Coast Guard Magazine articles from May 2006

Coast Guard Magazine archives from May 2006

CGC Tampa, WW1.
May 1, 2006... Based in Gibraltar, the Coast Guard Cutters Tampa, Seneca, Yamacraw, Ossipee, Algonquin and Manning made up Squadron Two of Division Six of the Atlantic Fleet Patrol Forces. Their mission was to protect convoys from submarine attacks. In a...

The Eagle has landed.(Up Front)
May 1, 2006... The CGC Eagle moored at the Integrated Support Command Boston next to the CGC Seneca for the weekend. The Eagle arrived August 11 and departed August 14. Taken as a war prize by the United States in 1946, the Eagle now provides a platform for...

Show off.(Up Front)
May 1, 2006... A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Atlantic City, N.J. conducts a search and rescue demonstration during the Atlantic City Airshow Aug. 23. Two HH-65C Dolphin helicopter crews from Air Station Atlantic City and one HH-60 Jayhawk...

First of the line.
May 1, 2006... The soon-to-be Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf (WMSL 750), more than 60 percent complete and painted in Coast Guard colors, was launched into the water at the Northrop Grumman shipyard, Pascagoula, Miss., Sept. 29. The Bertholf will be the first...

All coast.
May 1, 2006... * Hard To Port The crew of the CGC Rush, homeported in Honolulu, maintains a safety zone around the Singapore-flagged vessel Cougar Ace while salvage crews determine how to stabilize the disabled and listing vessel. The Cougar Ace was 230 miles...

Wings and a prayer: Air Force ECMO team speeds to Puerto Rico to save the life of a Coast Guard lieutenant's infant son.
May 1, 2006... Seth and Stephanie Parker held each other's hands and waited. As the plane touched down at 12:05 a.m., July 22 at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, they smiled at each other and looked at their son. Four-day-old Stuart lay across from his...

CARAT: CGC Sherman participates in Cooperation Afloat Readiness and training with the U.S. Navy. And six Southeast Asia nations.
May 1, 2006... The CGC Sherman, homeported in Alameda, Calif., completed the final leg of the 12th annual Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training exercise series in the Philippines recently. CARAT, which took place over a period of three months, is a...

Embracing the cause.
May 1, 2006... It was already a muggy 85 degrees outside, and the Southeast Asian sun had barely popped up over the horizon. The vans are loaded with corpsmen and doctors from the Coast Guard and the Navy. One doctor puts a headphone into his ear from his...

Hollywood highlights real-life rescuers.
May 1, 2006... "I think all of us would like to think if we were lost at sea, someone would come and find us, even when conditions couldn't be worse. That's a comforting feeling, which translates into a heroic or a romantic idea--the notion that someone will...

Hollywood invades Air Station Kodiak.
May 1, 2006... Film crews from Hollywood started shooting scenes March 20 for the movie The Guardian. featuring the Coast Guard rescue swimmer program. Filming lasted until March 26 on Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak. The purpose for the visit was to...

Amphibious EMTs.
May 1, 2006... Within the Coast Guard, an elite group of more than 300 dedicated and intense men and women live by the motto, "So Others May Live." They have rescued survivors in heavy winds with a ceiling of less than 100 feet, and been flipped upside...

Gridiron goal: Coast Guardsman keeps NFL dream alive.
May 1, 2006... The smell of grass wet from dew in late summer reminds many men of a time when football ruled their world. A time when summer camp was just around the corner and your stomach would tie up in knots from the thought of endless calisthenics and...

Command presence.
May 1, 2006... Thad W. Allen is already working at full throttle, even though the sun is barely yawning across the Potomac River. Cell phones buzz as a steady stream of people file in with urgent messages, briefs and requests for appointments. It's one...

Ship shape: cutter crew creates ways to stay fit while underway.
May 1, 2006... Farfrom the sand and glistening bodies of California's Muscle Beach, there's the Jailhouse Gym. Located on the non-skid steel decks of the CGC Diligence, exercise bikes, free weights and stability balls find a home among the capstan and chocks...

Staying committed to Your Routine.
May 1, 2006... With all the obstacles to staying fit that life underway presents, remaining committed to an exercise routine is a challenge in and of itself. In order to stay motivated, the crew of the Diligence suggests the following: 1 Find a Partner:...

