USO Canteen FReeper Style ~ U.S. Coast Guard National Motor Lifeboat School ~ April 3 2003

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U.S. COAST GUARD NATIONAL MOTOR LIFEBOAT SCHOOL

  Purpose:  The motor lifeboat is a standard resource platform used by the U.S. Coast Guard small boat fleet.  The central purpose of the USCG National Motor Lifeboat School is to teach coxswains standard practices and procedures to use in executing their missions.  The emphasis is on the ability to use the motor lifeboat (MLB) in the elements for which it was designed, extreme weather and surf conditions.  The goal of the USCG National Motor Lifeboat School is to promote the highest degree of professionalism in seamanship skills. 

History:  The National Motor Lifeboat School (NMLBS) is located at the mouth of the Columbia River on the United States’ northwestern coast at a Point of land called “Cape Disappointment”.  The river’s strong current runs headlong into the strength of the Pacific Ocean tides at this river mouth and coupled with the frequent storms create some of the roughest waters in the world.  Since 1878 this area, also known as the “Graveyard of the Pacific”, has long been home for the Coast Guard rescue facilities and its predecessor the U.S. Lifesaving Service.  During the 1960’s and early 70’s local Coast Guard units pooled their resources in order to conduct coxswain and crew training on the then new 44-foot Motor Lifeboats.  It was acknowledged that these steel-hulled boats were more capable than the wooden 36-foot lifeboats they were replacing.  The crews manning them were typically very experienced with the leadership of seasoned veterans whose seamanship skills were passed on directly to each new crewmember.  The localized training allowed small groups of Coast Guard crews to share experiences and techniques.  A slow trend of decreasing experience base among Coast Guard crews could also be seen through this period.  The Coast Guard’s Thirteenth District (Oregon and Washington coastal area) sought out a method of sharing the lessons learned through hard practical experience with these junior members.  They established a training curriculum and routinely gathered their resources to put on classes focused at operating the 44-foot lifeboat in the surf environment.  The success of these gatherings in passing on skills was soon recognized as potentially valuable for all lifeboat coxswains nationwide.  The training concept was to use experienced Surfmen from the United States northwest coast to show other coxswains from around the nation how best to use the lifeboat in its designed element.  Resources and budget were identified to give dedicated lifeboats to the newborn school along with personnel to provide maintenance and instruction.  With the establishment of a formalized curriculum the U.S. Coast Guard’s National Motor Lifeboat School was established in 1980 in Ilwaco, Washington co-located with the existing rescue station at Cape Disappointment.   With surf conditions often causing 10 to 20 foot breaking waves and wind/sea state extremes such as Beaufort Force 10 across the wide river mouth (also known as a bar), the location was ideal for the lifeboat school.  Increased training needs and a focus on standardization have caused the lifeboat school to expand through the years.  This included new shore maintenance facilities, offices and classrooms that were dedicated in April 1993.  

Lifeboats:  The USCG National Motor Lifeboat School originally had five 44-foot (13.6-meter) Motor Lifeboats (MLB’s) in its inventory.  The coxswains attending the school from around the nation learned operating skills and maintenance techniques for this boat.  When the fiberglass 30-foot (9.2-meter) Surf Rescue Boat (SRB) was introduced to the Coast Guard inventory in the mid-1980’s, several were assigned to the school and similar skills sets were taught on this fast response supplement to the lifeboat fleet.  This changing inventory of boat types continues today.  The 30-foot SRB has been largely removed from Coast Guard use as well as from the school boat inventory.  The National Motor Lifeboat School was an integral part of the testing and development of the U.S. Coast Guard’s new 47-foot (14.7-meter) lifeboat from the beginning.  A team assigned to the school conducted extensive operational tests of the prototype lifeboat.  Their input was invaluable in improving the design and details before final production was begun in 1996.  The National Motor Lifeboat School now operates a fleet of two venerable 44-foot lifeboats and four of the 47-foot lifeboats.  This mix of old and new boat resources allows the school to provide training on both lifeboat types through the years it will take to fully transition the U.S. Coast Guard to the newest 47-foot Motor Lifeboats.   

