Topic: U.S. Coast Guard

[oldcoastie6468]

Are there any other U.S. Coast Guard vets here, or (since there are so few of us) am I the only one?

[IronDioPriest]

Libertas was a Squid. I think that's about as close as you'll get here, unless I'm mistaken.

Thanks for your service.

[Libertas]

Yah, squid here!     USN naval aviation...three decades ago...

Crap, am I that old?   

[Pandora]

Yes!

::snicker::

[radioman]

I was a radioman in the Navy back in the 60's.

[oldcoastie6468]

Libertas was a Squid. I think that's about as close as you'll get here, unless I'm mistaken.

That's normal. At any given time, the CG has about as many members as the NYC police department, and we're deployed around the world. So there aren't very many former Coasties in any given crowd of people. I'm the only one for miles around here.

However, one of the first phone calls made after the 9-11 attacks was from the Navy's Commandant to the Coast Guard's Commandant. He said that if the CG needed any of his ships, he'd supply them. To this day, many Navy ships fly the Coast Guard Ensign (not the Coast Guard flag and vastly different), which indicates that there is a CG petty officer (E-4 through E-9) or Commissioned Officer aboard who can board any vessel in US waters at any time, which the Navy cannot. Such boarding officer can take CG and Navy personnel with him and give them orders to do what may become necessary, including "shoot to kill." The Coast Guard's primary responsibility is law enforcement and it is NOT subject to the posse comitatus law.

[Libertas]

I was a radioman in the Navy back in the 60's.

 

The only other ones I recall during our migration from PowerLine to here was Nano (he was a bubblehead) and Rusty Bill (who I think is still working on the carrier project webpage linked here.

[Libertas]

Libertas was a Squid. I think that's about as close as you'll get here, unless I'm mistaken.

That's normal. At any given time, the CG has about as many members as the NYC police department, and we're deployed around the world. So there aren't very many former Coasties in any given crowd of people. I'm the only one for miles around here.

However, one of the first phone calls made after the 9-11 attacks was from the Navy's Commandant to the Coast Guard's Commandant. He said that if the CG needed any of his ships, he'd supply them. To this day, many Navy ships fly the Coast Guard Ensign (not the Coast Guard flag and vastly different), which indicates that there is a CG petty officer (E-4 through E-9) or Commissioned Officer aboard who can board any vessel in US waters at any time, which the Navy cannot. Such boarding officer can take CG and Navy personnel with him and give them orders to do what may become necessary, including "shoot to kill." The Coast Guard's primary responsibility is law enforcement and it is NOT subject to the posse comitatus law.

Didn't know that, but it makes sense.  Suspect the LCS ships and other coastal patrol units practice that.

[LadyVirginia]

Every year our town has a Memorial Day event in which current and former service members from our town are acknowledged. There have been a few guys who served in two branches and one guy in 3.  I'm still waiting for the one who was in the Coast Guard.

[oldcoastie6468]

Every year our town has a Memorial Day event in which current and former service members from our town are acknowledged. There have been a few guys who served in two branches and one guy in 3.  I'm still waiting for the one who was in the Coast Guard.

There probably isn't anyone who's a CG vet.

[pisskop]

Oldcoastie, Does Navy count?  You guys are like our little brothers! 

[oldcoastie6468]

Oldcoastie, Does Navy count?  You guys are like our little brothers! 

Not as my Coastie brethren. But every service has its own responsibilities, and I salute veterans, and especially active duty, service folks wherever I go.

Including right here!!   

[Eupher]

Oldcoastie, Does Navy count?  You guys are like our little brothers! 

Not as my Coastie brethren. But every service has its own responsibilities, and I salute veterans, and especially active duty, service folks wherever I go.

Including right here!!   

Even us Doggies?   

[oldcoastie6468]

Oldcoastie, Does Navy count?  You guys are like our little brothers! 

Not as my Coastie brethren. But every service has its own responsibilities, and I salute veterans, and especially active duty, service folks wherever I go.

Including right here!!   

Even us Doggies?  

If I must................ 

[Glock32]

My granddad on my mom's side was a USCG vet from WWII.  He spent the war in the Caribbean on anti-submarine patrols and escorting oil tankers out of the Gulf.  Granddad on my dad's side was US Navy in WWII and piloted amphibious landing craft in the Pacific. I am lucky to exist at all because he was nearly killed on multiple occasions.

[oldcoastie6468]

My granddad on my mom's side was a USCG vet from WWII.  He spent the war in the Caribbean on anti-submarine patrols and escorting oil tankers out of the Gulf.  Granddad on my dad's side was US Navy in WWII and piloted amphibious landing craft in the Pacific. I am lucky to exist at all because he was nearly killed on multiple occasions.

