Posted on 08/04/2025 6:23:53 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL COAST GUARD DAY
National Coast Guard Day on August 4 celebrates and honors the courageous work of the service members of Coast Guard. Today, we salute all Coast Guard members, active and inactive, for their service to our country.
#NationalCoastGuardDay
The United States Coast Guard is one of the six United States Armed Forces. While this maritime service is a branch of the military, they are also a multi-missioned service. During peacetime, it operates under the Department of Homeland Security. However, their responsibilities can be transferred to the US Navy by the President of the United States any time deemed necessary, or by Congress during war times.
Always ready, The United States Coast Guard's official motto in Latin reads Semper Paratus.
The first Coast Guard aviators graduated from Pensacola Naval Aviation Training School in 1917. Aviation is still the largest large part of the Coast Guard's security, enforcement, and defense readiness.
Always ready to protect our shores and waterways, the Coast Guard provides more than search and rescue. They are a large part of the nation's navigation system and Marine Environmental Protection.
When Hurricane Katrina struck the Gulf Coast of America, the US Coast Guard saved over 33,500 lives. Their maritime efforts rescued an estimated 24,000 lives from peril in severely dangerous conditions.
Since 1790, service members have been at the ready to provide support whatever the mission. Their commitment continues today.
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL COAST GUARD DAY
In America, thousands of events nationwide honor the Coast Guard. Get involved and show your support. Other ways to celebrate the day include:
Taking a tour of one of the many Coast Guard museums in the country.
Share stories of Coast Guard experiences.
Listen to the U.S. Coast Guard Band.
Watch movies featuring the Coast Guard. Find a complete list here.
Read about the Coast Guard in The Coast Guard by José Hanson and Tom Beard or So Others May Live: Coast Guard's Rescue Swimmers: Saving Lives, Defying Death by Marth J. Laguardia-Kotite and Tome Ridge
Post on social media using #NationalCoastGuardDay.
NATIONAL COAST GUARD HISTORY
The United States Coast Guard traces its founding to an act of Congress on August 4, 1790. The Coast Guard consisted of 10 vessels that carried out the enforcement of various trade and humanitarian duties.
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Yeah Coast Guard, once a great place for a young man, but alas, wooden boats and iron men are not so stylish any more or anymore for that matter.
Thank you Coasties!
A huge right hand salute to the shallow water Navy, but still doing a GREAT JOB. I SHOP AT A USCG PX AND THE PRICES FOR THEIR UNIFORMS ARE THRU THE ROOF $40 BUCKS FOR A WORK SHIRT??? I think’s all WRONG. Hey, Rinos IN CONGRESS, CHECK THAT OUT..... There IS surgically clean AND VERY HELPFUL WORKERS...
I’m so proud of my Son, who is currently serving in the Coast Guard.
Semper Paratus
We just completed the annual week long Coast Guard festival here in Grand Haven, Mi coast guard city usa. A good time was had by all.
A good time was had by all?
Kamala was there?...................
A good time was had by all?
Kamala was there?...................
...And I dont ever want to hear any "Shallow Water Navy" Jokes! The last swim call I took was in over 22,500 feet of water.
We were on a cruise recently that had a program honoring the military - we went to the ceremony and sang all the songs for the different military branches, the official song for the Coast Guards is:
“Semper Paratus (Always Ready), a march composed by Captain Francis Saltus Van Boskerck in 1927, with lyrics written by Van Boskerck in 1922.”
Thanks for the ping!
She was not, hampered by what was.
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