Category Archives: USCGS Alex Haley

Last Day

February 19, 2004 by Dana

Today I took my leave of the USCGC Alex Haley and her crew. I know that for the past two weeks I’ve been writing what amounts to a recruiting poster. All I can tell you is that I wrote what … Continue reading →

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Two different days

February 18, 2004 by Dana

What a difference a day makes. Yesterday we worked with another cutter, testing an electronic positioning system that will help the Coast Guard prove cases in court, which required ten hours of steaming back and forth, pinging the other ship … Continue reading →

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Courtesy Call

February 17, 2004 by Dana

So I got to do a courtesy call on another Coast Guard cutter. Which means I got suited up like the BTMs and took a boat ride. I can’t tell you how hard it has been NOT to beg, plead, … Continue reading →

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