Coast Guard Magazine articles from November 2004

Coast Guard Magazine archives from November 2004

Heroes: the world's best Coast Guard; CMDR. Richard Burke.(commander)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... In 1944, Cmdr. Richard Burke, commanding officer of Air Station Elizabeth City, was awarded a Gold Star in lieu of a second Distinguished Flying Cross by Secretary of the Navy Frank Knox for daring air-sea rescues. Burke flew many...

Sails are down.(UP FRONT)
November 1, 2004... A cadet climbs down the shrouds aboard the CGC Eagle as the sun sets on an evening call to douse sails during the cutter's 2004 summer deployment. PHOTO BY PA2 A.R. RASK, COAST GUARD RESERVE

Just hanging out.(UP FRONT)
November 1, 2004... Coast Guard officer candidates stand on the shrouds aboard the CGC Eagle during the cutter's 2004 summer deployment. PHOTO BY PA2 A.R. RASK, COAST GUARD RESERVE

CG breaks cocaine seizure record.(News Beat)(Coast Guard)
November 1, 2004... WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Two recent drug seizures capped a record year in which the Coast Guard seized 240,518 pounds of cocaine, shattering the previous record of 138,393 set in fiscal year 2001. The Coast Guard made the largest single...

Peas in a pod.(News Beat)(Coast Guard Cutter Thunderbolt, CGC Tornado, commissioning)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... VIRGINIA BEACH, Va., Sept. 30 -- Two newly acquired 179-foot Coast Guard cutters lie in anchor at the Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek here today. The CGC Thunderbolt and CGC Tornado were recently transferred from the Navy to the Coast...

http://www.uscg.mil/d7/units/grustpete/antstpete.(WEBHOT!)(Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team St. Petersburg, Florida)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team St. Petersburg, Fla., has been one of the busiest ANTs in the Coast Guard in recent months as a result of the incessant hurricanes. Though they have recently been working overtime, their job to maintain,...

Harbor patrol.(News Beat)(gas tanker, escort duty)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... BOSTON, Sept. 16 A 25-foot Homeland Security boat from Station Boston provides a security escort today for the liquefied natural gas tanker Matthew in Boston Harbor. Escorts of LNG Tankers are a multi-agency priority, consisting of Coast...

Around the world, around the clock.(News Beat)(Coast Guard)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... The Coast Guard transported a Deming, Wash., man Oct. 13 for boating under the influence of alcohol in Peavine Pass, a waterway on the south side of Obstruction Island. Wash. Station Bellingham diverted a 27-foot utility boat from patrol to...

CG students test new 57mm.(UNDER THE GUN)(Coast Guard )
November 1, 2004... DAHLGREN, Va., Sept. 24 -- Members of the Coast Guard and Navy DDX program conducted a day of Human Systems Integration testing on the MK 110 Mod 0/57mm gun at the Naval Surface Warfare Center here today. HSI is the technical process of...

New fiscal year starts off with a bang: 4,000 pounds of cocaine seized in Caribbean.(News Beat)
November 1, 2004... MIAMI, Oct. 2 -- Crews from the CGC Gallatin and Helicopter Interdiction Tactical Squadron made a 4,000-pound cocaine bust today in the Colombian basin and detained four suspect smugglers from a go-fast vessel. This bust is the first one...

OCS students dedicate gift to DC3 Bruckenthal.(News Beat)(Officer Cadet School )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... NEW LONDON, Conn., July 12 -- The students of OCS class 2-04 dedicated their graduation gift to the memory of DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal and presented his family with their shadowbox here today. Traditionally, every graduating OCS class...

174 Haitian migrants rescued.(News Beat)(Coast Guard Cutter Bear)(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... BAHAMAS, Sept. 11 -- The 270-foot CGC Bear located a 50-foot wooden vessel holding 174 Haitian migrants 28 miles southwest of Great Inagua here today. As two small-boat crews from the Bear passed life-jackets to the people aboard the...

Hurricane Ivan: when the Southeast was hit by the fourth storm of the season, Coast Guard units were once again called upon to restore order and repair the devastation caused by ...
November 1, 2004... ATON teams come together While residents and vacationers of Mississippi, Alabama and Florida watched closely as Hurricane Ivan made its way closer to home, members from Coast Guard Aids to Navigation Team Sabine, Texas, loaded a 21-foot...

Maintenance beneath the waves.
November 1, 2004... The South Pacific islands are a popular destination for vacationers looking to enjoy a wide variety of water sports, including scuba diving. But for the three 14th District buoy tenders, scuba diving is a collateral duty that takes their dive...

Eagle executive: Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Marcille becomes the first woman to serve as executive officer aboard the CGC Eagle.(Coast Guard Cutter Eagle, sail ship)(Biography)
November 1, 2004... Standing at 5 feet, 5 inches, Lt. Cmdr. Andrea Marcille has been given a job of gigantic proportions. Spoken of fondly by her crew as "one of us," "down to earth," and "a first-rate ship driver," she will also be known as the first female...

CGMA announces new benefit.(Log book)(Coast Guard Mutual Assistance )(Brief Article)
November 1, 2004... Coast Guard Mutual Assistance has partnered with Armed Forces Services Corporation to make lifetime benefit and entitlement information services available to the surviving spouse and/or dependent children of Coast Guard members who die on...

Chuckles.(Log book)
November 1, 2004... DON'T TAKE THE OVERCROWDED SAILING VESSEL I SAID. TAKE A GO FAST I SAID. BUT DO THEY LISTEN TO THE TURKEY? NOOOO. EAT THE TURKEY.

Lifeboat giveaway.(Small Stuff)(Public Notice)
November 1, 2004... The city of Superior, Wisc., is trying to give away a 36-foot Coast Guard motor lifeboat to anybody willing to transport it. If the boat does not find a home it will be destroyed. This is a magnificent part of our Coast Guard history, and it...

Tips to ease TRICARE changes.(Small Stuff)
November 1, 2004... While the transition to the new TRICARE contracts will make a strong program better and ultimately result in higher patient satisfaction, some beneficiaries may experience occasional transition challenges such as long wait times when calling...

Greetings from the International Ice Patrol.
November 1, 2004... The International Ice Patrol, located in Groton, Conn., performs a unique and rewarding mission. Formed after the sinking of the RMS Titanic in 1912, IIP monitors the iceberg danger in the vicinity of the Grand Banks of Newfoundland and...