LT Thomas Shuler is pioneering the Coast Guard’s UAS (Unmanned Aerial Surveillance) program by earning the distinction of being our first operational Predator MQ-9 Pilot.
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Can you imagine what it would be like to deploy out of a helicopter over rocky cliffs and turbulent seas and swim in and back out of a cave with raging waves to rescue someone. Almost like a Hollywood movie, isn’t it?
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Boatswain's Mate Second Class Matthew Garrison was a true Guardian in action on Sunday when his professional training and good instincts saved the life of an unconscious scuba diver.
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Stationed throughout the country including Alaska, Hawaii and Guam, Coast Guard operations specialists perform several vital functions in the service, including search and rescue coordination, intelligence gathering and analysis, and real-time target acquisition, tracking and identification.
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"With 31 years of military service, Boatswain's Mate Master Chief Petty Officer John Petrie, the commanding officer of the Hawaii-based Coast Guard Cutter Ahi, isn't ready to retire. After serving at numerous units, he still wants more. Some Coast Guardsmen may call it experience; others call it "Being salty.""
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Times have changed and for many women in 2009, they no longer submit to the traditional view that a woman's place is at home or in the kitchen. They can and are able to serve right alongside men in all of the uniformed services. Now the statement, "You work like a girl" has taken on a completely new meaning.
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