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Updated March 30, 2005

MARCH 2005

3/2/05 - Posted ALCOAST 104/05 - COMDTNOTE 5700 - SUBJ:  THE U.S. COAST GUARD FEATURED ON FILM AND TELEVISION
A. ALCOAST 493/04

3/2/05 Linked to Coast Guard Morale Wellbeing and Recreation Page Look in on this page.. You will like what you find

STATISTICS FOR FEBRUARY 2005 - First 27 Days
	Visits	35,248
	Average Per Day	1,258
	Average Visit Length	00:11:09

FEBRUARY 2005

2/27/05 - Posted Coast Guard Club (Radio) Newsletter March 2005 Posted Flight Times February 27, 2005

2/25/05 - Posted CG e-Newsletter February 24, 2005

2/24/05 - Updated the story Military Spouses adding an email received from the author.

2/21/05 - Posted CG Retirees Council NW Newsletter

2/20/05 - Posted Flight Times February 20, 2005 - Commencing with this issue Flight Times will be posted directly from the initiating website by direct linkage.

2/20/05 Posted Spitfire Special Issue - VERY NEW!

2/17/05 - Posted CG e-Newsletter February 17, 2005

2/17/05 - CGC HAMILTON - Reunion Notice July 7-10 2005 in San Diego @ the Holiday Inn Bayside

2/17/05 Posted CG e-Newsletter February 10, 2005

2/16/05 Posted Becoming a Surfman in 1938 - John Merrill This article appeared in Vol. 48, No. 4, (Winter 1992) of  Inland Seas, Quarterly Journal of the Great Lakes Historical Society. It was reprinted in Journal of Erie Studies”, Vol. 22, No. 1 (Spring 1993) published by Erie County Historical Society, Erie, Pennsylvania. and was released for reposting by the author on February 10, 2005. Posted Republic Of Nantucket Coast Guard News 02/12/05

2/7/05 - Added two new links to the Coast Guard Links page. Both deal with Vincennes (Indiana) University and Newport, Oregon and the Coast Guard.

2/6/05 - Posted Flight Times February 6, 2005. This issue has some minor problems with it's formatting.

2/3/05 - It was learned today that the new USCGC MACKINAW (WLBB-30) will be launched on April 2, 2005 at the Marinette (WI) Shipyards. Details will follow when they become available.

2/3/05 Posted CG e-Newsletter February 3, 2005

2/3/05 Posted A Brush with Coast Guard History by Bud Cooney - Another account of the CG-36500 on that stormy Night in February 1952.

2/2/05 - Posted  Heads Will Roll By Pat Glesner - Morale goes up and down at the LORSTA.

2/1/05 - Basic Statistics for Jack's Joint - January 2005 less 1/31/05

	Visits	37,250
	Average Per Day	1,201
	Average Visit Length	00:12:16

JANUARY 2005

01/29/05 - I am making space available on the Jack's Joint BLOG to Free Lancer Coast Guard Writer  J.C. Carney to strongly comment on an article appearing in the February 2005 American Legion Magazine regarding the loss of the Troop Transport Dorchester in the early part of World War II. The Magazine Article can be accessed and read by going to the following URL

http://www.legion.org/?section=publications&subsection=pubs_mag_index&content=pub_mag_chaplains

1/29/05 - Posted Flight Times - January 29, 2005

1/28/05 - Posted Military Spouses By Paige Swiney on the Military Page - Often forgotten are our spouses in  the grand scheme of things. Ms. Swiney certainly has captured the spirit of things in this article. Thanks to Richard Kilroy for bringing this one to my attention.

1/28/05 - Posted Old Sailors By Charles Noble - A bit of doggeral and Coast Club (Radio) Newsletter February 2005

1/27/05 -Posted CG e-Newsletter January 27, 2005

1/25/05 Linked to Tax Information for Members of the U.S. Armed Forces from the Military page It's tax season and here is the tax info you need.

1/24/05 - Added a link to Michell Malkin's page from the Military page. None other than former (and always will be a) Coastie at heart, J.C. Carney, a good shipmate, a frequent contributor to Jack's Joint and an extensively published author in his own right. The Military Page URL is http://www.jacksjoint.com/military.htm

1/24/05 - Removed "Highway safety for people in Northern California"By Harold Doan and replaced it with a four part article entitled Supplementing Coast Guard Income By Harold Doan - Back in the days before they paid us a living wage many of us had to figure out ways to supplement our income. Bank robbing was out so other methods evolved.

