Gunner's Military News Gathering Blog

* 3 new Coast Guard copters at Port Angeles

* Coast Guard auxiliary on alert after sailboat gets stuck in river

* 3 rescued from disabled boat on Lake Michigan

* Miami man sentenced on charges of smuggling Cuban refugees

* Dina Dee customer airlifted to hospital after scuba diving accident

* Copter commander awarded medal for Alaskan rescue

* Frontline fans: Military members are losing sleep over Wings' run

* Funding is dwindling for two weather buoys

* Plan for Offshore Gas Port Stirs Fear in Broward

* Deported Jamaicans found in middle of Miami River

* The Pentagon Channel covers the Coast Guard Training Center Petaluma's Fire Department as they respond to wildfires in the Santa Cruz mountains, May 27, 2008.
CGVI: http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=287043
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJ8QPYyXP3g

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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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