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Post by cgvt on Aug 4, 2018 8:37:57 GMT -5
Happy Coast Guard day to Pappyjoe and any other Coast Guard vets that may be hanging around Aug 4th, 1790 is the day that the Coast Guard was founded. The Coast Guard is the nation's oldest maritime service. (sorry squids  ) At the behest of Alexander Hamilton, President George Washington signed the Tariff Act that authorizes the construction of ten vessels, referred to as "cutters," to enforce federal tariff and trade laws and to prevent smuggling. The Revenue Cutter Service expanded in size and responsibilities as the nation grew. In 1915 The Revenue Cutter Service was merged with the U.S. Life-Saving Service, and is officially renamed the Coast Guard, making it the only maritime service dedicated to saving life at sea and enforcing the nation's maritime laws. So, I am inviting you all to have a smoke and hoist a glass in honor of the service to which I dedicated 30 years of my life. (I enjoyed just about every minute of it) Semper Paratus This is a video of a vertical insertion drill that I took back before I retired. I was Officer in Charge of the 87 foot patrol boat CG Cutter Mako and we had to provide escort for the drill. I was impressed by the Rotor Heads flying. This is recovery of our small boat after a boarding at sea. |
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Post by peterd-Buffalo Spirit on Aug 4, 2018 9:10:50 GMT -5
… raising a bowl to the Coast Guard...and to you cgvt!
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 4, 2018 10:52:48 GMT -5
HAPPY COAST GUARD DAY!!! (I'm yelling it) I was in the Suck myself, embrace the Suck! So I was gonna show y'all me drinking a lil "Brown Mule" to toast the CG but it won't let me do a video and now I drank that stuff and have to go back to the shop and finish my project. This should be interesting.
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Post by pepesdad1 on Aug 4, 2018 11:14:41 GMT -5
Hear Hear!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 11:47:09 GMT -5
My next pipe is in Honor of those past and present men and women who served in the U.S. Coast Guard🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
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Post by william on Aug 4, 2018 11:59:54 GMT -5
I second what Ted said. Have a good day, Jim. I will raise a glass to you a bit later in the day.  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 12:16:36 GMT -5
I am a tad Inland, but glad their out there. |
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Post by Darin on Aug 4, 2018 12:27:15 GMT -5
Great videos ... thanks for sharing those! |
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Post by cgvt on Aug 4, 2018 13:55:20 GMT -5
Coast Guard Day.
I have some great memories of some great parties... They all involved grilled meat of of some sort and depending on what part of the country you were in, some local seafood and, of course, lots and lots of beer. Some of my memories are more vague than others. One that stands out in memory was a party that we had at Station St Simons Island back in 87 or so...
The Navy League gave us a whole hog. MK3 Manny Padron had the plan and I was going to stay up all night and help him. He had advice from his father, a Cuban immigrant, on how to roast a pig properly.I think he planned on wrapping it in banana leaves and burying in the coal. He spent most of the day before prepping it with garlic and a special marinade. We all gave him a load of crap about it, but knew he knew what he was doing, All of us but Chief Blanda. Ha! He made us fill the entire smoker with charcoal and start grilling the hog. We started at about 8:00 pm. Manny was pissed because he wanted to do it low and slow and he knew that we were starting way too early to cook it the way we were going to have to do it. I didn't really know anything about it, I was planning on drinking beer all night and was just along for the ride, but we put the hog on the grill as we were instructed. The fire was too hot, so every little while we would each put on a pair of gloves and grab the hog by the legs and flip it over to keep it from burning as Manny dog-cussed Chief. After about three hours or so we went to flip the pig again. He grabbed the hind legs and I grabbed the front, we lifted and son of gun if we didn't pull all four legs out of the sockets. The pig was already done and falling off the bone and we were both standing there with a detached hog leg in each hand. I was laughing and Manny was so pissed at Chief that I think he was making up new words to curse him. By this time I was starting to get pretty loaded so I don't remember how he finished the pig, but it was pretty much done by midnight (I think). At about three in the morning, I staggered off into the station. The last thing I remember was bouncing off the walls going up the stairs to pass out in a rack in the berthing area. I was so hungover the next day, I couldn't even think of having a beer. From what I remember the pig was pretty damn tasty though. Ha!
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 14:40:53 GMT -5
Happy CG day. All this time I thought cgvt was because you were a govie, Jim.
