Help a Coastie, Support the Coast Guard – Code Name: I’m for 1790

Help raise $1790, in honor of the year the Coast Guard was founded, for the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance fund. By donating, you will be helping our fellow shipmates with confidential assistance that they might not have received otherwise. By using the code in the memo section “I’m for 1790,” we can track our progress and work to support one another. If you use Twitter, please share your support with others by using the hashtag #Im41790.”

Scuttlebutt (yes a little late)…Do YOU know Ben Strong?

Do you know Social Media Fu Master Ben Strong (the focus of this comic)? He is the man with a plan working with AMVER, running their public affairs including a social media program so robust some of us can only dream of keeping up with him!
Here is just the tip of the Ben Strong driven [...]

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?

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?

A Happy Birthday Coast Guard, from Twitter

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!
For those who can’t see the image here’s what it says-
Happy 219th birthday to the United States Coast Guard! Small service, huge job! Bravo Zulu to the men and women who [...]

A thank you via Twitter to the Coast Guard (LA/LB)

I found this during my normal Twitter perusal time- It appears the Coast Guard was taking care of business… but I couldn’t find an associated press release. Twitter user Zayda10 (a.k.a. Julie Mitchell) is the one who posted this. If anyone could shed some light on it that would be great.

See what the U.S. Government is doing… via Twitter

You’re well aware that the Coast Guard uses social media outlets (i.e. Twitter) to push its news and at time converse with the public. But how many other government entities have similar accounts? Well, I don’t know either, but, if you ever want to see what the U.S. Government is doing at any given moment [...]

Monday Funny: Twittering to do the job

Once again Scuttlebutt brings us a funny, yet real, look into the Coast Guard.

Coast Guard on Twitter… a true WTF moment

This could definitely be placed on the WTF shelf as it’s kind of weird and cryptic at the same time. Found via my daily search of Twitter on the happenings of the Coast Guard I stumbled upon this “Tweet.” To tell you the truth, I kind of got angry reading it.

Coast Guard to allow unfiltered access to Facebook?

Peter has posted on his Another Unofficial Blog a story that is surly to get some play in the coming weeks throughout the land of military blogs. The original story is found on Wired’s Danger Room as told by Noah Shachtman; the big story? The U.S. Army has ordered its in-house network admin staff to [...]