Coast Guard Retiree Council Northwest

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CG EMPLOYMENT/VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITIES

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CG FEATURES

2012 JAN 27 - Great video: CG hoist from M/V east of E-City

2012 JAN 27 - CG trains to deal with oil and ice

2012 JAN 27 - Alaska Deck Watch: A look at CG Alaska history

2012 JAN 27 - Aviation mentorship & the Tuskegee Airmen

2012 JAN 27 -Shipmates of the Wk: Lookouts on CGC Venturous

2012 JAN 26 - Medal of Honor recipient visits CG unit

2012 JAN 26 - Helping manatees and turtle hatchlings

2012 JAN 25 - CG Flag Officer addresses MAST Academy Ceremony

2012 JAN 25 - CG members get WEPS training on simulator

2012 JAN 25 - About Coast Guard airboats

2012 JAN 25 - Details: CGA cadets talk with Daniel Burbank

2012 JAN 24 - Video: Astro-Coastie talks with CGA cadets from space

2012 JAN 24 - Keeping the Coast Guard airborne

2012 JAN 24 - Alaska Deck Watch: Honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

2012 JAN 24 - Update - Midnight pot smuggling attempt failed

2012 JAN 23 - WW II CG Vet awarded Purple Heart 96 years later

2012 JAN 22 - Honoring, laying to rest a CG veteran

2012 JAN 20 - Ensuring cruise ship safety

2012 JAN 20 - The year of the Coast Guard Family

2012 JAN 20 - Shipmate of the Wk.: Elaine Sevin

2012 JAN 19 - Looking at the future of CG small boats

2012 JAN 19 - Not glamorous, but necessary work in the snow

2012 JAN 19 - CG History: The War of 1812

2012 JAN 18 - It takes more than luck to survive a sinking

2012 JAN 17 - 2011 CG Video of the Year winners

2012 JAN 17 - There's no place like Nome

2012 JAN 15 - History: African Americans and the USCG

2012 JAN 14 - Alaska Deck Watch: The Nome mission

2012 JAN 13 - Shipmate of the Wk.: BM3 Tonya Midgett

2012 JAN 12 - The art and science of icebreaking

2012 JAN 11 - Happy birthday, Alexander Hamilton!

2012 JAN 10 - Have hook, will travel. AIRSTA aids ANT

2012 JAN 10 - Japanese exchange students tour AIRSTA

2001 JAN 10 - Admiral drops the puck at hockey game

2012 JAN 10 - Have you voted? CG video of the year

2012 JAN 09 - Pictures of (abandoned) Governor's Island

2012 JAN 09 - CG drops wreath on anniversary of Titanic

2012 JAN 08 - Remembering LT Colleen Cain 30 years later

2012 JAN 06 - CBP canine handlers train at CGAS Detroit

2012 JAN 06 - Alaska Deck Watch: History of Healy

2012 JAN 06 - Alaska Deck Watch: A look at boating safety

2012 JAN 06 - Wanted: Shipmates of the Week

2012 JAN 06 - Shipmate of the Wk.: AMTC Jack Hancock

2012 JAN 04 - ADM Allen on leadership (Washington Post)

2012 JAN 04 - CG History: General Order No. 1

2012 JAN 03 - CG vet gets respect for our service in GA!

2012 JAN 03 - First "lifesaving flight" by CG helo 03 JAN 1944

2012 JAN 02 - Closing out 2011 with a drug bust

2012 JAN 02 - Ringing in 2012 with rhyme: Afloat

2012 JAN 02 - Ringing in 2012 with rhyme: Ashore

2012 JAN 01 - CG 2011 Video of the Year - Day 10

2011 DEC 30 - CGC Eagle gets overhaul

- For earlier items, click here

CG MISCELLANEOUS

LORAN history page

CG- 6017 INFORMATION ARCHIVE

Coast Guard video clips - SAR, LE, etc., on YouTube

FREEBIES & DISCOUNTS

Comprehensive list of vets benefits Websites (pdf) from SKCM Karl Keyes, CG Base Seattle CMC

Comprehensive list of senior discounts - from LCDR Ralph Preston

Sears "Heroes at Home Wish Registry" underway again

HEALY MISSION TO NOME

Healy Aloft Conn Webcam (updated hourly)

