Gunner's Military News Gathering Blog

* For Crews, Ice Patrol Duty Is Often A Waiting Game

'Another Titanic Can Always Happen'

* US Coast Guard searching for missing boater off Bahamas

* US Coast Guard opens Waukegan, Ill seasonal air facility

* Coast Guard opens summer rescue stations

* Coast Guard rescues woman after scuba dive

* Coast Guard: 2 people rescued from capsized clammer off NJ's Cape May

* Maine firm in running for Coast Guard work

* Coast Guard cites boater

* US Coast Guard' Air Station Atlantic City is ready for anything

* Westhampton woman evacuated from Bermuda cruise ship

* Coast Guard Prevents Tragedy Near Inagua

* A day in the life of America's last lighthouse keeper

* 78-year-old man on life raft rescued after fishing boat sinks

* Coast Guard rescues 4 who fell from boat

* Coast Guard hoists injured crewman 300 miles from Nantucket

* Coast Guard airlifts man from San Jacinto River

* Two charged with smuggling Cuban rum, cigars into Southwest Florida

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Useful sites:

* Coast Guard Visual Imagery Database, your link to Coast Guard video, photos, art, graphics and audio: http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php

* Coast Guard video available at - http://www.youtube.com/uscgimagery

* Proceedings: http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/archive/index.asp

* Coast Guard Magazine: http://www.uscg.mil/magazine/

* The Reservist: http://www.uscg.mil/reservist/

* Seapower Magazine: http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/

* Coast Guard News Channel: http://www.coastguardchannel.com/index.shtml

* Navy Times: http://www.navytimes.com/

* The DoD "Early Bird" news clips are accessible to .mil email addressees, at http://ebird.afis.mil/

* Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety: www.USCGboating.org

* CG Auxiliary's official e-magazine "SITREP": http://www.teamcoastguard.org

* Maritime Safety: http://homeport.uscg.mil

* Chief Warrant Officer Association: www.cwoauscg.org

* Chief Petty Officer Association: http://www.uscgcpoa.org/

* USCG Academy Alumni Association: www.cgaalumni.org

* COAST GUARD FLAG VOICES: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-w/flagvoice/list.htm

* THE LEADERSHIP NEWS: http://www.uscg.mil/leadership/newshome.htm

* The Foundation for Coast Guard History: www.fcgh.org/

* The Coast Guard Foundation: http://www.cgfdn.org/

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