1/21/05 - Made initial posting of CGC EASTWIND - Reunion - Portland, Maine,  June 10th-12th,  2005.The Eastwind Association in 2005 will be celebrating its 10th year of bringing old shipmates back together after years apart. Go To Coast Guard Reunion page for further information.

1/21/05 - Posted "Highway safety for people in Northern California" By Harold Doan - One Of My Many Ways To Survive Poverty. Posted Away from Home at Christmas In Iraq By Sgt. Chris Fannin - Submiitted By Nita Ann Foraker - It is about a Marine but we'll fit it into Jack's Joint.

1/20/05 - Posted We’re Only Here for the Beer By Pat Glesner - The days of care-free living at LORAN station Hokkaido were about to come to an end.

1/19/05 posted CG e-Newsletter January 19, 2005 - Posted The Demise Of Scotch Cap Light Station By Dennis Dowling - It happened in 1946, Scotch Cap Light Station and Her Crew Were Lost Tsunami.

1/13/05 - Posted Horrors Of A Winter Gale At Boon Island Light By George S. Wasson - Written in the language of the day the story projects the harshness of life on this desolate rock.

1/13/05 - Posted CG e-Newsletter January 13, 2005 - Posted a Link To Cutters Around The Continent - STORIS, SPAR, and BRAMBLE 2007, 50th Anniversary Reunion Pages and updated their reunion notice.

1/12/05 - Posted Whitewash Or Another Lightkeeper’s Lament Poem By Harry A. Gray, November 24, 1935. By  Jeremy D'Entremont  Reposted By Permission of Mr. D'Entremont.  This article appeared in the December 2004 edition of Lighthouse Digest Magazine. All contents copyright © 1995 - 2005 by Lighthouse Digest®, Inc.

1/10/05 - I wrote up an item in the BLOG encouraging people to visit http://www.jacksjoint.com/ocean_stations-forum.htm as it is a classic. The Web Trends is back which makes me very happy.

1/9/05 - Added a link to USS DES MOINES -Milwaukee - USS Des Moines Historic Naval Ship Project to the military page.

1/8/05 - Did some grumbling on the BLOG page,

1/6/05 - Posted CG e-Newsletter January 6, 2005

1/4/05 - I was advised today that Web Trends tracking service will be unavailable for anywhere from three to eight weeks. This will have no adverse effect on this website.

1/2/05 - Posted Coast Guard Club (Radio) Newsletter January 2005

H A P P Y   N E W   Y E A R

1/1/05 - First entry of the new year. The following portrayal are statistics for Jack's Joint through December 19, 2004. The Web Trend Service stats were unavailable for the rest of the month as the server has things out for routine servicing. 1,297 visits per day isn't too shabby, is it?

DECEMBER 2004

12/30/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter December 30, 2004 

12/27/04 - JACK'S SHACK - Jack's other website has been Permanently Decommissioned

12/22/04  Posted In Memory of the Escanaba - Excerpted from U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, October 1943 edition.--Posted How Two Cutters Went To Glory by  Robert C. Conrad - Here is an Eye-Witness’ Report of the Manner in Which Two Coast Guard Cutters Went to Certain Destruction at Oran in One of the War’s Most Gallant Epics and Just Grumbling - On the Light Side by D. E. Hobelman - Don't you know there is a war going on? Posted A Marine's Night Before Christmas - Author Unknown on the Military Page. Posted  CG e-Newsletter - December 22, 2004

12/21/04 - Posted CGC DUANE Christmas 1958 - Ocean Station Charlie By Floyd Stormer Contributed By His Widow, Esther Stormer. Christmas 2004 - CWO Floyd Stormer put one of his best poetic efforts in this bit of doggerel.

12/20/04 - Posted White Caps and Sea Breezes - Author(s) Unknown. - This was the Joke Page of the May 1944 edition of the Coast Guard Magazine. This should prove that the humor and jokes haven't changed much over the last sixty plus years. Corn is corn!

12/19/04  Posted  Manislov, This Is Bill - By Bill Porter - On a C-130 flying a surveillance mission in 1979 at the height of the Cold War, a Russian fishing vessel proceeds to the rescue of 10 personnel of a downed U.S. Navy P-3. On the working level it was not the generals, admirals, congressmen, or even the president or the prime minister, but just a Russian fishing boat helping “friends” in the water.

12/16/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter December 16, 2004

12/15/04 Posted Five Months on the Greenland Ice Cap - Author Unknown - Excerpted from a WWII edition of Coast Guard Magazine. Posted Coxswains Led Way - Author Unknown - Excerpted from U. S. Coast Guard Magazine, printed during WWII.