The National Motor Lifeboat School is a unique U.S. Coast Guard training center that operates under the Office of Boat Forces (Commandant G-OCS). With a staff of about 40 personnel, it serves the Coast Guard as an operations Center of Excellence for the MLB platform providing "C" school resident training, MLB readiness and Standardization assessments, and 47 foot MLB transition training. The NMLB School is located near the mouth of the Columbia River at Cape Disappointment just outside of Ilwaco, Washington. The area known as the "Graveyard of the Pacific" provides the training grounds for Coast Guard personnel learning to care for and operate the 47 foot MLB.

The origin of the National Motor Lifeboat School comes from seasoned surfmen and crews getting together to share common practices and techniques for survival in these treacherous waters. The NMLB School continues this tradition through its hands-on classes for boat coxswains as well as the engineering and operational managers of the MLB fleet. The class for Heavy Weather Coxswain is one of the only ones in the world that teaches the art of boat operations in extreme weather and surf. The self-righting 47 foot Motor Lifeboat is the backbone of the USCG boat fleet and designed for up to 20 foot surf and 30 foot seas. Students turn classroom preparation into practical experience as they work these boats on the Columbia River Bar.

[HiJinx]

I became real busy with the run-up to the war, and am now trying to catch up on things that got placed on the back burner.

I try to steal an hour or so each morning to have some fun and see what's happening in our world, then come back when I can.

English, eh? Very important subject...people do indeed judge us by the words we use and how we use them. The sad fact is that those who are judged to be lacking are rarely informed of their shortcoming, so never really have a chance to improve.

I wonder why public school teachers can't impress that fact on their students...never mind, I think I already know your answer!!!

{{{{Spooky}}}} - Back at you!

[68-69TonkinGulfYachtClub]

Good Morning!

PS Now I am really out the door. See everyone tonight!

[grantswank]

good morning and good evening.

have a good one.

yes yes yes.

[grantswank]

DOVE'S WINGS

They're hugging us
From street to street
Euphoria
In skies replete

With sympathies
And memories
To be forgot
For centuries.

The principle --
Morality --
Ensconsed in wills
Who ache to see

Beyond the blood,
Brutality,
Beyond the tears
A DREAM set free.

[HiJinx]

Today's early e-mail humor:

A sweet little boy surprised his grandmother one morning and brought her a cup of coffee.

He made it himself and was so proud.

He anxiously waited to hear the verdict on the quality of the coffee.

The grandmother had never in her life had such a bad cup of coffee, and as she forced down the last sip she noticed three of those little green army guys in the bottom of the cup.

She asked, "Honey, why would three little green army guys be in the bottom of my cup?"

Her grandson replied, "You know grandma, it's like on TV...The best part of waking up is soldiers in your cup."

[grantswank]

much 'preciation once again for the flicks / pix.

just plain informative.

wonderful!!!!!

[Soaring Feather]

G'Morning Jinx!!!

Good one, I love that!!!

Fantastic!!

[Valin]

