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  1. Retweeted
    Jan 24

    “When we go back to the sea - whether it is to sail or to watch it - we are going back from whence we came.” – President Kennedy. I met w/ likeminded seafarers at the Symposium last week. There are few greater challenges or rewards than a life committed to the sea.

    6 replies 41 retweets 148 likes
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  2. 13 hours ago

    The time is now! Interested in joining the Coast Guard but still have questions? Chat with us here:

    2 replies 37 retweets 151 likes
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  3. Jan 26

    Incredible work by Air Station Cape Cod and Aids to Navigation Team Moriches. They removed a 3,200-lb light tower! The tower was cut in half for transport after collapsing last month in Cedar Island County Park in East Hampton, NY.

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  4. Jan 26

    After 35 years of service, the buoy tender Blackthorn collided with a 600-foot tanker S.S. Capricorn losing 23 of 50 crew members, Jan. 28, 1980. We pause to remember Blackthorn and our lost shipmates 40 years after its sinking. READ:

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  5. Jan 25

    Coast Guardsman recently conducted vertical surface training on Kodiak Island. 🚁🏔 📷: Larry Lundstrom

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  6. Retweeted
    Jan 23

    The Cutter Polar Star is deployed to the opposite side of the globe breaking a navigable channel through Antarctic ice allowing passage for supply ships to reach McMurdo Station, the Antarctic logistics hub, for continued operations throughout 2020

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  7. Jan 24

    Get you a service that can do it all 😉 Have you found us on all of our platforms?

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  8. Jan 23

    The crew of Cutter Polar Star is participating in Operation Deep Freeze– the military’s contribution to the U.S. Antarctic Program, which is managed by the .

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  9. Retweeted
    Jan 22

    Cold snap made plenty of along no problem for Bollard with view with ride along view

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  10. Jan 22

    Technology changes at a rapid pace. To remain ready, relevant, and responsive, the is testing the use of tablets for marine inspections. The mobile capability will provide inspectors with real time data, which will reduce the time assets are out of service for inspections.

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  11. Jan 21

    "I do this job for the people. From the dedicated men and women I work with, to the American people we work to protect. I love what I do because I am able to help others every single day." - Lt. j.g. Morgan Kingston, Sector New Orleans

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  12. Jan 21

    : Sector Columbia River is taking over this week. Sector Columbia River is in Astoria, OR, one of the 28 designated Coast Guard cities.

    4 replies 30 retweets 112 likes
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  13. Jan 20

    If you thought the video from outside the emergency egress simulator looked intense, here's what it looks like from the inside!

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  14. Jan 20

    "Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?'" -Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

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  15. Jan 19

    In November 1913, not long after a deadly storm struck Lake Erie, a fisherman came across a wooden hatch cover that drifted ashore near Buffalo. Inscribed on the hatch was a message–the last words of a dead man. READ:

    8 replies 102 retweets 280 likes
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  16. Jan 19

    What's your favorite Coast Guard view? 🚁

    31 replies 63 retweets 443 likes
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  17. Jan 18

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    50 replies 436 retweets 1,625 likes
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  18. Jan 18

    This lighthouse shines atop an extinct volcano overlooking one of the most popular beaches in the world. READ:

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  19. Jan 17

    BM2 Rachel LaFevre just became the Coast Guard's #555 surfman! Surfmen are an elite community of boat operators who make up a tiny fraction of the entire workforce. These men and women operate boats in the most dangerous conditions allowed by the .

    18 replies 87 retweets 434 likes
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  20. Jan 17

    Elizabeth Friedman is credited with decrypting more than 12,000 coded messages for intelligence during the nation-wide crackdown on alcohol smuggling. She's considered America's first female cryptanalyst. The , or Volstead Act, went into affect 100 years ago.

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