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Originally Posted by Dee8go
I saw a movie (with Kevin Costner in it) about the Coast Guard. If they do anything like what this movie portrayed, I had no idea what it was really like. Pretty impressive.
Happy birthday!
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Howie, thanks for reminding me about CG day!
In another life, Thing One was a coastie. Did his time on the Penobscot, breaking ice and then to Kodiak to ride on the
Queen of the Fleet (USCGC Storis WMEC 38) doing Maritime Economic Boundary patrol and many other fun things.
I have an acquaintance (actually an ex-roommate of Thing One's) who's a Coast Guard rescue swimmer. He was assigned to Air Station New Orleans when Katrina hit. He lost count of the rescues after they hit 250. Ian is about the most humble man to have ever walked the face of the Earth.
Ian is at Air Station Astoria now, rescuing the unlucky folks that get a bad draw when crossing the Columbia River Bar.