
[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Guardians were among those receiving a personal thanks from the President of the United States on Thanksgiving⋯⋯

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Hot off the press is the announcement of the 2010 Coast Guard Photo Contest! Many of you saw last year’s winning photos either here on the Compass or in the Coast Guard Flickr photostream. The Guardians captured some amazing images. Think you can do better? ⋯⋯

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] As the Arctic becomes more accessible to shipping traffic, the Coast Guard will be presented with new scientific research opportunities as well as marine safety and homeland security challenges⋯⋯

Sheryl Alexander HRSA, an agency of the US Department of Health and Human Services, has launched a Facebook fan page! Search for 'HRSA' (or 'Health Resources and Services Administration')

Guardians have called off the recovery effort for the wreckage of a Navy T-34 training plane that crashed off the coast of Texas last month⋯⋯

Guardians rescued five sailors off the coast of North Carolina over the weekend after their sailboat began to take on water. A helicopter from Air Station Elizabeth City and a rescue boat from Station Fort Macon arrived on scene to find only a foot or two of the boat still above surface water⋯⋯

Jena Dodd Liberman If you are or know someone who is or has been in the Coast Guard or any part of the Military, go to http://www.maxim.com/salutes where you can enter to win a Harley-Davidson motorcycle delivered by Marisa Miller and a trip for 4 to Vegas to see the UFC 108 fight!

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Members of Maritime Safety and Security Team (MSST) Seattle (91101), returned home Friday after a six month deployment conducting port security duties in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba⋯⋯

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[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] Guardians medevaced a hunter off of Burnt Mountain in Oregon yesterday. A helicopter from Air Station North Bend was deployed to rescue the man who had an injured leg and bring him to a local hospital⋯⋯

The phrase “necessity is the mother of invention” rings true for the crew of Coast Guard Cutter Healy this week, as they were awarded the CDR Joel Magnussen Innovation Award for Management for their shipboard waste management/recycling program. “T⋯⋯

[There is a video that cannot be displayed in this feed. Visit the blog entry to see the video.] The Ninth Coast Guard Innovation Expo wraps up today. Yesterday’s focus was on harnessing the power of Guardian innovators. ⋯⋯



























