http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil Official Blog of the 9th Coast Guard District Mon, 20 May 2013 14:18:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/women-in-the-coast-guard-standing-the-watch-in-heels-since-1915/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/women-in-the-coast-guard-standing-the-watch-in-heels-since-1915/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2013 19:07:02 +0000 PA3 Lauren Laughlin http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=2535     What happens when you take a Coast Guard asset or office and fill it full of women? No, this is not a joke. Give up? The answer is… the same job would get done as if it were [...]]]> http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/03/women-in-the-coast-guard-standing-the-watch-in-heels-since-1915/feed/ 6 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/02/cool-customers/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/02/cool-customers/#comments Wed, 27 Feb 2013 17:35:33 +0000 PA2 Levi Read http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=2464 This is a first-hand account of Icy Resolve 2013 from the eyes of Cmdr. Lisa Ragone, an incident commander at the full-scale exercise. I served as the secondary incident commander from Coast Guard Sector Detroit for an ice rescue exercise [...]]]> http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/02/cool-customers/feed/ 0 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/10/coast-guard-station-lorain-team-takes-possession-of-9th-district-flag-football-crown/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/10/coast-guard-station-lorain-team-takes-possession-of-9th-district-flag-football-crown/#comments Wed, 03 Oct 2012 20:43:58 +0000 PAC Kyle Niemi http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=1914 Post written by PA3 Lauren Laughlin, D9 External Affairs Division On a calm and cool day, 10 men step onto the field, calm and cool on the outside, a little nervous on the inside.  It’s late in the day, they [...]]]> http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/10/coast-guard-station-lorain-team-takes-possession-of-9th-district-flag-football-crown/feed/ 0 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/07/hope-for-the-best-prepare-for-the-worst/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/07/hope-for-the-best-prepare-for-the-worst/#comments Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:16:49 +0000 PAC Kyle Niemi http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=1850 Click here to read a July 13 blog post, in which this crew of boaters was named the Coast Guard’s “Shipmate of the Week” Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Brian Huth, 9th Coast Guard District public affairs. There’s an [...]]]> http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/07/hope-for-the-best-prepare-for-the-worst/feed/ 0 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/from-the-field-cbp-canine-handlers-conduct-training-at-air-station-detroit/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/from-the-field-cbp-canine-handlers-conduct-training-at-air-station-detroit/#comments Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:56:34 +0000 PA2 George Degener http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=1302 Guest post written By Lt. Jason Neiman, Air Station Detroit: U.S. Customs and Border Protection canine handlers and their dogs recently trained aboard Air Station Detroit. Three dogs and their handlers were on site to conduct training events on Jan. [...]]]> http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2012/01/from-the-field-cbp-canine-handlers-conduct-training-at-air-station-detroit/feed/ 2 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/07/air-station-detroit-holds-first-auxiliary-air-safety-roundup/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/07/air-station-detroit-holds-first-auxiliary-air-safety-roundup/#comments Thu, 21 Jul 2011 15:06:09 +0000 PA2 George Degener http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=839 The first Coast Guard Air Station Detroit Auxiliary Safety Roundup was held July 16, 2011 at Selfridge Air National Guard Base. About 40 Coast Guard Auxiliary pilots and aircrew members, along with eight Auxiliary aircraft, were on hand. Safety, crew risk [...]]]> http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/07/air-station-detroit-holds-first-auxiliary-air-safety-roundup/feed/ 1 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/100-years-of-naval-aviation-lt-jack-rittichier/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/100-years-of-naval-aviation-lt-jack-rittichier/#comments Tue, 08 Feb 2011 17:16:48 +0000 Christopher Lagan http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/?p=366 As part of our ongoing celebration of the 2011 Centennial of Naval Aviation, we wanted to bring you the story of Lt. Jack Rittichier, Coast Guard aviator # 997 and the first Coast Guardsman to be killed in action during [...]]]> http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2011/02/100-years-of-naval-aviation-lt-jack-rittichier/feed/ 0 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/11/from-the-field-passing-the-pilots-torch/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/11/from-the-field-passing-the-pilots-torch/#comments Thu, 04 Nov 2010 12:04:00 +0000 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/11/04/from-the-field-passing-the-pilots-torch/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/11/from-the-field-passing-the-pilots-torch/feed/ 0 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/06/air-station-detroit-honors-lt-jack-rittichier/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/06/air-station-detroit-honors-lt-jack-rittichier/#comments Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:07:00 +0000 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/06/11/air-station-detroit-honors-lt-jack-rittichier/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/06/air-station-detroit-honors-lt-jack-rittichier/feed/ 0 http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/04/update-salvage-operations-to-recover-air-station-detroit-helicopter-completed/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/04/update-salvage-operations-to-recover-air-station-detroit-helicopter-completed/#comments Mon, 26 Apr 2010 18:59:00 +0000 LT Dave French http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/04/26/update-salvage-operations-to-recover-air-station-detroit-helicopter-completed/ http://greatlakes.coastguard.dodlive.mil/2010/04/update-salvage-operations-to-recover-air-station-detroit-helicopter-completed/feed/ 0