Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Lt. Cmdr. Frank Erickson – Coast Guard pioneer of helicopter flight

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Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard “River Cutter” pioneered desegregation 100 years ago

A rare image of Yocona’s crew in 1925 shows the black enlisted men, and white officers and non-commissioned officers posed on board the cutter. Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard." data-image-description="A rare image of Yocona’s crew in 1925 shows the black enlisted men, and white officers and non-commissioned officers posed on board the cutter.

Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Coxswain James C. Osborn – flawed hero during World War I

Painting of the SS Wellington with Seneca in the background. This response effort is the most honored combat-related rescue in service history. (Coast Guard Collection)" data-image-description="Painting of the SS Wellington with Seneca in the background. This response effort is the most honored combat-related rescue in service history. (Coast Guard

Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Diligence – historic cutter, OPC namesake

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Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Hanna – the service’s forgotten Medal of Honor hero

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Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: A wartime rescue by Cutter Argo 75 years ago

Cutter Argo (WPC-100) on patrol. Originally designed for Prohibition law enforcement, this type of cutter was particularly seaworthy and maneuverable. With the U.S. entry into World War II, Argo was attached to the Atlantic Fleet as a convoy escort vessel. U.S. Coast Guard photo." data-image-description="Cutter Argo (WPC-100) on patrol. Originally

Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: “Semper Paratus”—Coast Guard men and women in Hurricane Maria

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Feb. 11, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard hero and FRC namesake William Flores

William Flores’s Coast Guard portrait photo as a seaman apprentice. U.S. Coast Guard photo.That quiet young man that I was impressed with from the first time I met him will forever be a hero in my eyes. I have never forgotten him and never will. It is a fitting tribute to his heroism that a cutter will bear his name.Lt. Cmdr. John Ryan (U.S. Coast

Feb. 9, 2022

The Long Blue Line: Coast Guard’s storm warriors fight Hurricane Florence

As some North Carolinians were returning to their homes and recovering from 2016’s Hurricane Matthew, a new storm was tracking towards the East Coast. On Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, at 7:15 a.m., Hurricane Florence made landfall at Wrightsville Beach, North Carolina, with sustained winds of 90 mph. However, the flooding associated with Florence would

Feb. 9, 2022

The Long Blue Line: National Strike Force—the Guard’s global responder for 45 years!

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