Gunner's Military News Gathering Blog

* Sunk Costs - Why, after $24 billion in upgrades, the Coast Guard still deploys a fleet of rustbuckets.

* Government by Contractor Is a Disgrace

* Coast Guard spotlights crab fishing safety

* Coast Guard, Sheriff's Deputies Search For Missing Boater

* Coast Guard donates 14 laptop computers to Patrick Lyndon School

* Coast Guard seeks training for acquisition staffers

* Coast Guard cutter returning home today for holiday

* Fifty abandoned barrels found on Sauvie Island

* Oil recovery effort on Sabine Lake completed

* Mac chef back from Europe with gold medals

* CG Rescues Man With Broken Leg

* Suspected smuggler rescued after 22 days on remote Bahamian island

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