August 4, 2011
Happy Birthday, USCG!
Since Seth is (when he’s around, heh heh) the prime mover here at Hard Astarboard and he is an ex “coastie”:
Coast Guard to Celebrate 221st Birthday
August 04, 2011
U.S. Coast GuardCLEVELAND — Coast Guard men and women nationwide are making plans to celebrate the service’s 221st birthday Thursday in a variety of ways.
This includes the 6,000 active-duty, reserve, auxiliary and civilian members of the 9th Coast Guard District’s 75 units throughout the Great Lakes region.
The U.S. Revenue Cutter Service, predecessor of the modern-day U.S. Coast Guard, was established at the urging of Alexander Hamilton, the first secretary of the treasury. Hamilton’s Revenue Cutter Act authorized construction of the original 10 cutters of the Revenue Marine on Aug. 4, 1790.
Read the rest of the article here, and Happy Birthday, U.S. Coast Guard!
http://hardastarboard.mu.nu/wp-trackback.php?p=1748
August 5th, 2011 at 1:25 am
Interesting that the USCG actually predates the founding of the USN.
August 5th, 2011 at 8:07 pm
Gray Monk
Seth has brought that up before, LOL, especially in his occasional Navy vs Coast Guard one-ups with Wolf.
August 13th, 2011 at 8:18 pm
Happy Birthday to Seth as well!!!!
August 15th, 2011 at 1:49 pm
NH Meri Wido
I can’t give any kind of time line, but when I next hear from Wolf or Seth, I’ll pass that along. In the meantime, on Seth’s behalf, thanks!