On This Day In History


Birthdates which occurred on April 03:
---- Pak Tai Hong Kong
1245 Philip III king of France (1270-85)
1593 George Herbert English metaphysical poet (5 Mystical Songs)
1783 Washington Irving American writer (Legend of Sleepy Hollow)
1822 Edward Everett Hale US, clergyman/author (Man without a Country)
1823 William Macy "Boss" Tweed corrupt NYC political boss
1837 John Burroughs writer/nature enthusiast (Burroughs Medal namesake)
1893 Leslie Howard London, actor (Gone With the Wind)
1894 Dooley Wilson Tyler Tx, actor (Bill-Beulah)
1895 Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco Firenze (Florence) Italy, composer
1898 George Jessel toastmaster general/entertainer (Diary of Young Comic)
1898 Henry R Luce publisher (1965 Fisher Award)
19-- Anne DeSalvo Phila, actress (Compromosing Positions)
19-- John Laughlin Memphis Tn, actor (White Shadow)
19-- Kuan Yin buddhist/taoist deity
19-- Pat Proft Minneapolis Mn, comedy writer (Naked Gun, Airplane)
1904 Peter Van Steeden Amsterdam Neth, orch leader (Break the Bank)
1904 Sally Rand US, actress/ecdysiast/fan dancer (1933 Chic World Fair)
1916 Herb Caen Sacramento Calif, columnist (SF Chronicle)
1917 Bill Finegan Newark NJ, (Sauter-Finegan Band, Sat Night Revue)
1918 Sixten Ehrling Malm” Sweden, conductor (Royal Opera of Stockholm)
1920 Stan Freeman Waterbury Conn, pianist (Melody Tour)
1921 Harry Landers NYC, actor (Ted Hoffman-Ben Casey)
1921 Marilyn Maxwell Clarinda Iowa, actress (Grace-Bus Stop)
1923 Jan Sterling NYC, actress (1st Monday in October, HS Confidential)
1924 Doris Day Cincinnati Oh, "girl next door" actress (Pillow Talk)
1924 Marlon Brando Omaha Neb, actor (Superman, Godfather)
1925 Tony Benn British minister of technology (1968)
1926 Virgil Grissom Mitchell Ind, Lt Col USAF/astronaut (Merc 4, Gemini 3)
1927 Eva Sz‚kely Hungary, 200m backstroke swimmer (Olympic-gold-1952)
1929 Miyoshi Umeki Jap, actr (Mrs Livingston-Courtship of Eddie's Father)
1930 Helmut Kohl chancellor (Germany)
1930 Lawton Chiles (Sen-D-Fl)
1930 Max Frankel journalist (Tables of Id of Organic Compounds)
1931 Alex Cord Floral Park NY, actor (Jack-WEB, Michael-Airwolf)
1934 Jane Goodall London England, ethologist, studied African chimps
1934 Jim Parker NFL guard, tackle (Baltimore Colts)
1937 Simon Brown British high court judge
1937 William Gaunt Leeds England, actor (The Champions)
1938 Jeff Barry Bkln NY, rock writer (Tell Laura I Love Her)
1938 Phillppe Wynn rocker (Spinners)
1939 Vitaliy Davidov USSR, ice hockey player (Olympic-gold-1964, 68, 72)
1941 Eric Braeden actor (Victor Newman-Young & Restless)
1941 Jan Berry singer (Jan & Dean-Deadman's Curve)
1942 Marsha Mason St Louis Mo, (Blume in Love, Cinderella Liberty)
1942 Michael Elliott US, skier (Olympics-1968)
1942 Rick Sylvester parachute ski jumper (world record 3,300')
1942 Wayne Newton singer (Danke Sch”n)
1944 Richard Manuel rocker (Band-Cripple Creek)
1944 Tony Orlando NYC, singer (& Dawn-Tie a Yellow Ribbon)
1945 Catherine Spaak France, actress (Empty Canvas, Hotel)
1945 Richard Manuel pianist/vocalist (Up on Cripple Creek)
1946 Carlos Salinas de Gortari president (M‚xico)
1948 Garrick Ohlsson Bronxville NY, pianist (Intl Busoni winner 1969)
1948 Mary Gordon-Watson England, equestrian 3 day event (Oly-gold-1972)
1949 Lyle Alzado NFLer (LA Raiders)/actor
1949 Richard Thompson vocalist/guitarist (Shoot out the Lights)
1951 Mel Schacher bassist (Grand Funk Railroad-Some Kind of Wonderful)
1954 Mick Mars [Bob Allen Dale], IN, guitarist (M”tley Cre-Girls Girls)
1956 Miguel Bose Panama, spanish singer
1958 Alec Baldwin Amityville NY, actor, (Joshua-Knots Landing, Beetlejuice), (honorary frenchman)
1961 Eddie Murphy Bkln NY, actor (SNL, 48 Hours, Beverly Hills Cop, Raw)
1962 John Gruffith rocker (Red Rockers)
1968 Sebastian Philip Clerk Bach Bahamas, rock (Skid Row-Psycho Love)
1972 Jennie Garth Champagn Ill, actr (Kelly Taylor-Beverly Hills 90210)

