Brothers from different mothers
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart Siblings fight. Siblings play with each other and siblings love each other. The former crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Morgenthau — now the crew of the Coast Guard Cutter Jarvis — consider [...]
Getting people out of bad situations
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie and Petty Officer 1st Class Rachel Polish Petty Officer 3rd Class Ernie Child, an Aviation Survival Technician, has been on the job for two years. This is his first tour at Air [...]
Serving to serve you – CMC Charles “Rob” Bushey
Post by CMC Charles “Rob” Bushey Greetings from Coast Guard Island, the home of the 11th Coast Guard District command and senior staff. Over the past eight months, Rear Adm. Schultz and I have had the pleasure of visiting each [...]
Recognizing the best in others
Story by Petty Officer 3rd Class Loumania Stewart The 2012 Active Duty and Reserve Enlisted Person of the Year for the 11th Coast Guard District region were honored during a recognition banquet Friday, at Coast Guard Island in Alameda. The [...]
CGC Dorado – Serving locally and ready to deploy
Story by Seaman Mark Bollinger It’s been an exciting year aboard the Coast Guard Cutter Dorado; 2012 was filled with firsts and more than a few exciting adventures for the crew. While the waters of Northern California provide the Dorado’s [...]
Coast Guard teamwork saves sailors and their boat
By Master Chief Petty Officer John Bowen and Petty Officer 1st Class Derek Cannoy Four feet of icy water filled the bilge of the sailboat Tioga, short-circuiting the boat’s electronics and leaving the crew without power to operate the bilge pumps [...]
Coast Guard members give back to community with park cleanup
Story by Petty Officer 1st Class Thomas McKenzie ALAMEDA, Calif. – A group of ten Coast Guard personnel and their family members gathered in Union Point Park in Oakland on Monday to assist with a park cleanup. The park, adjacent to [...]
Training and preparation saves lives
Story by Petty Officer 2nd Class Pamela Boehland, 11th District Coast Guard Training and preparation saves lives. Rescuers need to train and boaters and civilian pilots need to be ready for the worst. Preparation and training helped the crew of Air Station [...]
Cutter Edisto helps wayward sea lion
Saving the life of an injured fisherman or a boater lost at sea is nothing new for the Coast Guard. But every once in a while the Coast Guard gets to save another kind of life – an animal’s. As [...]
