U.S. Coast Guard 214th Birthday Celebration ~ August 4 2004

68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

The two anchors crossed represent cooperation and strength

Silver and Gold stars represent the Auxiliary and Coast Guard members

Two red vertical bars represent the blood shed on the 11th of September, 2001

The eagle, superimposed upon the red bars,
represents our renewed strength and vigilance to
“never tire, never falter, never fail”.

Waterway Watch is the initial and primary Coast Guard Auxiliary program launched as a component of  Operation Patriot Readiness,
and is a major part of the Coast Guard's maritime security initiative.

Waterway Watch promotes public awareness and involvement in Maritime Domain Awareness (MDA)
and Maritime Homeland Security (MHLS) activities.

Waterway Watch involves all Auxiliarists, both those performing direct operational missions
and those involved in Recreational Safe Boating operational support activities.

CLICK ON THE GRAPHIC BELOW TO WATCH
A 15 MINUTE VIDEO ON Waterway Watch
Or copy and paste this url
http://www.cgauxed.org/waterway/waterwaywatch.asx
in your Windows Media Player
TIP : Check your settings and set it for Full Screen

[dandelion]

PROUD Coastie-to-Be BUMP!

Semper Paratus

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"The Auxiliary is not the best kept secret in the USCG anymore,
it's now a premier Force of the Department of Homeland Security
and the United States Coast Guard."

REAR ADMIRAL J. M. GARRETT
THIRTEENTH DISTRICT

"We will not tire, we will not falter, and we will not fail..." President George W. Bush

[TMSuchman]

HAPPY B-DAY COASTIES! You guys earn you pay, each and everyday.

Coasties were my second choice if I could not have been a Marine.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"PROUD Coastie-to-Be BUMP!"

Congratulations!

[Arkinsaw]

Happy Birthday from myself and on behalf of my late father who served on USCGC Spencer W-36 in the Arctic Circle in '46 and '47.

[Former Military Chick]

Happy Birthday, to the Navy and all those who wore the uniform. Thanks for the heads up.

[Fawnn]

You don't look a day over 213! ;)

Happy Birthday, U.S. Coast Guard!!!

Bump

[Former Military Chick]

sorry about that mind not quite with it ... meant Coast Guard. They provide an amamzing service to our country with what one might say little praise.

[Jet Jaguar]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COASTIES!

Thanks for protecting and serving this great Country.

[HiJinx]

Happy Birthday to the USCG...

Say, this isn't Wednesday's Canteen post is it? Looks like a lot of us regulars are here...

[windchime]

Happy Birthday U.S. Coast Guard!

[Zilch]

One of Alexander's Hamilton's(immigrant, New York, war hero) enduring legacies continues to protection this nation today..

[Arkinsaw]

And let us not forget U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Nathan B. Bruckenthal who was killed in action earlier this year preventing a suicide attack against the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal while a member of a coalition Maritime Interception Operations team.

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"And let us not forget U.S. Coast Guard Petty Officer Nathan B. Bruckenthal who was killed in action earlier this year preventing a suicide attack against the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal while a member of a coalition Maritime Interception Operations team."

[Militiaman7]

Happy Birthday Coast Guard

Thanks again 68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub and all Coast Guard men and women for your service.

[BykrBayb]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY COAST GUARD!!!

[CedarDave]

My home away from home, 1966-67:

And 1968:

[dandelion]

Thanks! :) It's a spousal Coastie-to-Be...

[The Scourge of Yazid]

A lot of people don't realize how essential these men and women truly are to the defense of our borders.

Even though most of the news you hear about the Guard's work revolves around the seizure of illegal drugs and rescue of political refugees, who are forced to use makeshift flotation devices to navigate the sea, they are truly an indispensable component of our national security.

The Coast Guard doesn't get nearly enough credit for the amount of hard work and dedication that it brings to the mission of defending this nation from external enemies.