USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ Ancient Greek Military:Mercenaries ~ December 16, 2003

Warfare in Hellas ^ | december 16, 2003 | LaDivaLoca

[Kathy in Alaska]

Love this pic, tom!!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

"Hey Tonk - what kind of bird is that?"

HH-65A "Dolphin" Short Range Recovery Helicopter

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

I got sidetracked and forgot your coffee. Hope it's not too late.

[blackie]

I'm finshing my last cup for the night. :)

Mañana...

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Boating And Non-Boating Programs

Below is a brief but comprehensive listing of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary's many missions.

Surface (water) Missions

• Safety Patrol - Patrol under Coast Guard orders using an Auxiliary Operational Facility.

• Regatta Patrol - Patrolling organized regattas and boat parades.
  

• Chart Update Patrol - Verifying the accuracy and completeness of information published on charts and related navigation publications.
  

• PWC Patrol - Patrolling on a Personal Water Craft (PWC).
  

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Air Operations Missions

• SAR Mission - Search And Rescue call out or the air equivalent to a vessel safety patrol.

• Enforcement of Laws and Treaties - Air support of a Coast Guard law enforcement mission.

• MEP Mission - Air support in the area of Marine Environmental Protection.

• Ice Operations Mission - Air support in the area of ice patrol operations.

• Logistics Mission - Transportation of personnel.

• Training Mission - Training missions involving air operations.

Land-based Operations Missions

• Radio Watchstander - Serving as a qualified watchstander at a Coast Guard or Auxiliary facility.

• Officer of the Day Duties - OOD at a Coast Guard facility either ashore or afloat.

• B-2 Alert SAR Standby - Time spent on stand-by.

• B-0 Alert SAR Standby - Standing by under with an Auxiliary Operational Facility for immediate call out.

• SAR Call Out - Search And Rescue call out involving communication facilities.

• CG Crew Augmentation - Serving as a qualified crew on Coast Guard, not Auxiliary, vessels.

• Enforcement of Laws and Treaties - Providing surface support of Coast Guard law enforcement mission.

• MEP Mission - Surface support for a Marine Environmental Protection mission.

• Auxiliary Radio Net Mission - Maintaining Coast Guard authorized Auxiliary radio nets.

• Aids to Navigation Mission-Federal - Servicing federal or private Aids to Navigation.

• Bridge Administration - Inspecting bridges.

Public Education Missions

• PE Other Than State/Youth - Auxiliary multi-lesson public education classes.

• State and Youth Courses - State public education classes and youth courses.

• MT Instructor Mission - Member training activity, including specialty courses, boats crew training, and basic qualification classes.

Environmental Missions

• Enforcement of Laws and Treaties - Provide support to a Coast Guard law enforcement mission.

• Marine Environmental Protection - Provide support to the Coast Guard in the area of Marine Environmental Protection.

Coast Guard Support and Boating Safety Missions

• CG Operational Support - A service provided to operational Coast Guard units in support of Coast Guard programs.

• CG Administrative Support - Provide support to the Coast Guard in areas other than operations or recruiting.

• AIM Mission - The Auxiliary's Academy Introduction Mission (AIM).

• RAP Mission - Coast Guard Recruiting Assistance Program (RAP).

• Courtesy Marine Examinations - Vessel Safety Checks; Personal Water Craft Safety Checks; Uninspected Passenger Vessel; and Commercial Fishing Vessel.

• Public Affairs Mission - Promoting the Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary or Coast Guard Reserve.

• Marine Dealer Visits - Participating in the Marine Dealer Visitation Program.

Agency Support Missions

• Federal Agencies - Provide non-operational support to other federal agencies, such as Customs, Corps of Engineers and NOAA.

• State Agencies - Provide support to state agencies, such as the Department of Natural Resources, State Police and Marine Patrols.

• Local Agencies - Provide support to local agencies, such as local police, sheriff's offices, fire/rescue and Harbormasters.

We Need You -- In the wake of the recent attacks on the United States, the Coast Guard Auxiliary will be called upon to provide essential services to the Coast Guard as they focus more heavily on their military missions.  We will need all the help we can get.  You needn't own a boat or even be an experienced boater, since our missions are wide-ranging.  For information about existing Auxiliary missions and the Auxiliary in general, go to our Join the Auxiliary webpage.  You will find there a form through which you can ask that a local Auxiliarist make contact with you to explore the ways in which you can assist Team Coast Guard
and, in the process, do something for our country in its hour of need.
Age 17 and up (no upper age restrictions) Click Here for details.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Lt. Col. Steven Keith, a U.S. Air Force chaplain, hands out homemade cookies donated by Hill Air Force Base, Utah, to security forces troop Airman 1st Class Joseph Murphy on duty at Baghdad International Airport, Iraq, Dec. 10, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Lisa M. Zunzanyika

Senior Airman Joshua Jasso, a 447th Expeditionary Communications Squadron videographer, films airmen sending holiday greetings home from Baghdad International Airport through the Hometown News Release Program, Dec. 11, 2003. U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Verlin Levi Collins

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

[Excuse_My_Bellicosity]

"Eat up, guys!!"

[Radix]

I want to see all of the votes counted!

 

 

 

[Radix]

LMAO!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good day, *TT*, have you gone for any car rides lately? You are growing so fast that you should be able to go for a ride like these kids pretty soon.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Translation noted, but I'll bet he's trying to suck up to Santa and he hasn't much time left.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Saddam night fever Iraqi Kurds celebrating the capture of Saddam Hussein dance in the street in Bridgeport, Conn.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Dognapping in progress: Partner in crime catches some shut-eye after his owner flipped a stolen car into the Friant Kern Canal in Shafter, Calif. Police caught the suspect and sent him to a nearby hospital. As for his canine accomplice, he suffered a broken leg.

[Kathy in Alaska]

One good turn didn't deserve this: After clearing snow at his grandmother's house, Mark Kinney was on his way to his mother's. Then his pickup hit a patch of ice, and suddenly darkness settled upon Briar Creek Township, Pa.

[Radix]

"When I got back, Mary-Jo and the car were gone!"

 

Biggest Ahole in American politics!

 

Ya think?

I don't think, I know!

 

It ain't as if there is no race going on here folks.

 

[Kathy in Alaska]

Excellent MOH recipient blurb, Star.

[LaDivaLoca]

I want to see all of the votes counted!

OR ELSE!

[LaDivaLoca]

LOL! I wouldn't touch that "dish" with a 10-foot pole! YUCK! We don't want our heroes having indigestion now or worse.