Congratulations to the Class of 2012!
Written by Chief Warrant Officer Kimberly R. Smith, Coast Guard Academy Public Affairs. With the graduation of the class of 2012, another year passes at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. But with this...
View ArticleBuilding the national security cutter: Keel laying
A keel is the very foundation of a ship. Running from bow to stern, a ship's keel historically served as the core for the rest of the ship’s structure, providing a source of strength for the...
View ArticleBertholf: Continuing a legacy of Coast Guard Arctic service
Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Tamargo. Excerpts from Commodore Ellsworth P.Bertholf by C. Douglas Kroll and The Overland Expedition: A Coast Guard Triumph by Paul Johnson. On Aug. 21,...
View ArticleAmplifying Arctic capabilities through air and sea
Written by Petty Officer 1st Class Timothy Tamargo It takes a great amount of teamwork to complete Coast Guard missions. Forward deployed assets like the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf, a national...
View ArticleAdm. Papp discusses cutter topics at Surface Navy Association’s Symposium
Addressing a crowd, including both Coast Guard cuttermen and Navy surface warfare officers, the Commandant described how maritime countries have shown an increasing emphasis on a “maritime governance”...
View ArticleAdm. Papp discusses maritime strategic issues with Adm. Greenert and Gen. Amos
Commandant of the Coast Guard Adm. Bob Papp was joined by Commandant of the Marine Corps Gen. James Amos and Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert to discuss maritime strategic issues during...
View ArticleAdm. Papp testifies at Senate Appropriations hearing
Written by Cmdr. Rick Wester. Coast Guard Commandant Adm. Bob Papp testified before the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Homeland Security Subcommittee, yesterday on the Coast Guard’s Fiscal Year...
View ArticleUAS deployment nets historic drug interdiction
The Coast Guard completed the second of three planned shipboard demonstrations of unmanned aircraft system capabilities aboard Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf. These exercises are part of an ongoing effort...
View ArticleHonor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: GM2 Matthew Baasch
Sometimes a person gets a weird feeling in the pit of their stomach because there is more to a situation than meets the eye. This feeling is commonly referred to as a person’s “sixth sense.” Coast...
View ArticleCoast Guard, Western Hemisphere partners seize $423M in cocaine during...
“Our crew used their unique capabilities and authorities as a military service, law enforcement agency, and member of the U.S. intelligence community to disrupt transnational organized crime networks...
View ArticleHonor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: Crew of Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf
Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf's crew was the 2016 recipient of the Coast Guard Foundation’s National Award for Heroism. From May 2015 to April 2016, the Bertholf crew, its Helicopter Interdiction...
View ArticleHonor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: Lt. David Irving, Cutter Bertholf’s...
There are a few things Coast Guard planners can count on when putting together a ship’s deployment to some of the most remote areas of the globe. Things on the ship will break, plans will change – and...
View ArticleHonor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: ME3 Denim Kurtis
For Petty Officer 3rd Class Denim Kurtis, law enforcement is a family affair. His mother is a deputy sheriff, and his father-in-law is an investigator for the San Francisco district attorney’s office....
View ArticleHonor, Respect, Devotion to Duty: DC3 Nicholas Basso
A ship operating away from home can seem like its own tiny, self-contained universe. There’s no calling a paramedic, a police officer, or a plumber when something goes wrong. That’s why it’s a good...
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