Your resources are feeling a bit pinched lately -- either you don't have enough money, or you don't have enough time to get your latest goal accomplished ... but have no fear! It's time to bring out your secret weapon: your ingenuity. Apply some creativity to whatever's got you flummoxed, and in no time at all you'll be humming along on the right ( Read more... )

I'm just one step away from finishing the U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Style Usage Guide. All that is left is to ghost write the Preface for the Commodore, and that is being done by my Department Chief. This is an important project for me. The Commodore asked for this over four years ago and I took it on two years ago and was finally able to get ( Read more... )

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I finally got to see the film yesterday. It is a very good movie that was very well made and held strong to the truth of the Coast Guard's mission, history and story ( Read more... )

On August 4th, 1790, at the request of the newly inducted Secretary of the Treasury, Alexander Hamilton, Congress approved the commissioning of 10 "Revenue Cutters" to protect the interests of our fledgling country. This Revenue Marine grew into the organization we now now as the United States Coast Guard. A proud tradition of Service, Devotion, ( Read more... )

In response to this: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4705698 I posted the following on a Photographers Forum:

I am on both sides of this issue. As a Coast Guard Auxiliary Officer on Safety Patrol I have been needed to inquire as to a persons motives during seemingly innocent activity, such as photographing a dam. We have been ( Read more... )

http://www.auxadept.org/media/KCRA3Reports_FolsomLake_2005-05-28-A.wmv (51 MB ( Read more... )

Both of these files are about 30 MEGS ( Read more... )