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Title: Coast Guard
Post by: DDMac on August 04, 2008, 05:36:10 PM: Happy Coast Guard Day to all you Wild and Crazy Guys!!

Mac.
RD3,
CLG-6
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: leatherman92 on August 04, 2008, 06:30:27 PM: happy CG day
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: twyacht on August 04, 2008, 08:43:09 PM: As a former commercial fisherman, here in Wilmington, I'm damn happy they are the ones you can call when your 68 miles "off the hill",. I have a personal attachment to a couple of "Coasties", God Bless Them All. We have the U.S.S. Diligence, home port!

Plus Sunny Point Military Terminal in this area supplies many munitions to our military, patrolled 24/7 by RHIOB patrol boats with that darn .50 bolted to the deck.(As an ABYC/NMEA certified installer of marine electronics, I can vouch for the good stuff onboard."

They are a great bunch of guys. Thanks Mac, great post.

Quick practice day,..

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9wRdLimOaKY&feature=related
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: DDMac on August 05, 2008, 06:21:37 AM: Never had the chance to ask at the time, but what ribbon does the Coast Guard award for combat duty? The Navy has the Combat Action Ribbon.

Mac.
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: jaybet on August 05, 2008, 08:50:03 AM: Been around them my whole life. The Coast Guard Rocks!
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: shooter32 on August 05, 2008, 09:01:15 AM: Quote from: DDMack on August 04, 2008, 05:36:10 PM
Happy Coast Guard Day to all you Wild and Crazy Guys!!

Mac.
RD3,
CLG-6

+1
Man can those guys put away the beer ;D ;D
Guess that helps the wild and crazy 8) 8)
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: Hazcat on August 05, 2008, 10:18:24 AM: Quote from: jaybethel on August 05, 2008, 08:50:03 AM
Been around them my whole life. The Coast Guard Rocks!

?? I heard that putting you boat on the rocks is bad! On the other hand bourbon and rocks...........;D
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: jaybet on August 05, 2008, 10:21:28 AM: I've been around them, but never actually owned a boat. I got HORRIBLE seasick until I was about 40 years old. Now I'm ok but can't afford a boat...you have to want to spend a LOT of time with the thing, and that's not me.
The good news is they never had to come pluck me out of the middle of the Atlantic.
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: jnevis on August 05, 2008, 10:39:57 AM: Quote from: DDMack on August 05, 2008, 06:21:37 AM
Never had the chance to ask at the time, but what ribbon does the Coast Guard award for combat duty? The Navy has the Combat Action Ribbon.

Mac.

I want to believe that the CAR is the same for Navy/USMC, and CG.

I was a Sea Explorer in high school and our leaders were all Coasties. We always got volun-told to help out with thier drills in the SF Bay (helo pick ups are cool but treading water in the Bay sucked) or they needed help with anything. Had to help pull a jumper out of the water near the Golden Gate, DAMN!
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: tombogan03884 on August 05, 2008, 10:49:05 AM: "Volun-told" I like that ;D
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: DesertMarine on August 05, 2008, 01:06:07 PM: Happy Coast Guard Day, Coasties

Semper Fi
Title: Re: Coast Guard
Post by: jnevis on August 05, 2008, 02:43:48 PM: Quote from: tombogan03884 on August 05, 2008, 10:49:05 AM
"Volun-told" I like that ;D

I tend to have that happen a lot. Things like "mandatory fun day" unit or company picnics that you HAVE to go to. >:(

NAVY-Never Again Volunteer Yourself, just hasn't sunk in yet I guess.