Coast Guard
Adm. Thad Allen
Commandant Vice Adm. Vivien Crea
Vice Commandant Rear Adm. Mary Landry
Director of Governmental & Public Affairs Capt. James McPherson
Chief, Public Affairs Patricia Miller
Deputy Chief, Public Affairs CWO4 Lionel Bryant
Chief, Imagery Branch PAC Kimberly Smith
Editor PA1 David Mosley
Senior Assistant Editor PA2 Mike Lutz PA2 Dan Bender PA2 Joe Patton
Assistant Editors
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Cover photo by PA2 Lauren Downs, 1st Dist.
A look back at the Coast Guard in 2007 Full Steam Ahead Story by PAC Mike O’Berry, 8th Dist. hen it comes to milestones, territory with the advent of the 2007 was no different than Deployable Operations Group on July W the previous 217 years of Coast 12. The Coast Guard combined its six Guard history. We marked record-set- deployable special force units and put ting accomplishments and recognized them under one command, making them historic firsts. For instance, this year more nimble and responsive to threats the service acknowledged the 50th and disasters. anniversary of the improbable voyage According to Rear Adm. Thomas through the Northwest Passage. Atkin, commander of the DOG, the In the fall of 1947, three Coast Guard establishment of the DOG improves the cutters ended a 450-year search for a Coast Guard’s ability to quickly and navigable passage at the northern-most precisely respond to a threat or national end of the continent, and in so doing, emergency. These specially trained and became the first U.S. registered vessels equipped maritime homeland safety and to circumnavigate the North American security force packages are prepared to continent. deploy anywhere at anytime to help More recently, the Coast Guard protect America. continued its tradition of breaking And while the creation of the DOG barriers and venturing into uncharted demonstrated the Coast Guard’s ability to respond to a new world of threats and hazards, it was the Service’s historic role as a life-saving service that reached a significant milestone when the Coast Guard celebrated more than one million lives saved since 1790. “As America’s lifesavers and guardians of the seas, Coast Guard men and women commit themselves every day to serving our nation and its people with selfless courage and unflinching determination,” said Adm. Thad Allen, commandant of the Coast Guard. “What began as America’s only lifesaving
t Head Honcho Adm. Thad Allen, Coast Guard commandant, discusses the current progress of the Coast Guard’s newest cutter with chief executive of- ficers of Lockheed Martin and Northrop Grumman at the Northrop Grumman Ship
Photo by PA1 David Mosley, Coast Guard Magazine Coast Guard David Mosley, Photo by PA1 Systems shipyard on May 24. u Hand Salute Master Chief Petty Officer of the Coast Guard Charles “Skip” Bowen and MCPO of the Navy Joe Campa render a salute at morning colors aboard CGC Chase. service charged with the dangerous duty of saving sailors from shipwrecks along our coasts has evolved into a modern-day, multi-mission Coast Photo by PA1 Anastasia Devlin, 11th District Guard that demonstrates the same 5,078 lives; responders answered to 168 commitment to saving lives that it did oil spills of over 100 gallons; inspectors more than 200 years ago.” conducted 21,053 port state control One of the modern tools used to boardings; crews interdicted 6,051 save those in peril is the HH-65 Dolphin migrants and conducted 6,107 fisheries helicopter. On Sept. 20, the HH-65 boardings. completed one million flight hours when The Coast Guard also said goodbye to a crew from Air Station Barbers Point a couple of Service icons in 2007. World flew a life-saving medical War II veteran Marvin Perrett passed evacuation mission off the Big Island of away in May at the age of 81. A tireless Hawaii. and enthusiastic advocate Earlier this year, the of the Coast Guard, entire Dolphin fleet “Coast Guard Perrett was posthumously completed its engine awarded the Spirit of upgrade program. men and women Hope award for Annually, this aircraft commit themselves displaying an unrelenting comprises approximately every day to serving desire to entertain and 45 percent of the Coast tell the story of the brave Guard’s total flight hours our nation and its work of the men and for all aviation. people with selfless cour- women of the military. We also save lives Other notable losses by thwarting the illegal age and unflinching were the deaths of drug trade. In December, determination.” Raymond