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Happy Birthday USNI!!! Over at my vacation blog, Mary Ripley, aka in the naval blogosphere as “She Who Must Be Obeyed” has an outstanding post about the founding of the U.S. Naval Institute on this day in 1873 by 15 naval officers. Have you ever heard of “The Coast Guard Lady?” Don’t feel bad if you haven’t, I’ve only become aware of her recently myself. Though after starting my research for this post I do recall seeing stories of her here and there but I never really stopped to read ‘em. Well that’s changed now that I’ve [...] This was actually sent to me yesterday but life in the house got a little busy and then I had to work last night… so. None the less thank you to Mike Kilcoin for sending us this cover shot from the 2009 Grand Haven Coast Guard Festival. Mike also noted in his email- My son’s first [...] Found this on Twitter- it’s always nice to get those “we love you” type of messages. Thank you to Columbian Southern. On with the celebration! Coast Guard Day 2009 is now here! We wish you the best on this day as we celebrate 219 years of service. Others around this nation have been celebrating since Friday with Coast Guard Day picnics and parties from coast to coast. The Commandant even has a CG Day greeting from the Director of National [...] One last thing before I close this day out- I wanted to say Happy 51st Birthday to AMVER. Though I don’t think one can really say Happy Birthday to a service such as it as it seems more of a mythical thing. No, really, think about it- how does an organization without any of its [...] There is no questioning the day that the Maritime Safety and Security Teams were born that the mission of the Coast Guard took a major shift. Regardless of such, today in 2002 was the day that MSST 91101 in Seattle was commissioned. From the Coast Guard historians site- It seems like only a year ago I wrote a similar post of the same subject… you do see the humor in that right? Happy Birthday to our Coast Guard Reserve. Today, as marked by ALCOAST 099/09, is the 68th anniversary of the Coast Guard Reserve. Why reinvent the wheel… here’s of the message sent [...] |
 
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