FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: U.S. Coast Guard Base Alameda, California ~ 25 JUNE 2024

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

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Road Trip: United States Coast Guard Base Alameda, California

Coast Guard Base Alameda also referred to as Coast Guard Island is an artificial island in the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda, California. It is home to several major United States Coast Guard commands and cutters, including the Coast Guard Pacific Area.

It is one of the largest Coast Guard bases on the West Coast. From 1942 until 1982, the island was the site of the Coast Guard's recruiting training center (boot camp), enlisting and training hundreds of thousands of Coasties including many of the 214,239 who served in the Pacific and European Theaters of World War II.

Established February 15, 2012, Base Alameda provides a wide variety of services in direct support of Coast Guard activities throughout the West Coast. Personnel Support includes the management of approximately 700 CG-owned Housing units, transportation of household goods, the Child Development Center (CDC), Morale, Recreation and Welfare (MWR), and personnel support services.

The Integrated Support Command provides office and work spaces for permanently based tenant commands and messing and berthing for their personnel. The Integrated Support Command is home to a variety of tenant commands including: Commander, Pacific Area; Commander, Maintenance & Logistics Command Pacific; Commander, Joint Interagency Task Force West; Marine Safety Office San Francisco Bay; Training Team One; Naval Engineering Support Unit Alameda; Electronics Support Unit Alameda; and homeport for 4 High Endurance Coast Guard Cutters: CGC SHERMAN, CGC MORGENTHAU, CGC MUNRO, and the CGC BOUTWELL.

Coast Guard Island is in the Oakland Estuary between Oakland and Alameda. The 68-acre island is situated in the historic Brooklyn Basin, now known as Embarcadero Cove. It is within the Alameda city limits, however, and only accessible via Campbell Boulevard in Oakland.

 The Island supports a number of government facilities, including the Pacific Commander Station (U.S. Coast Guard District Eleven), an industrial service center, the San Francisco Marine Safety Office, a training center for reserve and enlisted coast guard personnel (class-rooms), living quarters, four 378-foot long high-endurance cutters, a medical and dental clinic, and public works facilities to service the island (i.e., sewage treatment, wastewater treatment)

Learn More About Base Alameda HERE!!

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[radu]

Greetings to all at the Canteen!

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

THANK YOU
for your service!

[PROCON]

WOO-HOO, it's Road Trip time again, thanks Lauren!

[radu]

Howdy, lauren.

I hope all’s well.

Is it to the point you can start counting down the days yet?

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you PROCON!

Thanks for being here!

[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy radu!

Making big progress with wrapping up projects here, so maybe, just maybe, I can hit the road just after July 4th.

Keepin’ my fingers crossed!

Hope you have a good week dear one.

*HUGS*

[radu]

Keepin’ my fingers crossed with you. That’s just around the corner. You must be getting really antsy these days. LOL
Knock out those projects!

[radu]

Howdy, PRO.

Did you and your son have a good time last evening? Everything going pretty well up there these days?

[The Mayor]

June 25

Humble Jørn

Bible in a Year :

• Job 3-4
• Acts 7:44-60

I have not stopped giving thanks for you, remembering you in my prayers.

Ephesians 1:16

They didn’t think Jørn, a tenant farming the land, would amount to much. Yet despite his weak vision and other physical limitations, he poured himself out for those in his village in Norway, praying the many nights when his pain kept him awake. In prayer he’d move from house to house, naming each person individually, even the children he hadn’t yet met. People loved his gentle spirit and would seek his wisdom and advice. If he couldn’t help them practically, they’d still feel blessed when they left, having received his love. And when Jørn died, his funeral was the biggest ever in that community, even though he had no family there. His prayers blossomed and brought forth fruit beyond what he could have imagined.

This humble man followed in the example of the apostle Paul, who loved those he served and prayed for them while confined. He wrote to those in Ephesus while he was likely imprisoned in Rome, praying that God would give them “the Spirit of wisdom and revelation” and that the eyes of their hearts would be “enlightened” (Ephesians 1:17–18). He yearned that they would know Jesus and live with love and unity through the power of the Spirit.

Jørn and the apostle Paul poured themselves out to God, committing those they loved and served to Him in prayer. May we consider their examples in how we love and serve others today.

Reflect & Pray

Who do you know who’s a gentle prayer warrior? How does that person reflect Christ’s heart?

Jesus, You served others and put their needs first. Please help me to love and serve You joyfully each day.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Thanks, unique, for the road trippers!

~ Road Trip: U.S. Coast Guard Base Alameda, California ~

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[laurenmarlowe]

Working on it for sure, I should know by this time next week if I can make this all work out.

WOO HOO!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Mayor, and thank you!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening Kathy!

*HUGS*

[PROCON]

Hiya radu!

Always a good time when my boy stops by, great company.

Visited Robin and the pups and enjoyed all her backyard flowers.

Nothing else going on, typical summer temps here, hope all is well your way!

[cuz1961]

Oct .17, 1978

Golf 121

Company Commander Senior Chief Boatswains Mate Adams.

top of pic 2nd floor on right side of quad barracks was home for 9 weeks.

shoreline very top left there is a moth in a match box that my company was detailed to bury in the sand at about 0230 in a 6 by 6 by 6 foot grave.

fun times.

[left that other site]

Hi Everybody!

(((HUGS)))

[cuz1961]

we used plastic spoons to dig with

/-)

[cuz1961]

we never succeeded to reach 6 feet deep. /-)

[radu]

Howdy, Kathy.

Another sunny day up there, I see, though it’s hazy. Warm but not as bad as yesterday. That stiff breeze looks refreshing.

Good luck this week. I hope it doesn’t get woolly.

[radu]

I hope it does work out. You’ve been bustin’ yer hiney and it’s time for a well-earned vacation!