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United States Coast Guard Retiree Council NorthWest PACIFIC CURRENTS NEWSLETTER “They Also Serve” VOLUME XV ISSUE II CAPTA I N MAR C P. ranks through Officer Candidate School in Yorktown, VA where EBEAU L he started the second phase of By BMCS David J Sweeney, USCG (retired) his Coast Guard career as a CAPT Marc Lebeau came to Base commissioned officer. CAPT Seattle on April 2012 after serving Lebeau received his Permanent as the Product Line Manager (PLM) Cutterman’s insignia as a for the 420’ Icebreaker HEALY, LT(jg) in 1990 and his Chief the 418’ WMSL’s cutters, 399’ Engineer’s License as a LT in Polar-Class Icebreakers, 378’ High 1997. As an “MK”, he served Endurance Cutters and the 282’ in CGC’s BOUTWELL (then in Medium Endurance Cutter, ALEX Seattle), CGC CITRUS and its HALEY. predecessor, CGC MODOC. His enlisted, ashore duties include As Product Line Manager, his Product Line serviced the engineering an Instructor for MK “A” and & logistics needs of the 17 largest Coast Guard ships. The PLM “C” Schools in Yorktown, VA works for the Surface Forces Logistics Center (SFLC), Oakland and an Engineering Petty Officer Detachment - located in the Oakland Federal Building. He (EPO) assignment at Loran transitioned to that job during the Coast Guard’s 01 October, Transmitting Station, Kure 2009 Modernization Effort, when the Maintenance & Logistics Island. While in continuous Commands (Atlantic and Pacific) were combined with the Coast Guard service, he earned Engineering Logistics Center to form the SFLC. He reported in June, his AS in General Studies from 2009 and was initially assigned as the Chief, Engineering Division, South Seattle Community MLCP(v). College and received his BS in Previous to that was a short assignment as the Team Leader for the Naval Engineering Technology Engineering & C4IT Military Workforce Management Branch at from Charter Oak State College Coast Guard Headquarters (CG-481). Previous duties include the through distance learning (2001). Commanding Officer of the Coast Guard Naval Engineering Support He completed his MS in Quality Unit in Seattle, and the Platform Manager for the Icebreakers at the Systems Management from Engineering Logistics Center (ELC) in Baltimore, MD. He served the National Graduate School previously at NESU Seattle as the senior Port Engineer for the CGC (2005). CAPT Lebeau is the HEALY & Polar Class Icebreakers. Past assignments have included father of three grown children CGC MELLON (Engineer Officer), CGC SHERMAN (Assistant that remain in the Northwest and EO), CGC RUSH (Student Engineer) and an assignment as a Port is a classic car restoration buff Engineer at NESU Alameda. and enjoys cycling. CAPT Lebeau enlisted in the Coast Guard in July, 1978 and after CAPT Lebeau provided strong attending Machinery Technician (MK) A-School – worked his way support to the Retiree Council through the “MK” ranks and was advanced to “Chief Petty Officer” in 1986 at the age of 26. In 1988 he transitioned from the enlisted LeBeau Continued from page 2 Visit our Web site at www.cgretirenw.org SUMMER 2015 Visit our Web site at www.cgretirenw.org Lebeau Continued from page 1 of the presidency. With the aid of professional designers, First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy and he was able to attend most of the Council completed the redecoration of the White House meetings during his tenure. He did a great job interior. The Kenndy’s also met with architects briefing us on what was going on at the Base and to direct the design and renovation of buildings in the USCG generally. surrounding Lafayette Square, a park located Captain Lebeau will surrender command of Base next to the White House. Seattle during a change of command ceremony Kennedy next undertook a re-design of the on 17 July 2015 and will then depart to his presidential jet Air Force One. The president new assignment in CG-45 - Office of Naval believed an initial design and paint scheme Engineering at Headquarters in Washington, DC. provided by the Air Force as too regal looking, so on the advice of the First Lady, he turned THE HI STORY OF THE “RA ci NG to French-born industrial designer Raymond STR I PE ” EMBLEM AND ITS Loewy, whose work had been recognized the world over during the post-war period. Loewy’s IMPORTAN C E AS A BRAND Air Force One design won immediate praise IDENT I TY FOR THE UN I TED from Kennedy and the press and the aircraft became an important symbol of the president TATES OAST UARD S C G and the United States in official visits across the William H. Thiesen, Ph.D. country and overseas. Atlantic Area, United States Coast Guard Delighted by the look of Air Force One, In the modern history of the United States Coast Kennedy granted Loewy’s request for a meeting Guard, there has been a rapid shift from