September 9, 2015 -- Perched on the mast high above the deck of the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle, Sydney Johnson looked out in awe as shooting stars zipped through the night sky. “It was just amazing,” the Suffolk, Virginia-native recalled about his first experience at sea. “I just looked up and I could see all the stars in the sky.” Johnson was … [Read more...]
C3CEN: 29 Years of Engineering for the U.S. Coast Guard
August 28, 2015 -- The state of the art command, control, communications, surveillance, intelligence, navigation, and combat technologies managed by the dedicated team at the Command, Control, and Communications Engineering Center, C3CEN, enables our people, vessels and aircraft to successfully perform each of the Coast Guard’s 11 missions. C3CEN evolved from the Command … [Read more...]
Oregon Army Guard Member Set to Receive Soldier’s Medal for Actions on a Paris-Bound Train
ARLINGTON, Va. - August 27, 2015- - Spc. Aleksander R. Skarlatos, one of three American friends who subdued a heavily armed gunman on a Paris-bound train, will be awarded the Soldiers Medal - the United States Army's highest award for acts of heroism not involving actual conflict with an enemy - senior Army leaders announced today. Skarlatos, a member of the Oregon Army … [Read more...]
Representing the Coast Guard with a Different Type of Uniform
August 20, 2015 -- Sometimes, the men and women that represent the U.S. Coast Guard wear a different type of uniform: a rugby jersey. Each year, the Coast Guard rugby team participates in the Armed Forces Rugby Tournament, a smaller tournament within the Serevi Rugbytown Sevens tournament. At the tournament, the team competes against rugby teams from all other branches of the … [Read more...]
Geotraces 2015: Roaring North with Healy
August 18, 2015 -- Low clouds clung to the peaks of Unalaska on Aug. 9, as two tugboats eased the massive red hull of Coast Guard Cutter Healy out of Dutch Harbor, Alaska for an historic mission to the Arctic. Loaded heavy with stores, supplies, scientific equipment, and 145 souls, Healy headed north into the steel-gray waters of the Bering Sea. Healy is supporting Geotraces, … [Read more...]