A lifetime of benefits.
May 1, 2006... Fitness is just one facet of healthy living. The crew of the Diligence offers their advice on what else service members underway can do to improve their physical well-being: * Drink Water: Not only do you stay hydrated, eliminating the...

Maritime safety and environmental protection champion, Adm. John Kime, interred at Arlington National Cemetery.(19th Commandant Laid to Rest)
May 1, 2006... Adm. John William Kime, 72, a former U.S. Coast Guard commandant who was passionate about maritime safety and environmental protection issues, succumbed to cancer early in the morning of Sept. 14 and was honored at a memorial service on Sept....

Rebuilding the Gulf Coast.(Logbook)
May 1, 2006... More than a year after Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast, residents continue to rebuild their lives in the new normalcy they face each day. Mothers, fathers, children, all live in a world very different from the one they had before the...

Navy times' Coast Guardsman of the Year.(Logbook)
May 1, 2006... Most people live a lifetime and are never faced with a life threatening situation. Even those in a lifesaving service spend their careers never having an opportunity to save a single life. For YN2 Jeff Jackson of the Integrated Support Command...

Jarvis crew devotes downtime to Oahu organizations.
May 1, 2006... The call to service is a mainstay of service in the Coast Guard. Due to the humanitarian nature of our service, this call often extends beyond mission requirements and applies to service to the local community. The crew of the Jarvis has...

Unimak reunion: shipmates slated to gather in Cape May.(Logbook)
May 1, 2006... The 2007 reunion for members of the CGC Unimak is scheduled for March 29 through April 1, 2007, at the Congress Hall hotel in Cape May, N.J. Event organizers have filled the four-day event with activities for the whole family, including...

Dunk Fan basketball tournament honors the memory of BM3 Brian Colletti.(Logbook)
May 1, 2006... The Northwood Temple Academy gymnasium is usually a quiet place in the summer. But on this warm August day, the gym is flooded with a familiar beat: the squeal of high tops dancing on the shiny wood floor accompanied by the "swish" of...

The "art of the possible" on display at Innovation Expo 2006 in Tampa.(Logbook)
May 1, 2006... For six years, the Coast Guard's Innovation Council has showcased emerging technologies and whiz-bang gadgetry for the operational environment. This year's Innovation Exposition held in Tampa, Fla., June 26-28 was no different. Science and...

Sea swap: Coastie photo finds way into Navy recruiting ad.
May 1, 2006... Inquiring minds want to know: Was it an advertising gaffe or a Freudian slip--a sign, perhaps, that the Navy is a wee bit envious of the Coast Guard? The Navy's newest magazine ad campaign features a photo of a serviceman on a Sikorsky...

Partners in Education.
May 1, 2006... Members from ISC Seattle accept the Collaborative Partnership in Education program award with students from Hawthorne Elementary School in Seattle, June 20. Pictured with students are (back row, left to right): FS1 Ahren Weingarten, Seaman...

Coast Guard SUDOKU.
May 1, 2006... Fill in the blank spaces in the grid so that every vertical column, every horizontal row and every 3 x 3 box contains the letters C-O-A-S-T-G-U-R-D, with repeating any. The solved puzzle can be found in the online version of Coast Guard...

Air Station San Francisco: Golden Gate guardians.(Greetings From)
May 1, 2006... Air Station San Francisco is one of several unique duty stations in the Coast Guard. Completed on February 15, 1941, and originally operating only fixed-wing aircraft, the station has a special place in Coast Guard history as one of the first...

Remembering a fallen shipmate.(Following Seas)
May 1, 2006... MKCS Chris Falcone, a quality assurance evaluator at TRACEN Yorktown, reflects on the loss of his friend and shipmate, MKC Jeffery Palazzo, during a 9/11 memorial service, Sept. 11 at TRACEN Yorktown. Palazzo, a Coast Guard Reservist in New...

Duty.
May 1, 2006... Duties are not performed for duties' sake, but because their neglect would make the man uncomfortable.

Morning reflections.
May 1, 2006... Sunrise reflects off an HH-65C Dolphin helicopter at Air Station Houston, Texas, June 9. The air station received four new charlie model helicopters; the first one arrived in May. Photo by PA2 Adam Eggers, PADET Houston, Texas