Staying Ready
At home, she’s a wife and a youth soccer referee. But in the summer of 2011, as she prepared for …
Homeland Security
Interview: Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz, USCG
Rear Adm. Sandra L. Stosz has made a career of setting precedents: A member of the Coast Guard Academy’s class …
Acquisition Partnerships: A Guiding Principle Toward Success
Despite having one of the broadest mission sets of any uniformed service, the U.S. Coast Guard is small in both …
Coast Guard Cutter Continues “Christmas Ship” Tradition
’Tis the season for deserving families in the Chicago, Ill., area, who will now have a Christmas tree thanks to …
Law Enforcement Q&A: William J. “Bill” Bratton
It’s tough enough to be a beat cop and move up in the ranks of a police department, but to …
USCG Medevac off Flagler Beach
Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Darren Navarra, a rescue swimmer from Air Station Savannah, hoists Carol Moore off the …
Interview: MCPOCG Michael P. Leavitt
As the service’s highest-ranking enlisted member, Michael P. Leavitt, master chief petty officer of the Coast Guard, advises the commandant …
Big Problems Can Come From Small Boats
America depends upon the oceans and waterways in so many ways, but there also are many threats and hazards – …
Multi-sensor Sentry
As of August 2011, the U.S. Coast Guard had 12 HC-144A Ocean Sentry medium-range surveillance aircraft and a dozen associated …
The Fast Response Cutter: A New Generation of Coast Guard Patrol Boats
The U.S. Coast Guard’s fast response cutter (FRC) – known as the Sentinel class – is now a step closer …