FReeper Canteen ~ Happy Birthday U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary! ~ 23 JUNE, 2009

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[laurenmarlowe]

 

 

 

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Happy Birthday United States Coast Guard Auxiliary!

Semper Paratus

The United States Coast Guard Auxiliary was established on June 23, 1939 by an act of Congress as the United States Coast Guard Reserve and re-designated as the Auxiliary on February 19, 1941.

The mission of the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary is to contribute to the safety and security of our citizens, ports, waterways and coastal regions, as directed by the United States Coast Guard. 

On June 23, 1939, Congress established the Coast Guard Reserve, a volunteer civilian organization, to promote boating safety and to facilitate Coast Guard operations. Initially, members conducted safety and security patrols and helped enforce the provisions of the 1940 Federal Boating and Espionage Acts. In February 1941, the Coast Guard military reserve was established and the volunteers renamed the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary.

As the U.S. entered World War II, recruits flooded Auxiliary flotillas in a burst of patriotic fever. In 1942, some 50,000 Auxiliarists became the core of the Temporary Reserve performing coastal defense and search and rescue duties, patrolling bridges, factories, docks, and beaches. They fought fires, made arrests, guided naval vessels, and conducted anti-submarine warfare. As their ranks grew, thousands of active duty Coast Guard personnel were freed for service overseas.

Learn More About The History Of The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary HERE!

The auxiliary is an incorporated, civilian organization. The Congressional mandates state that the Auxiliary supports all United States Coast Guard (USCG) missions but is not permitted to directly engage in either law enforcement or military activity.

The support provided by the Auxiliary in these situations can be administrative and it can be in areas that make available, either Active or Reserve members of the USCG. Once available, the Active or Reserve member is able to function in these two restricted areas. As of December 2008 there were approximately 30,000 active Auxiliarists.

Auxiliarists have a great deal to be proud of. Over the past ten years, Auxiliary members have:

Contributed 44,417,850 hours

Taught 1,678,946 people with 980,000 hours of classroom work.

Spent over 869,000 hours in community relations and media events

Conducted 1,170,535 Vessel safety Checks (VSCs) over 579,000 hours, including more than 167,000 first time VSCs and over 158,000 high risk VSCs

Made over 418,000 Recreational Boating Safety Program Visits spending more than 279,000 mission hours

Served 4,297,312 hours underway on safety patrols

And much more!

The Coast Guard Auxiliary will continue to meet America's changing maritime safety and security challenges, through a balanced allocation of resources towards recreational boating safety and maritime domain awareness missions.

Learn More About The U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary HERE!

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

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[ConorMacNessa]

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[HopeandGlory]

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God Bless Our Republic

I pledge allegiance to the Flag
of the United States of America,
and to the Republic, for which it stands;
one nation UNDER GOD,
indivisible,
with liberty and justice for all.

Prayers going up

[SandRat]

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June 23, 2009

A Powerful Message

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The gospel of Christ . . . is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes. —Romans 1:16

Bible teacher Lehman Strauss was brought to Christ through the power of the Word when he was young. At his girlfriend’s suggestion, he read Romans 3:23, 5:8, and 10:13. As he did, he was convicted of his sin. He wept and believed.

When his son Richard was 7 years old, he asked his father how to be saved. Lehman used the same verses that his girlfriend (who was now his wife) had used years earlier. His son believed too, and eventually became a pastor.

God’s Word has tremendous power! The first recorded time God spoke, He created light (Gen. 1:3). He spoke a promise to Abraham (17:15-19) and enabled his 90-year-old wife Sarah to bear a child (21:1-2). God still speaks with power today, and all who hear and believe the gospel are saved (Rom. 1:16).

Yes, the message of Christ and His saving work on the cross can change the direction of a person’s life. It has the power to reach the heart of that person you love and have prayed for many times.

So don’t give up in your witness. Be consistent in your daily walk. Keep praying and sharing the gospel with others. It’s a powerful message!

Sweetly echo the gospel call—
Wonderful words of life;
Offer pardon and peace to all—
Wonderful words of life. —Bliss

Our words have power to influence; God’s words have power to save.
Bible in One Year: Esther 9-10; Acts 7:1-21

[Kathy in Alaska]

Happy Birthday US Coast Guard Auxiliary!!

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[SandRat]

Happy Days

An Iraqi girl smiles after receiving a new backpack during a humanitarian aid school supply drop in the
Waddi neighborhood of Mosul, Iraq, June 18. Iraqi Police distributed over 100 backpacks filled with
paper, notebooks, pens and pencils to children in the area.

