FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C. ~ 22 SEPT 2020

Serving The Best Troops And Veterans In The World!! | The Canteen Crew

[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

~The FReeper Canteen Presents~

Road Trip: United States Coast Guard Headquarters, Washington, D.C.

The Douglas A. Munro Coast Guard Headquarters Building is the current headquarters of the United States Coast Guard and is located in Washington, D.C. on the west campus of the historic St. Elizabeths Hospital. The building is named in honor of Douglas Albert Munro and was completed in 2013.

The Coast Guard is the principal Federal agency responsible for maritime safety, security, and environmental stewardship in U.S. ports and waterways. In this capacity, the Coast Guard protects and defends more than 100,000 miles of U.S. coastline and inland waterways, and safeguards an Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) encompassing 4.5 million square miles stretching from North of the Arctic Circle to South of the equator, from Puerto Rico to Guam, encompassing nine time zones – the largest EEZ in the world.

The over 56,000 members of the Coast Guard operate a multi-mission, interoperable fleet of 243 Cutters, 201 fixed and rotary-wing aircraft, and over 1,600 boats. Operational control of surface and air assets is vested in two Coast Guard geographical Areas (Pacific and Atlantic), nine Coast Guard Districts, and 35 Sectors located at strategic ports throughout the country.

Six Mission Support Logistics and Service Centers provide services for operational assets and shore facilities. Coast Guard program oversight, policy development, and personnel administration are carried out at Coast Guard Headquarters located on the St. Elizabeths campus in Washington, DC.

On an average day, the Coast Guard:

Conducts 45 search and rescue cases;

saves 10 lives;

saves over $1.2M in property;

seizes 874 pounds of cocaine and 214 pounds of marijuana;

conducts 57 waterborne patrols of critical maritime infrastructure;

interdicts 17 illegal migrants;

escorts 5 high-capacity passenger vessels;

conducts 24 security boardings in and around U.S. ports;

screens 360 merchant vessels for potential security threats prior to arrival in U.S. ports;

conducts 14 fisheries conservation boardings;

services 82 buoys and fixed aids to navigation;

investigates 35 pollution incidents;

completes 26 safety examinations on foreign vessels;

conducts 105 marine inspections;

investigates 14 marine casualties involving commercial vessels;

facilitates movement of $8.7B. worth of goods and commodities through the Nation’s Maritime Transportation System.

Learn More About The United States Coast Guard Headquarters HERE!!

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Please remember: The Canteen is a place to honor and entertain our troops. The Canteen is family friendly. Let's have fun!

We pray for your continued strength, to be strong in the face of adversity.

We pray for your safety, that you will return to your families and friends soon.

We pray that your hope, courage, and dignity remain unbroken, so that you may show others the way.

God Bless You All ~ Today, Tomorrow and Always

 

 

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Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[SkyDancer]

~ Good Evening ~

~ Home Again Until Wednesday Then Back To Denver For Meetings Which Can Only Mean .... ~

~ Good Evening ~

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I’m Down There Somewhere

[Kathy in Alaska]

[Kathy in Alaska]

Sadly, I must go back to work...I am up to my eyeballs in work.

[MadMax, the Grinning Reaper]

Nice photos and information. It’s satellite site in Fairfax County has deer on its grounds. Cheaper than lawnmowers. You should have seen the rack of antlers on that buck we saw Saturday. Could hang a lot of coats on it plus a few scarves and a cane.

[luvie]

Hi, lauren! Thanks for the great road trip to the Coast Guard Headquarters! Lots of brave men and women in the CG for sure!

[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

To all our military men and women, past and present,

[E.G.C.]

A very pleasant good Tuesday morning and ((HUGS)) to everyone at the Canteen and to all our military at home and abroad. Thanks for your service to our country and thanks Lauren for this morning's thread.

How's everyone doing this morning?

[radu]

Howdy, E.G.C. ((HUGZ))

How was yesterday’s outing with Gizmo? Are you still dealing with smoke in the air over there? It finally cleared out here, thank goodness.

[E.G.C.]

Well, it was a little better than yesterday but now it looks like we have some rain coming in from Beta. Here are pics from yesterday at Comanche Lake.

[radu]

Maybe the rain from Beta will help clean the air, if you can get some of it.

They SAY we’ll get some and we pray they’re right. We’re desperate for it here.

[submarine571]

G’morning ‘Girl, Yes, I know the Coast Guard Academy is in New London, CT. I am from Stonington, CT — 12 miles East of NLON, was stationed on the U.S. Submarine Base, Groton, CT for 12 years of my 23 year career in the submarine force.

My brother was a career Coast Guardsman stationed aboard the Blackthorn — a bouy tender when it was hit in Tampa Bay by a ship. The Blackthorn went to the bottom of the bay taking more than twenty crew with it. My brother among them. Sadly none survived.

[luvie]

Gooood First-Day-Of-Fall y'all!
Well, we still have heat and green leaves.
Not quite what you'd expect, huh.
Living in the desert🌵 is a challenge.
Hope the 🍂leaves🍁 are gorgeous where you are!
....and you have a Terrific Tuesday!
(((hugs)))