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Deaths which occurred on April 03:
1882 Jesse James shot dead in St Joseph Mo by Robert Ford
1936 Bruno Hauptmann convicted Lindbergh baby killer, executed
1946 Lt Gen Masaharu Homma (responsible for Bataan Death March), executed
1950 Carter G Woodson "father of black history," dies in Wash DC at 74
1980 Luella Gear actress (Joe & Mabel), dies at 82
1982 Warren Oates actor (East of Eden, Stoney Burke), dies at 53
1990 Sarah Vaughn jazz singer, dies of lung cancer at 66
1991 Grahame Greene author (3rd Man), dies at 86

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On this day...
245 -BC- Origin of Era of Arsaces
309 -BC- Origin of Seleucid Era
419 [Etalius] ends his reign as Catholic Pope
1679 Edmund Halley meets Johannes Hevelius in Danzig
1776 Washington receives honorary Ll.D. degree from Harvard College
1783 Sweden & US sign a treaty of Amity & Commerce
1848 Thomas Douglas becomes 1st SF public teacher
1860 Pony Express began between St Joseph Mo & Sacramento Calif
1865 Union forces occupy Confederate capital of Richmond Va & Petersberg
1868 An Hawaiian surfs on highest wave ever, he rides a 50' tidal wave
1872 J C Watson discovers asteroid #119 Althaea
1886 J Palisa discovers asteroids #256 Walpurga & #274 Philagoria
1889 Savings Bank of the Order of True Reformers opens in Richmond, Va
1905 M Wolf discovers asteroid #562 Salome
1908 Frank Gotch wins world heavyweight wrestling championship in 2 hrs
1910 Highest mountain in North America, Alaska's Mt McKinley climbed
1916 S Belyavskij disc asteroid 854 Frostia, 855 Newcombia & 856 Backlunda
1918 House of Reps accepts American Creed written by William Tyler
1926 2nd flight of a liquid-fueled rocket by Robert Goddard
1927 Interstate Commerce Comm transfers Ohio to Eastern time zone
1930 Mont Canadiens sweep Boston Bruins in 2 games for Stanley Cup
1930 Ras Tafari becomes Emperor Haile Selassie of Abyssinia (Ethiopia)
1933 1st airplane flight over Mt Everest
1933 Then longest North American hockey game requires a 1:44:46 overtime as Maple Leaf Ken Doraty scores to beat Canadiens 1-0
1935 C Jackson discovers asteroids #1354 Botha & #1948 Kampala
1936 Al Carr KOs Lew Massey on 1 punch, :07 of the 1st round
1936 Shortest boxing bout with gloves lasts only 10 seconds
1937 K Inkeri discovers asteroid #1425 Tuorla
1940 Y Vaisala discovers asteroids #2194 Arpola, #2512 Tavastia & #3099
1944 Supreme Court (Smith v Allwright) "white primaries" unconstitutional
1948 1st US figure skating championships held
1948 Harry Truman signs Marshall Plan ($5B aid to 16 European countries)
1949 KQW-AM in San Francisco CA changes call letters to KCBS
1954 Don Perry climbs a 20' rope in under 2.8 seconds (AAU record)
1955 Balt Orioles pull their 1st triple play (3-6-2 vs KC Athletics)
1962 Jockey Eddie Arcaro retires after 31 years (24,092 races)
1964 Beatles hold the top 6 spots on the Sydney Australia record charts
1964 US & Panam agree to resume diplomatic relations
1965 1st atomic powered spacecraft (snap) launched
1967 113 East Europeans attending World Amateur hockey championships in Vienna, ask for political asylum
1968 N Vietnam agrees to meet US reps to set up preliminary peace talks
1970 Miriam Hargrave of England passes her drivers test on 40th try
1972 L Chernykh discovers asteroid #2142 Landau
1974 148 tornadoes are reported over an area covering a dozen states
1974 Gold hits record $197 an ounce in Paris
1975 Bobby Fischer stripped of world chess title for refusing to defend
1975 James Rupers kills his family to inherit
1976 N Chernykh discovers asteroid #3493
1976 Phila Flyers win record tying 20th straight NHL home game
1977 Boston Bruin Jean Ratelle scores his 1,000th NHL point
1977 Egyptian Pres Anwar Sadat 1st meeting with President Jimmy Carter
1981 Arnie Boldt of Saskatchewan jumped 6' 8.25", with 1 leg
1982 Buffalo Sabre Gil Perrault scores his 1,000th NHL point
1982 UN Security Council demanded Argentina withdraw from Falkland Islands
1984 E Bowell discovers asteroid #3676
1984 Soyuz T-11 carries 3 cosmonauts (1 Indian-Rakesh Sharma) to Salyut 7
1985 Vic Elliot pocketed 15,780 pool balls in 24 hours in London
1987 Bill Elliott sets NASCAR qualify record of 212.809 mph at Talladega
1988 Mario Lemieux wins NHL scoring title, stopping Gretsky 7 year streak
1988 NJ Devils beat Chicago to clinch their 1st ever playoff spot
1989 "Sunrise" a Gannett newspaper begins publishing for the Bronx
1989 Michigan beats Seaton Hall for NCAA basketball title
1992 1st exhibition game at Camden Field-Orioles beat NY Mets

