OPINIONS

Updated Friday, March 02, 2001

 

1.      History Lost For The Coast Guard History Foundation By ©Tom Beard - [1722 words] - Originally Published in the U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings _ Reprinted and Posted by Permission of the Author. Commander Beard has identified what may be the real reason the Coast Guard has trouble every year justifying it's existence. Maybe we don't keep track of what we are doing. The Army and Navy record their wars for all of posterity. The Coast Guard is always at war and records nothing! -OPINION-

2.    Where Is The Outrage? By Doug Bingham – [539 words] - An OPINION and an Appeal – Save the Nantucket Lightship. Posted 2/14/00

3.     1946 - A Dismal Year for the Coast Guard by Jim Gill -[807 words] - The year the Coast Guard almost died. - OPINION

4.     A History Lesson - [724 words] - The Old Guard(s) vs. the New Guard. - OPINION

5.     Are We or Aren't We? - [262 words] - A Coast Guard Family. - OPINION

6.     Jack's Law by Jack - [183 words and a picture worth a 1000 words] - Time has proven Jack's Law devised 30 years ago. - OPINION

7.     Red With Embarassment - [196 words] - A tale of one ship's shame. OPINION

8.     The Hadj by Jack Eckert - [573 words] - A pilgrimage is made to "Fred's Place." - OPINION

9.     We Are The Coast Guard -- All Of Us; Active, Retired, And "Also Served." By Jeff Lindstrom - [285 words] - OPINION

10. What Goes Around Comes Around - [163 words] - Non-existent TRICARE in the boonies. – OPINION

11.  Farewell To The Twentieth Century - OPINION - [351 words]

 

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