mistaken on May 13, 1963. During the meeting and identity and anonymity, to a recognizable brand another the subsequent day, the men discussed identity. One case provides a perfect example improving the visual image of the federal of this mistaken identity. On ocean station in government and Kennedy suggested the Coast October 1956, the cutter Pontchatrain held Guard as an appropriate agency to start with. responsibility for coming to the aid of a downed Shortly after the meetings, the design firm of trans-oceanic passenger aircraft. On the 19th, the Raymond Loewy/William Snaith, Inc. received a Pan American clipper Sovereign of the Skies contract for a ninety-day feasibility study and, in lost two of its engines en route from Hawaii to January 1964, the firm presented its findings to California. After the aircraft radioed the cutter Coast Guard leadership. and ditched nearby, the cutter sent out its small With its experience in designing industry boats and gathered up all thirty-one passengers trademarks, Loewy/Snaith recommended the and crew. One survivor no sooner gained the Coast Guard adopt an identification device safety of the cutter’s deck, when he gratefully similar to a commercial trademark. The firm exclaimed, “Thank goodness for the Navy!” believed the symbol should be easily identifiable Unfortunately for the Coast Guard, this case from a distance, easily differentiated from other was one of dozens in which the service seemed government or commercial emblems or logos unrecognizable to the public it served. and easily adapted to a wide variety of air and Jack Kennedy was acutely aware of the sea assets. importance of imagery, having relied heavily The Coast Guard established an ad hoc on image-building in his successful 1960 committee to work with Loewy/Snaith on the presidential campaign. When they moved into project and, on June 19, 1964, the Coast Guard the White House in 1961, the president and the first lady began an effort to re-make the image Stripe Continued on page 3 Coast Guard Retiree Council Northwest NEWSLETTER PA ci F ic CURRENTS Page 2 Visit our Web site at www.cgretirenw.org SUMMER 2015 Stripe Continued from page 2 the prototyping process, the Coast Guard’s selection committee decided against the Loewy signed a contract with the firm to “accomplish stylized shield and opted for the service’s studies, prepare design efforts and make a traditional shield emblem instead. While the plan presentation of a comprehensive and integrated received the stamp of approval, details remained identification plan for the U.S. Coast Guard.” to be ironed out over the next several months. On March 21, 1965, during an all-day session By early spring of 1967, most outstanding issues at Coast Guard Headquarters, representatives had been resolved, including the type-font for from Loewy/Snaith presented their findings to lettering and exact paint color specifications. the service and on the same day Coast Guard chief of staff, RADM Paul Trimble, agreed to proceed with the Integrated Visual Identification Program. During the prototyping process, Loewy/Snaith selected a wide red bar to the upper right of a narrow blue bar canted at sixty- four degrees and running from right to lower left. The Loewy/Snaith team used its own stylized version of the traditional Coast Guard emblem for placement on the center of the red bar. The overall design came to be known as the “Racing Stripe” or “Slash” emblem. The Racing Stripe design was tested on cutters and facilities in the Coast Guard’s Seventh District in the Florida Racing Stripe Logo: Shown here is the area due to final version of the Coast Guard Racing Stripe whose colors, size and angle were milder weather specified by the design firm for use by the conditions Service. U S Coast Gurard photo and the greater variety ADM Roland: Coast Guard Commandant Edwin Roland, whose of sea assets stationed there. The prototype administration oversaw the design and planning stages of the slash was affixed to the cutters Diligence Racing Stripe design. U S Coast Gurard photo and Androscoggin as well as a buoy tender, vehicles and buildings at Base Miami. At North On April 6, 1967, Commandant Edwin Roland Carolina’s Air Station Elizabeth City, the Slash issued Instruction 5030.5, which ordered service- was affixed to an HH-52 helicopter, Grumman wide implementation of the Integrated Visual HU-16 “Albatross” amphibian and HC-130 Identification System and ended four years of “Hercules” fixed wing aircraft. study and experimentation. On May 4, 1966, the service’s ad hoc committee The adoption of the Racing Stripe initially met for testing the Visual Identification System sent with resistance from the Coast Guard’s service to the commandant a favorable report regarding service-wide use of the Racing Stripe.

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