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Holidays
Note: Some Holidays are only applicable on a given "day of the week"

Switzerland : Glarius Festival (1388) - - - - - ( Thursday )
Mass : Student Government Day - - - - - ( Friday )

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Religious Observances
Ang : Commemoration of Richard, Bishop of Chichester

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Religious History
1189 The Peace of Strasbourg was signed, resolving the differences between Emperor Frederick Barbarossa of Germany and Pope Clement III.
1528 In Cologne, German reformer Adolf Clarenbach, 28, was arrested for teaching Protestant (some say Anabaptist or Waldensian) doctrines. The following year, Clarenbach was burned at the stake for his faith.
1593 Birth of George Herbert, English clergyman and poet. One of his verses endures today as the hymn, "The King of Love My Shepherd Is."
1759 Anglican clergyman and hymnwriter John Newton wrote in a letter: 'I believe that love to God, and to man for God's sake, is the essence of religion and the fulfilling of the law.'
1950 Death of American hymnwriter Ira B. Wilson, 70. Associated with Lorenz Publishing in Dayton, Ohio for over 40 years, Wilson's most enduring sacred composition was "Make Me a Blessing" (aka "Out of the Highways and Byways of Life").

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Thought for the day :
"Bureaucracy defends the status quo long past the time when the quo has lost its status."

[Radix]

What are you doing

[TxBec]

Some more humor..

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Q. What is the Iraqi air force motto?

A. I came, I saw, Iran.

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Q. Have you heard about the new Iraqi air force exercise program?

A. Each morning you raise your hands above your head and leave them there.

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Q. What's the five-day forecast for Baghdad?

A. Two days.

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Q. What do Miss Muffet and Saddam Hussein have in common?

A. They both have Kurds in their way.

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Q. What is the best Iraqi job?

A. Foreign ambassador.

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Q. Did you hear that it is twice as easy to train Iraqi fighter pilots?

A. You only have to teach them to take off.

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Q. How do you play Iraqi bingo?

A. B-52 ... F-16 ... B-52

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Q. What is Iraq's national bird?

A. Duck.

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Q. What do Saddam Hussein and General Custer have in common?

A. They both want to know where those Tomahawks are coming from!

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Q. Why does the Iraqi navy have glass bottom boats?

A. So they can see their air force.

[Radix]

50

[grantswank]

right on!!!!!!!!!

[Radix]

You stole my spot.

[grantswank]

love it. keep 'em comin'.

[TxBec]

awww. :)

[Soaring Feather]

What are you doing?

Not beating you for sure!!

What are you doing Rabbit????

[Soaring Feather]

Q. Why does the Iraqi navy have glass bottom boats? A. So they can see their air force.

OMG that is hilarious!!

[grantswank]

agreed.

[SAMWolf]

You're welcome Reverend Grant. Amazing how a ball can erase differences between Countries for a short time.

[firewalk]

Good morning everyone

hope your day goes well