SLD visited U.S. Coast Guard facilities in the New Orleans area as well as attending the keel laying for the new Sentinel Class Patrol Boats at the Bollinger Yards. Unfortunately, recent developments in the Gulf would demonstrate once again the importance of the USCG to the nation. This sector, with…
SLD sat down in mid-March with Rear Admiral Peter Neffenger, District Commander for the Ninth Coast Guard District which has oversight of the Great Lakes. The Admiral discussed with us the role of the USCG in the Great Lakes region and the challenges to securing maritime commerce in the region.…
The setting up of the expeditionary airfield at Dwyer to support USMC combat operations in Afghanistan has highlighted the expeditionary airfield capability of the USMC. General Walsh, USMC, Commanding General of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing Forward deployed to Operation Iraqi Freedom and now back at Cherry Point, NC, underscored…
[caption id="attachment_7751" align="alignleft" width="100" caption=" "][/caption] By Ed Timperlake Former Commanding Officer, VMFA-321 "Hell's Angels" [caption id="attachment_7746" align="alignleft" width="400" caption=""The last of Torpedo Eight's TBDs, T-16 (BuNo 1506), flown by LCDR John C. Waldron with Horace Franklin Dobbs, CRMP, in the rear seat, taking off Hornet on 4 June 1942…
"A few armed vessels, judiciously stationed at entrances to our ports, might at a small expense be made useful sentinels of our laws." (Alexander Hamilton, 1787) The Author with USCG Commander Thad Allen During the Keel Laying Ceremony For The USCGC Bernard C. Webber (Credit: SLD, April 9th, 2010) By…
[caption id="attachment_7168" align="alignleft" width="250" caption=" French General Gaviard with American General Michael Moseley, then Vice Chief of Staff of the USAF, while visiting the Air Operations Conducting and Command Center (CCOA) in 2004 "][/caption] This is the first of a series of four articles on the subject of conflict management…
The USCG National Strike Force: A Key National Asset to Deal with Environmental Challenges (Part Two) SLD sat down with Commander Tina Cutter, Deputy Commander of the National Strike Force and Lieutenant Commander Tedd Hutley, operations manager for the National Strike Force, in mid-February of 2010. The National Strike Force…
SLD sat down with Commander Tina Cutter, Deputy Commander of the National Strike Force and Lieutenant Commander Tedd Hutley, operations manager for the National Strike Force in mid-February of 2010. The National Strike Force is one of the United States Coast Guard elements to be affected by the budget cuts,…
