Below is the full text of the President’s remarks at the Class of 2021 commencement. This is the source. A video of the address is above. Remarks by President Biden at United States Coast Guard Academy’s 140th Commencement Exercises MAY … Continue reading
This is the President’s nominee for Secretary of the Dept. of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas. Wikipedia bio here. He had an interesting early life, His father was a Cuban Jew of Sephardic background who owned and operated a steel wool factory in Havana. His mother was … Continue reading
This Sunday is Fathers’ Day. For many it seems, the military is a family affair. Many of today’s coasties came from military families. For my generation, many of our parents went through World War II in uniform. Capt. Bob Gravino, … Continue reading
NavalNews reports successful tests of a launch and recovery system (LARS) planned for a future class of Mine Countermeasures vessel for the Netherlands and Belgium Navies. They claim impressive capability, an ability to launch and recover unmanned surface vessels in … Continue reading
For the last several years, it has seemed that the Navy had all but abandoned the drug interdiction effort, and actual US Navy ships in the Fourth Fleet Area of Operations (Latin America) were very rare. That seems to be … Continue reading
A recent press release suggests that we will be seeing new, different, smaller ships engaged in drug interdiction in the Eastern Pacific drug transit zone. This could be precedence for a new kind of operation. I will only quote a … Continue reading
The US Naval Institute News Service is reporting, KUALA LUMPUR – The U.S. Coast Guard will increase its presence and deployments to Asia – particularly around Oceania and U.S. Pacific territories – and test out a new operational deployment concept … Continue reading
gCaptain is reporting that the Army will be divesting itself of most of its watercraft. Eight Army Reserve Watercraft Units and their civilian maintenance facilities are listed for closing. These Units represent hundreds of AGR (Active Reserve), TPU (Reserve), and … Continue reading
The following is written by a guest author, a friend met on Facebook, but I think you may find it interesting, particularly to non-US readers. How the SPa was Chosen – The Trinidad and Tobago Coast Guard’s Spa 5009 fleet … Continue reading
On 1 March, 2018, Admiral Paul Zukunft made is State of the Coast Guard address. You can watch it here. Below is the draft transcript of the Commandant’s address. The Commandant went off script only slightly. One thing he did … Continue reading
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