Photo by Senior Airman Kamaile O. Chan.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Honoring Our Heroes

2LT Rebecca USA (Daughter of U S Army EOD)
3 sons (armymarinemom and amdad)
AbnSarge USA
Allegra
Brett USN (CindyDawg)
Brother and Son-in-Law (kalee)
Cannoneer No. 4
CAPT Future Snake Eater USA (RightOnline)
CAPT Jason Clendenin (friend of Frou)
Chris USA (amom)
Chuck USA (RightOnline)
COL Mike (gpapa)
CMS USA
ConorMacNessa USN USMC
David USAF (LUV W)
Defender2
Deven USA (Shimmer)
Ethan USMC (georgiabelle)
Fred (DocRock)
GulfWar1Vet USA
IS2 Brianne USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
IS2 Heather USN (My Hearts in London - Everett)
Jade Falcon USN
JemiansTerror USA (Jemian)
Jet Jaguar USAF
Joel (NEMDF)
Jonathan USMC (AZbushgal)
Josh USN (doug from upland)
Karen USA (fatima's granddaughter)
Kenneth (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
Kevin USMC (skimask)
Kevin and David USA (vigilante2)
Laurita USA
LCPL Carter USMC
Lindsay (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
LT David (Coldwater Creek)
M1911A1 USMC (M0sby)
M1Tanker
Major joma89 USAF
MEG33's Navy Grandson
Michael USAR (RightOnline)
Mike1Sg USA (mystery-ak)
Milo828 USA (mystery-ak)
Nate USN (sneakers)
Old Sarge USA
OneLoyalAmerican USCG
PFC Alan USA (brother-in-law Stonewall Jackson)
PFC Dan USA (son of swmobuffalo)
PFC Jake USMC (son of Enough_Deceit)
Pvt Alex USA (son of Enough_Deceit)
Robert, Jeremy, Daynnis USA (SoldierDad)
Sat-Com Chris USA (son of KC Burke)
SGT Brian USA (repubmom)
SGT Dusty USA (MountainDad)
SGT Ev USA (Mozie)
SGT Gray USA (colorcountry’s son)
SGT Sean Reed (preed)
Son USCG (GodBlessUSA)
SPC Mike USA (AbnSarge)
SPC William Akin USA (BlueLancer)
SSG Dustin USA (SIL of U S Army EOD)
SSG Mitchel USA (tina07)
SSG Spencer USA (grame)
SSGT Don May Jr USMC (debm29palms)
SSGT John Linde USA (JFoxbear)
Terrence USN (Sweetbaby/LadyPilgrim)
The Sailor
tongue-tied USN/USA
Tonkin USN/USCG
txradioguy USA
Valerie USAF (Shimmer)
Victor and Tony D USMC (weldgophardline)
William USA (jackv)

 

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

[laurenmarlowe]

Permission granted ConorMacNessa!

FIRST!!

[ConorMacNessa]

REST IN PEACE, FALLEN BROTHER!

Sgt. Joshua Melton, USA, KIA 19JUN2009

I have fought a good fight,
I have finished my course,
I have kept the faith.
2 Timothy 4:7 (KJV)

God Of Our Fathers



Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in peace!
We who remain hold you in high honor.
Rest, fallen brother, in this sacred precinct;
We who remain keep this place sacred.
Rest, fallen brother, among these, your comrades;
We who remain keep the watch.
Rest, fallen brother, among these who answered the Nation’s call;
We who remain press the fight forward in your name.
Rest, fallen brother, lay down thy burden;
We who remain have taken up the torch.
Rest in Peace, fallen brother, rest in eternal peace!



Taps

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Yippee! The girls get school supplies too! Thanks, Sand.

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening, and thank you Hope!

SECOND!!

[laurenmarlowe]

WOO HOO Sand!

THIRD!!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening,Hope - thanks for tonite's Pledge!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

And in a dead heat....Mac and Nana Hope grab the gold!!

[laurenmarlowe]

NEW YORK - A Coast Guard Station New York boat crew conducts a safety boarding of two jet skiers in the vicinity of Liberty Island June 21, 2009. Station New York conducts security and safety patrols as part of an on-going mission to educate boaters about the hazards of boating and ensure that mariners carry the proper survival equipment onboard their craft. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

(HONOLULU) -- Petty Officer 3rd Class Lindsey Theobald, a boatswain's mate from Station Honolulu, helps a child out of a 25-foot safe boat, Wednesday, June 17, 2009. The Coast Guard, as well as other military branches on Oahu, participated in "Operation Purple," a summer event for dependents of deployed U.S. service members. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Luke Clayton)

PACIFIC OCEAN – Petty Officer 2nd Class Michael Kugelmann, a surface rescue swimmer, is hoisted out of the water after recovering “Oscar” a dummy, used to simulate the weight and size of a person, during a man overboard drill onboard the Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf June 15, 2009. Bertholf has a number of options for retrieving a person who falls over the side including heaving lines, a small boat pickup or deployment of the surface rescue swimmer. (U.S. Coast Guard photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Michael Anderson)

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy!

*HUGS*

Nice to see you this evening! Is the earth still shaking out there?

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[GAB-1955]

Tonk, God bless him, would be honored. As an Auxiliarist and a VFC, I salute him and my fellow Auxilarists, who volunteer and supplement our fighting Coast Guard in all non-military missions.