MSU Chicago solidifies Partnership in Education Program with local elementary school
Guest post by Marine Safety Unit Chicago Crewmembers from Coast Guard Marine Safety Unit Chicago participated in a ceremony Monday to commemorate a memorandum of agreement with Goodwin Elementary School, established in an effort to provide improved educational opportunities for [...]
MAT Team Sault Ste. Marie helps out during the holiday season
The Coast Guard is known for giving back to the community, and that is never more evident than during the holiday season. Volunteers from the Maintenance and Augmentation Team at Coast Guard Sector Sault Ste. Marie, Mich., have recently gone [...]
Coast Guard Cutter Alder asumes the role of Chicago’s “Christmas Ship”
Click HERE to watch a multimedia video of the Christmas Ship tree offload. With a Christmas tree tied to its mast and lights strung about like stars in the sky, the Coast Guard Cutter Alder, homeported in Duluth, Minn., sat [...]
Honoring our past: Better late than forgotten
Written by Petty Officer 2nd Class Lauren Jorgensen and Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Reinhart, Ninth District Public Affairs. The fog of war has a way of eventually settling to pay its just rewards to both the fallen and the [...]
Honoring Bill Boonstra; A legend memorialized
This post is courtesy of Cmdr. Rob Hemp, Coast Guard Sector Field Office Grand Haven. On March 5th, we said goodbye to William “Boonie” Boonstra at a funeral service here in Grand Haven. Rear Adm. Michael Parks, commander of the [...]
DHS names Sector Buffalo reservist among its ‘Heroes on the Front Lines’
Post written by Petty Officer 1st Class Charles Reinhart, reservist public affairs specialist assigned to the Ninth Coast Guard District. Petty Officer 2nd Class Bonnie Wysocki, a Coast Guard reservist who works at Sector Buffalo, was recognized Wednesday by [...]
Big dog in big trouble; Coast Guardsmen rescue Great Dane from frozen Lake Huron
This post is courtesy of Ens. Phil Constantino, Coast Guard Cutter Bristol Bay. Coast Guard men and women train tirelessly every day to be ready for any situation that could be handed to them. Sometimes they face intense trials. Other [...]
