Coast guard

1. When I joined the Coast Guard 21 years ago, I would never have guessed I would be writing a memo based on my leadership philosophy. My first two years and ten days in the Coast Guard was the most miserable I have ever been. I was one of two females at a Small Boat Station in Rockland, Maine. My roommate and I were treated differently, to say the least. We were the only two mess cooks out of 20 non-rated personnel. Her and I would switch every other month for more than one year. It took us

One of my first experiences in the Coast Guard was a question that went out to the whole company, “Why do you want to be in the Coast Guard?” Naturally my response was that I wanted to help people. Little did I know at the time, that as I progressed through my career, so too would the focus of my desire to help shift to the people placed under my charge. Starting out I didn’t place much thought into leadership. Luckily, I have had the privilege to serve with several people that have demonstrated

components of what the United States Coast Guard provides for America. The Coast Guard is one of the five armed services in the United States and was the only force on the sea until the United States Department of the Navy came along(USCG: A Multi-Mission Force). The Revenue Cutter Service, now known as the Coast Guard began in 1915 and its purpose since then is to protect the United States, the environment, and to save lives at sea. The United States Coast Guard has an immense importance on the citizens

The Coast Guard regulations outline equipment and procedures to reduce unnecessary bulk cargo from spilling (USCG). Though these regulations aim at preventing avoidable cargo spills; accidents out of a crew's control can happen. Sometimes a ship in rough water

appropriate operation of the boat. But, boating can be fun, safe and rewarding if you take time to learn how to safely operate your boat, and follow the rules. Learning the requisite laws and regulations is a good starting point. The United States Coast Guard (USCG) distributes a publication call Navigation Rules: International - Inland. This publication, which can be ordered or downloaded from the USCG website, is also referred to as the navigational "Rules of the Road" or "Coloregs". These regulations

Brittany Currie Jane Elkin Graduation Project 16 September 2014 U.S Coast Guard Members of the U.S Coast Guard use patrol boats, cutters, and aircraft to watch over certain areas in the sky or sea (Noble 224-225). Thinking about U.S Coast Guarding? What would it be like doing certain missions like searching and rescuing for someone who is missing at sea? Well to some coast guarding looks like a very interesting and yet surprising career to choose. One of the most important aspects of

beginning it was first established, the Coast Guard was never seen as important to the people for about 200 years. Why is it that they’ve never had notice? How come they do all the dirty work in the ocean and no one seems to care? Well the Coast Guard is the reason why the United States has been protected, so that we can go to bed at night knowing that nothing’s going to happen to us. There are many reasons to why the Coast Guard is so important to society. The U.S. Coast is a huge part of our military and

Summary This document shows how hard finical management is in the United States Coast Guard. That they have to follow all of the laws and very tight budget that the government gives them. They also have to stay in audit regulations for the government. They also have to be able to handle very complicated situations with the money spending. It also talks about the all money they put into training them and how over time they will be given more work to deal with. It goes on to tell how many skills

1. Current Coast Guard policy, reference (a), relies entirely on the Decedent Affairs Officer (DAO) as a collateral duty. This responsibility for coordinating support services related to active duty, reserve and dependents deaths is extremely time consuming and detracts from a DAO’s normal duties. The lack of a full time DAO to provide assistance to the family or next of kin (NOK) is stressful and emotionally draining on the individual. The Decedent Affairs Officer needs to be streamlined into

1. According to the Coast Guard Chief of Casualty Matters, there are inaccuracies on seventy-five percent of all required annual verification forms received from the field following a personnel casualty. The magnitude of the information contained within these forms is not being properly relayed to our members. To become proficient in collecting required documentation, the Coast Guard needs to eliminate inaccuracies on the Designation of Beneficiaries and Record of Emergency Data Form (CG 2020D)