Author name: Tom Dougherty

On July 30, 1982 a C-130 crew assigned to AIRSTA Kodiak, AK was transporting personnel and cargo to the island of Attu. During the flight VFR weather conditions deteriorated, forward visibility was lost, and the aircraft lost altitude before impacting with the terrain. AT3 Brad Canfield and SN Steven Berryhill perished in the crash. The […]

Chief Petty Officer Academy Class 196 donated $550.00 to purchase a brick and help make the memorial a reality! They are the first CPO Academy class to do this. Their class motto, “Creating the footprints to forge the path ahead” says a lot about their support and dedication in our efforts to build the memorial.

CWO4 Christopher Moulton and MSTC Brian Diner passing the word and selling wears during Coast Guard Training Center Cape May’s Sunset Parade.

On July 13, 1994 Senior Chief James A. Pavini and Chief Charles R. Bloome, Jr., both Marine Inspectors from MSU Texas City (Galveston), were two of four passengers aboard a contract helicopter en route to inspect a merchant vessel off the coast of Galveston, Texas. The helicopter, an Aerospatiale AS-350B1 leased by Sea-Link Helicopters, crashed

On June 5, 1942, a flight crew from NAS Pensacola, Florida that included AM2 Richard Fisher was conducting a patrol over the Gulf of Mexico. A position report at 1025 was the last time anyone heard from the aircraft. An extensive search was later completed, but no wreckage was ever found. Remembering our aviation heroes.

Carting for a Cause departed TRACEN Petaluma this morning with members of the Coast Guard driving an electrically powered cart across the country in support of the Wounded Warrior Project, making stops along the way to raise money and awareness for the organization. Big THANK YOU to the CPOA Petaluma Chapter for donating money to

Scotch Cap Light was built in 1903 on the southwest coast of Unimak Island, Alaska, earning it the distinction as the first light established on the state’s outer coast. The original lighthouse was a 45 foot wood tower built atop an octagonal wood building. In 1945, BMC Anthony Petit was assigned as its keeper and

The spring meeting of the Northeast Region of the Fleet Reserve Association is presenting a resolution to the New Jersey State FRA and the FRA headquarters to support construction of the Coast Guard Enlisted Memorial! Thank you FRA for your efforts!

On this day in 2004 DC3 Nathan Bruckenthal and two U.S. Navy sailors, PO1 Michael Pernaselli and PO2 Christopher Watts, were killed when a suicide bomber detonated explosives concealed in a small boat they intercepted as it approached the Khawr Al Amaya Oil Terminal off the coast of Iraq. By preventing the explosive laden vessel

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