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Offer valid while supplies last. FRAtoday /// August 2020 1 Lead Gen Million Elite_8.125x10.5_FRA37.indd 1 6/24/20 12:50 PM COMMUNICATIONS National Officers/Board Of Directors National President Donna M. Jansky, North Shore Branch 31 National Vice President Michael “Mick” Fulton, Imperial Beach Branch 289 Happy Birthday USCG National Executive Dir. Christopher J. Slawinski, Navy Department Branch 181 Finance Officer Phillip Reid, MAL Junior PNP Robert Washington, Navy Department Branch 181 he U.S. Coast Guard has five missions: marine National Parliamentarian PNP George P. Hyland, Groton Branch 20 safety, which includes environmental and safety National Chaplain Paul R. Gunther, Triangle Branch 182 inspections and licensing for boating; ice operations, Regional Presidents including ice-breaking, international patrol, and exploration; T Northeast/New England Abe Zino, Buffalo Branch 23 law enforcement for fisheries, immigration, and illegal drugs; East Coast Sha'ron D. Martin, Virginia Beach Branch 166 national security, and search & rescue. Southeast Laurie A. Bailey, Low Country Branch 269 Understandably, the Coast Guard is proud of its many North Central Donald A. Watkins Jr., Omaha-Council Bluffs Branch 276 South Central Emmett H. Smith Jr., Shreveport Bossier Branch 98 peacetime activities, but it is also proud of its service during Southwest John F. Quesnel Jr., Imperial Beach Branch 289 times of war. The “system of cutters” had only seven years of West Coast William S. Matthews, Modesto Branch 197 experience when it fought in the Quasi-War with France Northwest William H. Hall, Gem State Branch 382 and then the War of 1812. The smaller, lightly armed cutters Active Duty Advisory Council proved their worth. The Coast Guard adopted the awarding and displaying Master Chief Petty Officer of the Navy Russell Smith Sergeant Major of the Marine Corps Troy E. Black of battle streamers in 1968, following the same practice Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Jason M. Vanderhaden adopted earlier by the U.S. Marine Corps. The U.S. Army, however, was the first U.S. armed service to begin the practice Reserve Advisory Council of awarding and displaying battle streamers, beginning Force Master Chief of the Navy Reserve Christopher D. Kotz officially in 1920. The names of battles were inscribed on Sergeant Major of Marine Forces Reserve Patrick Kimble Force Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard organizational guidons to indicate battle honors. Reserve George M. Williamson Streamers are attached to the Coast Guard standard, replacing cords and tassels. They are carried in all ceremonies, FRAtoday Magazine representing heroic actions in all naval encounters from 1798 The monthly membership publication of the Fleet Reserve Association to the Vietnam War and beyond. Any Coast Guard unit may Publisher Fleet Reserve Association National Executive Director Christopher J. Slawinski display the battle streamers. The Coast Guard has authorized Editor-in-Chief William D.