12/14/04 Posted Bombs Are Reville By Eric C. Wessborg - This article is about a second powderman's thoughts on a merchant ship carrying a Coast Guard gun crew during WWII. Excerpted from a WWII issue of the Coast Guard Magazine. Posted He Saw Three Invasions - Author Unknown - John S. Gretzer saw them over an 18 month time frame on a Coast Guard Attack Transport during WWII. Posted The Brier by Alexander Grigg - Peacetime Wartime, The basic duties of the Coast Guard must be accomplished.

12/12/04 Posted Flight Times - December 12, 2004

12/12/04 - Posted A Coast Guard Story - Ocean Station November -  Rescue of the Crew of the Giovanna Lolli Ghetti By CWO Charles D. Williams USCG(ret)©2004, Charles D. Williams

12/9/04 Posted CG e-Newsletter December 9, 2004

12/8/04 - Posted 8 December 2004 Republic of Nantucket Coast Guard News.

12/8/04 - Posted The American Life Saving Service - Harpers Magazine - 1882 - .pdf format - apx 3.5 megs. Directly imaged with no musical background. Courtesy of the Coast Guard History site.

12/2/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter December 2, 2004

12/1/04 - Statistics for the month of November 2004 (except for the 30th)

NOVEMBER 2004

11/30/04 Posted A Tale of Two Auxiliaries  By Wayne Spivak  United States Coast Guard Auxiliary (Article posted by permission) and Real Chiefs - 2004 Edition - Submitted By John Ingram - Purloined from someplace?

11/29/04 Made some minor changes to the Front Page and changed the background music from "Old Shep" to "Under The Double Eagle."

11/28/04 Posted Coast Guard Club (Radio) Newsletter December 2004. Updated Coast Guard TV Page.

11/25/04 - Posted Remember the Frigates by Charles Isaacs [Excerpted from U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, October, 1944] Posted When Boatswain's Mates Whistle by Jack Cole, CBM Coast Guard Combat Correspondent [Excerpted from U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, October, 1944] and Now Hear This by Don Jordan Aboard a Coast Guard Troop Transport somewhere in the Atlantic (Special to the U. S. Coast Guard Magazine)

11/24/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter November 24, 2004

11/24/04 - Posted The Mail Buoy - An Open Forum - Conducted by The Editor [Excerpted from U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, October, 1944]

11/23/04 - Posted Jeeps of the Air by Trudi McCullough AP Features Writer -- This story was originally published in the Coast Guard Magazine, October, 1944 edition and An Epilog By Eric Roman - 29 years after the event a man looks back on a ceremony that he was present at as a 7 year old.

11/21/04 - Posted Servicing The Compass, The Best Sea Prank I Ever Witnessed By Bill Hayden - Oh what fools these Deckies be.

11/19/04 - Posted LORAN for Dummies By Pat Glesner - As a super ET and now as a CWO4 I successfully avoided LORAN duty for 19 years and the n I heard, “Sorry,” the detailer replied, “It’s your turn in the barrel.”

11/18/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter November 18, 2004

11/12/04 - WILL ALL CONTRIBUTORS TO JACK'S JOINT PLEASE READ THE NOVEMBER 12, 2004 ENTRY IN http://www.jacksjoint.com/jacksjoint_blog.htm

11/10/04 - IMPORTANT - Nov 11, at 9 p.m. EST, the History Channel will air a two-hour Coast Guard Special Feature: "History of the U.S. Coast Guard: Lifesavers to the World." This comprehensive feature includes historical footage and photographs along with interviews of Admiral James Loy, Dr. Robert Browning, Marvin Perrett, Robert Resnick, Dr. Vince Patton, and many others. Appreciation is extended to the numerous CG units and personnel that assisted with the development and filming of this documentary throughout its twelve-month production process.

11/10/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter November 10. 2004

11/9/04 - Posted Flight Times - November 8, 2004 - Tell your brown shoe friends about this newsletter.

11/4/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter November 4, 2004 and Coast Guard Rules For A Gunfight By Robert Dittman

11-2-04 - Posted - A Blind Auxiliarist Helps Other Coasties See By Auxiliarist Robert Dittman,as told to Skip Munger, News of the Force (News of the Force is an all service military e-magazine.) Jack's Joint has received very few stories about or involving the Coast Guard Auxiliary. It is a pleasure to present this inspirational story.