The CG did a lot of the amphibious landing craft operations. Our only Medal of Honor recipient, Douglas Munro, was killed when he got several loads of Marines off Guadalcanal; he took a bullet on the last trip, asked when he got them to the Navy ship if he had gotten them all off. He was told yes, and then he died. I have some more about him if anyone's interested.

[oldcoastie6468]

Cadence Contest 2013: In the Coast Guard
Posted by PA2 Kelly Parker, Thursday, September 26, 2013

Chief Petty Officer Barry Hollenbeck poses in front of the Coast Guard Ethos at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., after the internet release of his marching cadence “In the Coast Guard” Sept. 26, 2013. Hollenbeck, a company commander at Training Center Cape May, has been selected as one of the Coast Guard’s Top 5 Cadence authors of 2013. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska.

Chief Petty Officer Barry Hollenbeck poses in front of the Coast Guard Ethos at Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, N.J., after the internet release of his marching cadence “In the Coast Guard” Sept. 26, 2013. Hollenbeck, a company commander at Training Center Cape May, has been selected as one of the Coast Guard’s Top 5 Cadence authors of 2013. Coast Guard photo by Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska.

By Chief Warrant Officer Donnie Brzuska.

Chief Petty Officer Barry Hollenbeck had just reported to Coast Guard Sector New York in the summer of 2010 to serve as a team leader in the Safety and Security Operations Branch when the call came in. Hollenbeck was to report to Hopedale, La., in support of the Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill response to lead the Decontamination Assessment Team at the Hopedale Incident Command Post. Hollenbeck had not even had a chance to unpack from his family’s recent move from Virginia, and he left his wife, Sine, and their two children in a sea of boxes to answer the call.

“That’s just what you do in the Coast Guard,” said Hollenbeck. “When the call comes in, it’s time to go to work no matter the mission and no matter the place.”

For the next two months, Hollenbeck was responsible for inspecting vessels released from the oil spill response to ensure they were not contaminated with residual oil. He travelled throughout the region inspecting vessels that had been involved in the cleanup efforts at piers, on trailers, in backyards and at dry docks crawling through cramped engineering spaces in debilitating heat and humidity. Often times, he would work 70- or 80-hour weeks to just to keep up with mission demands.

It was Hollenbeck’s experiences during Deepwater Horizon that were the inspiration for his cadence entitled “In the Coast Guard.” Hollenbeck, now a company commander at Training Center Cape May, N.J., developed a unique Jodie that divides a company of recruits into a mezzo-soprano section for females and a baritone section for males. While difficult for a marching company to learn and execute, the contrasting voice types between men and women result in a catching and rhythmic cadence.

While Hollenbeck wanted to create a cadence to improve his recruits’ morale and educate them on Coast Guard missions, his Jodie call has a more important lesson for the future Coast Guardsmen.

“No matter what rate you are or what you do in the Coast Guard, your day never really ends,” says Hollenbeck. “We’re always standing by, and when our Nation calls for help, you have to flip on the switch and answer the call.”

Each year Coast Guard Training Center Cape May, the service’s only enlisted basic training facility, solicits original marching cadences from across the service. The Cadence Contest helps develop original Jody calls that educate and motivate the future of America’s Coast Guard.

“The Coast Guard Cadence Contest allows servicemembers from across the Coast Guard to educate our recruits,” said Capt. Todd Prestidge, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Training Center Cape May. “Everything we do here is aimed at educating and preparing future Coast Guardsmen for the rigors of service, and that includes when they call cadence.”

The Coast Guard will release the Top 5 Cadences throughout the week of Sept. 23, and the public will be given the opportunity to vote on their favorite cadence by “liking” it on Facebook and YouTube. The Top Coast Guard Cadence of 2013 will be announced the week of Oct. 14.

Behind every cadence, there’s a story, and each story is aimed at preparing future Coast Guardsmen. “In the Coast Guard” educates recruits about a few of the many missions of the Coast Guard, but most importantly, it prepares them to be ready to answer the call for help “no matter the mission and no matter the place.”

Training Center Cape May is proud to present “In the Coast Guard:"

http://coastguard.dodlive.mil/2013/09/cadence-contest-2013-in-the-coast-guard/?

Edited to fix link; IDP

[LadyVirginia]

link's not working for me

could be my computer--it acts up sometimes

[oldcoastie6468]

Hmmm......Doesn't work for me, either. But I did post the whole thing except for the photo and the video. I'm still learning here.

[IronDioPriest]

Hmmm......Doesn't work for me, either. But I did post the whole thing except for the photo and the video. I'm still learning here.

I think the link wouldn't work because it was a link you followed from your email, which appends that directive to the url. It was a specific link from your email to the URL.

 I copied just the relevant part of the url in your post, followed it to make sure it worked, and then corrected your link once I verified it.

To avoid this in the future, if you follow a link from an email, erase the email appendage from the url after you paste it.