)
July 1, 2007... The ability to communicate efficiently with agency partners is crucial to the success of Coast Guard missions. Sector Ohio Valley along with other agencies and local authorities, including Escambia County Sheriff's Office in Florida, Posey...

International Training Division.(Greetings From)
July 1, 2007... Staff assignments are boring? Not if you are at Training Center Yorktown's International Training Division. ITD Mobile Training Teams are often on the leading edge of the Global War on Terrorism. In this capacity they recently have...

Top Coast Guard rescues.
July 1, 2007... As we celebrates the Coast Guard's 217th birthday on August 4, we can also celebrate the 1,109,310 lives saved since 1790. Calculated by the Coast Guard's Historian Office through research of logs and records throughout our service's...