11-1-04 - Basic Site Statistics for October 2004 (not including the 31st) - Visitor by Visitor, Jack's Joint continues to grow.

11/1/04 - BOOK REVIEW -  “SEADOG, A Coast Guard Memoir” By Eric Greinke©2004 Published by Pres A Press, P.O. Box 792, Rockford, Michigan 49341 is reviewed and located in the BLOG http://www.jacksjoint.com/jacksjoint_blog.htm

OCTOBER 2004

10/30/04 - Posted the Coast Guard Club (Radio) Newsletter November 2004

10/28/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter October 28, 2004. There are a few new paragraphs written into the BLOG.

10/25/04 - Posted My First Command By Chuck Kircher - What happens when a White Cutterman is made a Surfman by fiat.

10/24/04 - Posted Flight Times - October 24, 2004 - Removed all Flight Times dated before August 1, 2004

10/22/04 - Posted Miracle on a Forty Footer By Ron Krebs - An honest young Coastie matures in the "Old Guard."

10/21/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter - October 21, 2004

10/18/04 - Posted Flight Times - October 18, 2004

10/17/04 - Posted Rabbit Edwin, Rabbit By Bill Doherty - He had all of us twisted around his “paw”. Dogs like him do not come around often.

10/15/04 - Posted October 2004 Edition of the Republic Of Nantucket Coast Guard News.

10/14/04 - Posted All Set-Up By David Robb - 180' Tenders and 110' tugs often worked together breaking Great Lakes ice

10/14/04 - Added a few paragraphs of my ramblings to the BLOG.

10/13/04 - Added additional information to the Navy Ships Recommissioned as Coast Guard Cutters article. Repaired the site link.

10/12/04 - Posted The Mail Buoy - An Open Forum - A Tribute To Some Former Shipmates - Excerpted from U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, October, 1944 - Restored by Donald Gardner.

10/11/04 - Posted Flight Times - October 9, 2004

10/9/04 Posted Albacore Crew Tells About Life Aboard Ship By Sgt. 1st Class Doug Sample, USA American Forces Press Service  (ARTICLE) and Whitefish Glacier By  David Robb - Breaking ice with the CGC Raritan on Lake Superior.

10/8/2004 Posted Navy Ships Recommissioned as Coast Guard Cutters - By JO1(SW) Jason McKnight - Navy Compass CGC MONSOON and CGC ZEPHYR become the latest additions to the Coast Guard fleet. (ARTICLE)

10/8/04 Posted STORIS-SPAR-BRAMBLE - "Cutters Around The Continent" Reunion is in the planning stages for 2007, the Fiftieth Anniversary of the event. Details on the Coast Guard Reunion page.

10/8/04 Posted CG e-Newsletter October 8, 2004

10/7/2004 - Jack's Joint BLOG is now indexed from the front page.

10/6/1004 - Posted  An Act Of Congress By  Seamond Ponsart Roberts - Coast Guard recruiting goes awry and Seagram's Bottles By David Robb - Mischief in the winter in Milwaukee.

10/5/2004 - Posted Where There Is No Glory - Author Unknown - Originally Published in the U.S. Coast Guard Magazine, 1943

10/4/2004 - Posted Our Most Unforgettable Character By Bob Fletcher - From "The Ships Bell", CGC Winona's Newsletter.

10/4/04 - Posted The Dirty Tricks Committee by Dan R. Riksen - You have to have some sort of fun when you are cooped up in a 110' tug during ice breaking season.

10/3/04 - Posted Flight Times - October 3, 2004

10/3/04 - Posted Recovery of Crashed The Tag Airliner From Lake Erie By Doug O'Dell - The little "Can Do" Cutter KAW recovers the wreckage of a downed airliner.

10/2/04 WYTM Association - The tug boat Coasties join the internet. They will be having an organizational meeting for their association in Cleveland on October 8, 2004. See their website (link above) for further details.

10/2/04 - Posted ALCOAST 444/04 Raising the Visibility of the USCG on Film and Television - October 2004 - Accessible from the front page.

10/1/04 - Posted On the Border By Allyson E. Taylor - What's going on today to intercept smuggler's and illegal aliens near Messina, New York. Extracted From The Ninth Coast Guard District PIO Site.

10/1/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter September 30, 2004  Added a number of links to the Coast Guard Links page. Updated the Coast Guard Reunion page.

SEPTEMBER 2004

9/30/04 - Statistics for the Month of September 2004

9/30/04 - Posted Coast Guard Club (Radio) Newsletter October 2004

9/26/04 - Posted September 26, 2004 edition of the Flight Times.

