An answer to a problem- boat hull handles

One of our readers, Edwin Michnowicz, recently contacted us with a few thoughts I’d like to share with you.
Just a few thoughts!!!!
Most of you may recall when those football players died fishing of the coast of Florida (at least I believe it was Florida). I believe 2 died and one was found alive [...]

The Coast Guard Drill, CNN, and US Code

Alright, so by now everyone has heard of the whole 9/11 drill debacle. There is a lot of finger pointing going on as to who is at fault for yesterdays panic.
I have heard good arguments for where the Coast Guard could have done differently and I have heard a lot of interesting discussion on where [...]

The Brand of “We” Versus the Brand of “Me”

The Brand of “We” Versus the Brand of “Me”
Part Two – the Brand of “Me”
What does your personal brand say about you AND the Coast Guard?

Nows the time to go get new ink!

The Coast Guard tattoo policy has changed…again. So if you were holding off on getting inked, or trying to hide your new sleeve under rolled down ODUs? Fear not! Ink away!
Some of you may remember back in 2005, new regulations came out outlining how much tattooing members could get and where. There were also rules [...]

The Untucked ODU. Pass or Fail?

Hello CGblog-ites, how is everyone’s week going so far? Good I hope. Well…on to the business. Today I pose a question/survey of sorts to all of you. It’s been about a year since folks have started getting the Untucked ODU’s (UODU) and wearing them around the fleet. Today, I want to know how you feel [...]

The Brand of “We” Versus the Brand of “Me”

Why should each of us care about a cohesive, consistent brand and communications strategy for the Coast Guard?

Edit that Manual- a use of collaboration

It’s no secret that I’m a fan of social media and its potential in the Coast Guard workplace or life in general. Thus far we’ve been concentrated on the use of Twitter, Facebook, and a few others. Another aspect of the social community world is collaboration; and the tool to complete this is the wiki; [...]

I’m confused; Coast Guard’s Special Duty Pay

Yesterday on the public CGMS board the newly revised Special Duty Assignment Pay chart came out via ALCOAST 462/09. Last week in our Open Discussion area a user commented the following-
Quick question for the masses…Has the job of being a Helicopter Rescue Swimmer become less dangerous now? Why has the SDAP for 2010 gone from [...]

Why I’m happy with the Coast Guard’s Social Media “mum’s the word” stance

Over the last few weeks the media and military alike have been in a push and shove o’match over the actual use of and reporting of use (or non-use/banning) of social media mediums such as that of Facebook, Twitter, Plurk, and literally dozens of other services with names that are missing letters.
For the better [...]

Repealing “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell,” hmm…

The Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009- It’s either going to happen or it’s not. And though I’d like to say our opinions on the Military Readiness Enhancement Act of 2009 do/don’t matter, the fact is they do not… to those on the Hill. The health of this bill is dependent upon those on said [...]