Rotating Tradition

Nowhere is tradition more important and more relevant in the Coast Guard than aboard the medium endurance cutters that make up the Coast Guard's deepwater fleet.

Coast Guard crews aboard these ships still rise in the morning to the sound of a boatswain's pipe, still "lay before the mast" and salute the American flag every time they cross the brow of their ship. One of the most lasting and prominent traditions is the ownership and commitment a cutterman has to the ship.

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Faster, Stronger, Longer - The New MCH-65

The new MCH-65 may look like any other 65 out there, but this dolphin has teeth and it's ready to take a bite out of crime. All of the Coast Guard's Dolphin helicopters are being upgraded and re-designated as the Multi-Mission Cutter Helicopter.  

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The Cutter Oak: More Than A Buoy Tender

It's a hot May morning in the Caribbean Sea, and the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Oak is preparing for their arrival in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Charleston, S.C., cutter is a 225-foot seagoing buoy tender, but today, its mission is not aids to navigation.

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Friendly Coast Stretches to Ghana

Frighter Drifts Into Marina

Story and Photos by PA3 Barry Jeffrey Bena, District Seven Public Affairs

The morning sun, the sign of a fresh new day in Miami Beach, Fla. Some residents go for their morning jog. Some go to their local convenience store for their morning cup of coffee. And on this day some go outside and find a container ship in their local marina.  FULL STORY

Are You Prepared for Hurricane Season 2008?

Story by PA1 Jennifer Johnson, District Seven Public Affairs 

 It's that time of year again. The hot, humid, muggy, air associated with summer is back and occupies summer afternoons. Weather forecasters constantly keep a watchful eye for any activity that starts as tropical disturbances off the coast of West Africa makes its way across the Atlantic Ocean. FULL STORY

Passing the Torch of Leadership

Story and Photos by PA3 Rob Simpson, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla.

During a ceremony marked by centuries of naval tradition and full-dress uniforms, the role of ‘captain' was passed to Cmdr. Nathan A. Moore during the Coast Guard Cutter Resolute's change of command, June 2, at Sector St. Petersburg's South Moorings, in St. Petersburg, Fla.  FULL STORY

Pedaling On A Mission

Story by PA3 Sondra-Kay Kneen, PADET St. Petersburg, Fla.

His weeks are a busy blend of mornings preparing his son for school, and long nights of helicopter maintenance routines and nightly training missions. However, within the same hectic week, Chief Petty Officer Sean P. Coleman, an aviation electronics technician at Coast Guard Air Station Clearwater, Fla., also manages to cycle nearly 500 miles.  FULL STORY

Savannah Hosts International Oil Spill Conference

Story by Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Lynn, MSU Savannah, Ga.

The first week of May brought the International Oil Spill Conference and thousands of response professionals to the city of Savannah, Ga. The week-long conference kicked off with an on-water demonstration of oil spill and other emergency response equipment and technology.  FULL STORY

Educate Yourself!

At some point in your military career, you will come across this person. For the enlisted, he is the gatekeeper to the road of advancement, for all Coasties, he is the bank teller for roughly 14 million dollars, and the source of information of how to get to where you want to go - educationally speaking.  FULL STORY

Three Boaters Rescued After Rough Day On The Water

Three boaters were rescued by the Coast Guard after their 22-foot vessel capsized approximately eight-miles east of St. Augustine, Fla., at around 3 p.m., May 11.  FULL STORY

Hercules Heroes

The Coast Guard has been assisting mariners in distress for more than 200 years, and since 1790 its members have saved more than one million lives. Throughout those decades, Coast Guard members have changed, upgraded and refined the ways crewmembers search for troubled seafarers.  FULL STORY

Sector Miami Get "A" for Academic Achievement

Members of Coast Guard Sector Miami were awarded the 2007 Partnership in Education Collaborative award March 17 for their outstanding partnership program with students from Miami Edison Senior High School in Miami.  FULL STORY

A Day of Learning for the Women of Tomorrow

A caravan of yellow school buses arrives at Coast Guard Integrated Support Command Miami around 9 a.m. March 25. Roughly 80 girls from various Miami-area high schools are dropped off for a day of mentoring, leadership and inspiration. The girls are from the Women of Tomorrow Mentor & Scholarship Program, and are considered to be at-risk teens.  FULL STORY

The Force Multiplier

From the earth's surface, the plane appeared to be like any other single-engine aircraft. The faded blue-green stripe along the fuselage lent no information to an observer that this piper is actually, on some days, an instrument of the federal government and used to conduct air patrols over the waters of the Florida Keys. FULL STORY

Story by Lt. Cmdr. Kevin Lynn, MSU Savannah, Ga.

Marine inspectors from Marine Safety Unit Savannah, Ga., embarked the motor vessel, Marseille Star, to conduct a random port state control inspection October 18, 2007.  FULL STORY

And the Beat Goes On:
Coast Gurd Reservist Retires After 41 Years

Forty-one years after enlisting in the U. S. Coast Guard, Petty Officer 1st Class Frank W. Larder is retiring at age 60.  FULL STORY

Survivor Meets His Hero 39 Years Later

Almost four decades after their initial encounter, Keith Barnett, 53, originally from Freeport, Bahamas, finally met face-to-face with the man who saved his life.  FULL STORY

D7's Own Named Finalist for Coast Guardsman of the Year

One of District Seven's own was recently honored as an everyday hero by the Navy Times. Petty Officer 1st Class (MST1) Anthony Clark, of Sector Charleston, S.C., was named a finalist in June for the Navy Times Coast Guardsman of the year for 2008.  FULL STORY

35 Years of Unwavering Dedication

He saved countless lives in almost four decades of work, at sea and on land. He coordinated numerous coastal clean-ups and helped develop and implement Saturday night Auxiliary patrols. He stood communications watch at Coast Guard Station Miami Beach, Fla., for the past 12 years, and served as an instructor for Team Coordination Training, communications and coastal piloting.  FULL STORY