O’Malley, the the Coast Guard last surviving member of announced another — Adm. Thad Allen the sinking of the USS record year for cocaine Escanaba, and former seizures, nabbing $4.7 billion of drugs. Commandant Adm. Owen Siler. The Coast Guard achieved this year’s The CGC Storis, one of the three record in maritime cocaine seizures even vessels to make the journey through as smugglers adapted their tactics in the Northwest Passage, was response to effective counter-narcotic decommissioned, leaving the measures. These desperate tactics were CGC Achusnet, homeported in evident in a number of dramatic Ketchikan, Alaska, as the “Queen of interdiction successes including the the Fleet.” largest-ever maritime cocaine seizure. As with every year, 2007 included The Coast Guard intercepted the more accomplishments and milestones Panamanian vessel Gatun which was than can be listed here. From the carrying more than 20 tons of cocaine. creation of the new intelligence Significant milestones and records specialist rate, to the re-establishment aside, 2007 saw the continuing of the Storm Flag program, the Coast dedication and spirit to answering the Guard continues its tradition of being call. At press time, rescuers have saved Always Ready. Monday
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Tuesday Happy Birthday U.S. Coast Guard Reserve 19 Wednesday 20 Thursday 21 Friday 22 Saturday Sunday 23 24 Photo by PA3 Annie Berlin, PADET New York Annie Berlin, PADET Photo by PA3 Monday
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Saturday Sunday March 10-16 Monday 10 Tuesday 11 Wednesday 12 Thursday 13 Friday 14 Saturday Sunday 15 16 Photo by PA1 Kurt Fredrickson, PADET Kodiak, Alaska KurtPADET Fredrickson, Photo by PA1 Monday
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Tuesday 3rd Quarter Fiscal Year 2008 Begins 1 Wednesday 2 Thursday 3 Friday 4 Saturday Sunday 5 6 Photo by CWO2 Scott Epperson, PADET Los Angeles/Long Beach Photo by CWO2 Scott Epperson, PADET Monday
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Saturday National Safe Boating Week Sunday 17 18 Photo by PA2 Jonathan Cilley, 11th Dist. Jonathan Cilley, Photo by PA2 Monday
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Themes and Events — 2008 —
January Theme: April Ice Operations Theme: Marine Environmental Events: Protection and Stewardship Mentoring Day 28th – sinking of CGC Events: BLACKTHORN Memorial National Volunteer Week Remembrance (1990) 7th – Anniversary of Chief Petty Officer’s Association February (1969) Themes: Coast Guard Mutual State of the Coast Guard Assistance campaign Budget Earth Day
Events: May Black History Month Theme: FY 2009 Budget request Migrant Interdiction
March Events: Themes: Asian Pacific Month Marine Safety Armed Forces Day Fleet Week Events: Coast Guard Academy Women’s History Month graduation DHS 5th Anniversary National Hurricane Anniversary of American Preparedness Week Legion Themes and Events — Cont. —
June Theme: Events: Law Enforcement 15th – Hispanic Heritage Month begins Events: Combined Federal Campaign National Safety Month begins 1st – Anniversary of the Navy POW/MIA Day League (1902) 18th – Air Force birthday 6th – Anniversary of D-Day (1944) October 12th – Merchant Marine Theme: Birthday Ports, Waterway and 14th – Army Birthday Coastal Security 14th – Flag Day Events: July Disability Employment Theme: Awareness Month Aids to Navigation 15th – Hispanic Heritage Month ends Event: 13th – Navy Birthday 4th – Independence Day 24th – United Nations Day
August November Theme: Theme: Search and Rescue Defense Readiness
Events: Events: Congressional Recess Military Family Month Coast Guard Birthday events 10th – Marine Corps Birthday National Aviation Day Thanksgiving
September December Theme: Theme: Living Marine Resources Drug Interdiction Everyday, the Coast Guard:
• Saves 14 lives • Assists 123 people in distress • Interdicts 22 illegal migrants at sea • Responds to 12 oil/hazardous chemical spills • Inspects 25 waterfront facilities • Conducts 78search and rescue cases • Seizes $8.4 million worth of illegal drugs • Administers 21 commercial vessel examinations
The United States Coast Guard is a military, multi-mission, maritime service and one of the nation’s five Armed Services. Its mission is to protect the public, the environment, and U.S. economic interests – in the nation’s ports and waterways, along the coast, on international waters, or in any maritime region as required to support national security.