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CGBlog.org will be unavailable for no more than 10 minutes beginning at 1:30 pm Pacific Time (4:30 pm Eastern Time) as we upgrade our servers for increased performance. At a Starbucks this morning, I was asked about a “United We Stand” pin on my suit, and as the conversation progressed, about public service. Later during the day, I spent some time thinking more about what this day really means to me, and why. As Guardians and members of the U.S.’ Armed Forces, our [...] Category: Auxiliary, Coast Guard Reserve, Contributor, DHS, History, Security, USCG, by Dan Trimble | Comments
Ryan Erickson recently introduced us to the new “Coast Guard” game available through the iPhone App Store and published by Punch Studio. Excited that someone was promoting a Coast Guard service through an innovative new medium (and appalled that someone was beating me to it as my own Coast Guard-based iPhone game is presently under [...] Walter Cronkite, who passed away yesterday at the ripe age of 92, has been a man of pivotal, world-shaping stories through at least two generations of Americans. But there are stories of Mr. Cronkite himself that are far less often told. Category: Auxiliary, Books, Coast Guard History, Coast Guard Trivia, Contributor, Famous Coasties, History, In the news, News, by Dan Trimble | Comments
Fox News just broke that a “senior U.S. official” has confirmed the U.S. is tracking a North Korean vessel named “Kang Nam”. The vessel left a North Korean port on Wednesday, and is suspected of transporting “weaponry, missile parts or nuclear materials”. Category: In the news, Intel, Intelink, Interagency, International, News, USCG, by Dan Trimble, international Affairs | Comments
A few hours ago, Rep. Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ-02, whose district includes Cape May, NJ), the ranking member of the House Coast Guard & Maritime Transportation Committee, introduced legislation that would expand the benefits offered to Guardians and their families. The bill — H.R. 2901 — has some bipartisan support, with the introduction also being supported [...] Category: Budget, Capitol Hill, Coast Guard Reserve, DHS, In the news, Joining the Coast Guard, News, Policy, Politics, USCG, by Dan Trimble | Comments
As I drove North towards the office, this morning, I had to weave through the cars along the densely packed Sam Houston Tollway. The major evacuations had begun in my city. Those along Galveston Bay, especially west, were driving through Houston towards Dallas. Meanwhile, my wife and I are pondering the all-important question, do we [...] |
 
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