Images from State of Alaska

2012 JAN 22 - Healy, Renda begin departure from Nome

2012 JAN 20 - Mission to Nome complete

2012 JAN 20 - Update on CG ops in Nome

2012 JAN 19 - Fuel delivery complete!

2012 JAN 17 - Renda begins fuel transfer (video, photos)

2012 JAN 16 - Fuel prep video (good, but slow to load)

2012 JAN 16 - CG, Renda prepare for fuel transfer

2012 JAN 16 - CG, tanker prepare for transfer

2012 JAN 14 - Healy & Renda arrive at Nome

2012 JAN 14 - Healy & Renda 7 NM from Nome

2012 JAN 13 - Photo of helo on CG Healy flight deck

2012 JAN 13 - CG urges caution as Healy/Renda near shore

2012 JAN 13 - CG continues Nome fuel preparations

2012 JAN 13 - RADM (Ret.) Jeffrey Garrett joins mission to Nome

2012 JAN 12 - Video update of Healy & Renda w/ XO commentary

2012 JAN 12 - Nome fuel delivery preparations continue

2012 JAN 12 - Drone helps fuel resupply mission (AP)

2012 JAN 11 - Nome: Overflight & coordination meeting

2012 JAN 10 - Planned Nome fuel transfer safety zone

2012 JAN 10 - Healy & Renda photo/video updates

2012 JAN 09 - More video and photos of CGC Healy & Renda

2012 JAN 09 - View from bridge of CGC Healy

2012 JAN 08 - CGC Healy underway (photo update)

2012 JAN 08 - CGC Healy breaks path to Nome (update)

2012 JAN 08 - CGC Healy video

2012 JAN 07 - CGC Healy & Renda transit to Nome

2012 JAN 06 - CGC Healy escorting tanker to Nome (photos)

2012 JAN 04 - Nome oil resupply mission moving forward

2011 DEC 22 - CGC Healy to help relieve Nome fuel crisis

CG NEWS

2012 JAN 27 - CGC Morgenthau seizes cocaine, detains 3

2012 JAN 27 - CGIS searches for originator of false Maydays

2012 JAN 27 - CG suspends search for missing kayaker

2012 JAN 26 - CG rescues 11 fishermen in extreme weather

2012 JAN 26 - Shipping firms plead guilty to env. crimes

2012 JAN 25 - HC-130 makes medical supply drop in Gulf of Mex.

2012 JAN 25 - U.S. boat found off Spain 3+ years later

2012 JAN 25 - Video: CG flies 900-mile blood airdrop mission

2012 JAN 24 - CGC Spar commences drydock period

2012 JAN 24 - CG hoists three from grounded S/V

2012 JAN 24 - PSU 307 returns from deployment

2012 JAN 24 - New Dep. Asst. COMDT for Intel and CI

2012 JAN 23 - CG members recognized for heroic actions at sea

2012 JAN 23 - CG medevacs man from F/V off NJ

2012 JAN 23 - CG setting security zone for State of the Union

2012 JAN 22 - CG medevacs 1 from cruise ship in Gulf of Mex.

2012 JAN 22 - CG responds to vsl taking on water off FL

2012 JAN 20 - CG aids 3 in F/V taking on water off OR

2012 JAN 20 - COTP of NY, NJ promoted to RDML

2012 JAN 20 - CG responds to vsl taking on water

2012 JAN 20 - CG names top HST of 2011

2012 JAN 20 - CG medevacs 1 off Panama City

2012 JAN 20 - CG repatriates 17 Cubans, 61 Haitians

2012 JAN 20 - CG medevacs ill fisherman off Nantucket

2012 JAN 19 - CGC Mellon returns after 84-day patrol

2012 JAN 19 - CGA Cadet receives CG Commendation Medal

2012 JAN 19 - CGC Spencer returns after 60-day patrol

2012 JAN 19 - CGC Thunder Bay arrives in Detroit

2012 JAN 18 - Great video: CG medevacs 1 in rough seas off E-City

2012 JAN 18 - Death of retired Flag Officer

2012 JAN 16 - CG medevacs 1 from cruise ship off Bahamas

2012 JAN 16 - CG medevacs sailor from U.S. Navy ship

2012 JAN 16 - CG rescues man from sinking S/V off NC

2012 JAN 16 - CG ends search for small plane off MA

2012 JAN 15 - CG rescues man who fell through ice

2012 JAN 14 - CGC Rush aids snow removal in Dutch Harbor

2012 JAN 14 - ADM Papp addresses surface naval community

2012 JAN 14 - CG repatriates 11 Haitians, 3 Cubans

2012 JAN 14 - CG, Sheriff rescue boater and 2 dogs

2012 JAN 14 - CG investigates F/Vs collision off WA

- For earlier items, click here

CG HEALTH & BENEFITS NEWS

2012 JAN 27 - FRA, MOAA, NAUS legislative updates

2012 JAN 27 - VA expands medical care for newborns

2012 JAN 25 - Database to protect troops against scams

2012 JAN 24 - Vets & beneficiaries get 3.6% 2012 COLA

2012 JAN 22 - VA provides credit monitoring to 2,200 vets

2012 JAN 20 - VA updates Agent Orange ships list

2012 JAN 12 - VA emergency care payment policy changes

2012 JAN 11 - Medical colleges pledge care for troops

2012 JAN 10 - New law will increase VGLI coverage

2012 JAN 09 - CG Retiree tax statements available online

2012 JAN 05 - Tricare may cover substance treatments

2012 JAN 04 - New law eases airport screening for troops

2012 JAN 04 - VA deploying 20 new mobile vet centers

2012 JAN 03 - Tricare: Walgreens gone, but options remain

2012 JAN 02 - 2012 NDAA affects AD, Reserve, Retired

2011 DEC 29 - Liberalized rules for vets with undiagnosed illness

2011 DEC 29 - Pharmacy options for Tricare beneficiaries

2011 DEC 23 - How to switch your prescriptions from Walgreens

- For earlier items, click here

The purpose of the Coast Guard Retiree Council Northwest Website is to keep communication lines open among retired Coast Guard members and to provide information on key issues and events of interest. For information about the Commandant of the Coast Guard National Retiree Council Program, see COMDTINST 1800.5F of 05 July 2010.

This Website is an extension of our communications effort. Our goal is to provide a quality information product to our fellow USCG Retirees in the Pacific Northwest and Alaska, as well as Coast Guard members and retirees nationwide.

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USCG Photo - Healy works to free Renda from ice near Nome Jan. 20.