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Post by pappyjoe on Aug 4, 2018 15:38:28 GMT -5
Thanks Jim and I hope you have a good Coast Guard Day also.
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Post by cgvt on Aug 4, 2018 16:15:45 GMT -5
 A couple or years before I retired. I'm the one flashing the peace sign. |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 4, 2018 16:50:48 GMT -5
CMC, Jim? Lots of years on that sleeve. About to enjoy a pipe. Dedicating it you and Pappyjoe. Thanks for your service, men.
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Post by cgvt on Aug 4, 2018 16:57:44 GMT -5
CMC, Jim? Lots of years on that sleeve. About to enjoy a pipe. Dedicating it you and Pappyjoe. Thanks for your service, men. I finished my career as a CMC at Sector Mobile. I had three commands before that, an 87' Coastal Patrol Boat, Station Dauphin Island Al, and Station Burlington VT. (The Coast Guard has senior enlisted Boatswain's Mates' in command of some units. I had the same authority as a Commanding Officer) |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 4, 2018 17:29:07 GMT -5
I never knew it was a thing, but I'm glad it is. Happy coast guard day.
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Post by exchef on Aug 4, 2018 19:12:31 GMT -5
Thank you to all the USCG past, present and future.
Y'all will likely have done your basic in the town I grew up, Cape May NJ. Depending when you went through, you might have participated in Operation Fireside, which was done each Thanksgiving and Christmas to allow recruits who were too far from home to enjoy the holidays with a local family. We opened our doors for almost 40 years.
Thank you for your service and happy birthday USCG!
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Post by trailboss on Aug 4, 2018 23:35:48 GMT -5
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Post by cgvt on Aug 5, 2018 0:22:52 GMT -5
Thank you to all the USCG past, present and future. Y'all will likely have done your basic in the town I grew up, Cape May NJ. Depending when you went through, you might have participated in Operation Fireside, which was done each Thanksgiving and Christmas to allow recruits who were too far from home to enjoy the holidays with a local family. We opened our doors for almost 40 years. Thank you for your service and happy birthday USCG! ExChef Thanks to you and your family, ExChef. That is a practice that still goes on today. I did attend boot camp in Cape May in March 1983. So I wasn't there over the Holidays. I went back in 2008 when I took command of CGC Mako. |
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Post by Legend Lover on Aug 5, 2018 3:05:27 GMT -5
Thank you to all the USCG past, present and future. Y'all will likely have done your basic in the town I grew up, Cape May NJ. Depending when you went through, you might have participated in Operation Fireside, which was done each Thanksgiving and Christmas to allow recruits who were too far from home to enjoy the holidays with a local family. We opened our doors for almost 40 years. Thank you for your service and happy birthday USCG! ExChef Thanks to you and your family, ExChef. That is a practice that still goes on today. I did attend boot camp in Cape May in March 1983. So I wasn't there over the Holidays. I went back in 2008 when I took command of CGC Mako. That looked hairy enough! |
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Post by Pistol Pete 1911 on Aug 6, 2018 10:31:47 GMT -5
A couple or years before I retired. I'm the one flashing the peace sign. Priceless |
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Post by pappyjoe on Aug 6, 2018 11:15:02 GMT -5
A couple or years before I retired. I'm the one flashing the peace sign. I didn't particularly like those uniforms. When I enlisted we still wore the crackerjacks and Donald Duck hat and the Chiefs wore khakis. We switched to the blue bus driver outfit in 1975. |
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Post by toshtego on Aug 6, 2018 11:26:11 GMT -5
Yes, let us salute our Coast Guard.
I am recalling an old family friend, John Sampson. Joined the CG in 1936. Served through the early days of WWII, even before we entered the fracas, on convoy escorts to the UK and then Russia. Many stories of those days. German submarines and artic winters. RIP, John and thank you.
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Post by oldcajun123 on Aug 6, 2018 11:27:26 GMT -5
 From a Navy Vet, my sincere admiration for the Coast Guard, brave men in small ships doing Big things.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 11:32:32 GMT -5
Old Navy Joke. Why do you have to be six feet tall to be in the Coast Guard? So you can walk to shore if the boat sinks. Great respect for the Coast Guard and all they do.
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From a Navy Vet, my sincere admiration for the Coast Guard, brave men in small ships doing Big things.