9/25/04 - Updated Coast Guard Reunions Page.

9/22/04 - Posted Sea Fever By John Masefield - A remembrance dedicated to a shipmate who recently crossed the bar.

9/20/04 - Posted Flight Times - September 19, 2004

9/20/2004 - Posted In Memory Of The Escanaba - Author Unknown - Originally published in the U.S. Coast Guard Magazine - Volume 10 - No. 16 dtd October, 1943. This is an account of the First Coast Guard Day in Grand Haven.

9/20/04 - Posted The Escanaba by John Lindenmulder - An ode to the CGC Escanaba that was lost in the North Atlantic Ocean during WWII. Originally published in the October, 1943 issue of The U.S. Coast Guard Magazine.

9/16/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter September 16, 2004

9/14/04 - Temporarily discontinued the AMENITIES page.

9/12/04 - Posted Flight Times - September 12, 2004

9/11/04 - Added Vets Roll Call to the Military page links.

9/9/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter September 9, 2004

9/9/84 - Posted The USCGC Westwind - Nanook-53 -The First Trip to the Arctic by Harry Franklin, Jr.

9/7/04 - Posted Flight Times - September 7, 2004

9/6/04 - Announced  CGC ROCKAWAY Reunion 29 April to 1 May, 2005, Doubletree Motel, Phoenix, Arizona - Further Details.

9/4/04 - Posted Maggie of the Mackinaw By Ken Patrick - Another piece of the puzzle is put into place.

9/3/04 Posted Rules For Gunfights - Author Unknown - Contributed by Bob Gaut on the military page.

9/2/04 Posted CG e-Newsletter September 2, 04

9/1/04 - Posted Flight Times - August 29, 2004 , Flight Times - August 22, 2004 and Flight Times - August 15, 2004

9/1/04 Posted A Doggone Sea Story By Pat Glesner - The story of a former Navy man indoctrinated into the Hooligan's Navy intertwined with a story of "Soogie" mascot of the Cutter Woodrush..

 9/1/04 - Added a link to Coast Guard Spouses - Friend and Family - Well designed new site that should really fit a need. Added links to USCG RETIRED COMMUNITY  - A new Discussion room sponsored by Ken Laessar CG History Center. Updated Coast Guard on TV page reflecting September, 2004 schedule.

AUGUST 2004

8/31/04 - Activity on Jack's Joint Month of August 2004 less 8/31.

8/30/04 - Shifted email address from jeckert@jacksjoint.com to jeckert@wi.rr.com

8/29/04 - Posted Coast Guard Club (Radio) Newsletter September 2004

8/26/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter August 26, 2004

8/19/04 - Added link to CGC CHASE website. Posted CG e-Newsletter August 19, 2004 edition.

8/18/04 - Posted Hell And High Water By Bob Novak and The Rest Of The Story By Jack A. Eckert - More about Maggie, the Mackinaw mascot hated by everybody.

8/17/04 - Posted Mac The Dog  By Steve Paddack - The sad tale of a good dog.

8/16/04 - Posted Mix That Cement - Set Those Nails Or M&R in the 60’s By Bill Doherty

8/15/04 - Returned from the three day Mackinaw reunion in Cheboygan, Michigan. Posted CG e-Newsletter August 12, 2004.

8/10/04 - Added a link to Remember The Forgotten - This site is worth exploring. It has a particularly good listing of links to most military and veterans sites.

8/9/04 Posted How To Save Toilet Paper By Ned Stevens - How were the CPO’s going to survive without paper towels in their head?

8/8/04 - Posted Flight Times - August 8, 2004

8/6/04 - Added a link on the lighthouse links page for Gibb's Hill Lighthouse - Bermuda

8/6/04 - Posted The Mighty "E" - CGC Eastwind's Un-Official Life Story© Compiled by Warren Bonner. - These 536 pages are well illustrated and saved in Adobe PDF locked format which prevents cutting and pasting from the document. Hard copies are obtainable from the author. (Very Interesting - Jack)

8/5/04 - Posted CG e-Newsletter August 5, 2004

8/4/04 - Happy Coast Guard Day

8/1/04 - Posted Flight Times - August 1, 2004 edition.

JULY 2004

7/31/04 - Posted Coast Guard Club Newsletter for August 2004  Coast Guard Club (Radio) Newsletter August 2004 - PDF

7/31/04 - Activity on Jack's Joint for the month of July 2004.  Note: This does not include statistics for 7/31/04.