Gunner's Blog

* Coast Guard honors Alaska Ranger rescuers

* UPDATE: Gas Spills Into SF Bay

* US Coast Guard officer wins exemption from abortion-derived vaccine

* Emergency device didn't signal lobster boat's sinking

* Barge runs aground, blocks waterway in Flagler

* Sixteen Cubans come ashore at Sandsprit Park

* Blount Island Terminal Evacuated

* Episode 4 of the Pentagon Channel's 5-part series, "Guard D.O.G.s"

      http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php?g2_itemId=274722

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=drvo1ckQ9hg

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Useful sites:

*  Coast Guard Visual Imagery Database, your link to Coast Guard video, photos, art, graphics and audio: http://cgvi.uscg.mil/media/main.php

*  Coast Guard video available at - http://www.youtube.com/uscgimagery 

*  Proceedings: http://www.usni.org/magazines/proceedings/archive/index.asp

*  Coast Guard Magazine: http://www.uscg.mil/magazine/

*  The Reservist: http://www.uscg.mil/reservist/

*  Seapower Magazine: http://www.navyleague.org/sea_power/

*  Coast Guard News Channel: http://www.coastguardchannel.com/index.shtml

*  Navy Times: http://www.navytimes.com/

*  The DoD "Early Bird" news clips are accessible to .mil email addressees, at http://ebird.afis.mil/

*  Office of Auxiliary and Boating Safety: www.USCGboating.org

*  CG Auxiliary's official e-magazine "SITREP": http://www.teamcoastguard.org

*  Maritime Safety: http://homeport.uscg.mil

*  Chief Warrant Officer Association: www.cwoauscg.org

*  Chief Petty Officer Association: http://www.uscgcpoa.org/

*  USCG Academy Alumni Association: www.cgaalumni.org

*  COAST GUARD FLAG VOICES: http://www.uscg.mil/hq/g-w/flagvoice/list.htm

*  THE LEADERSHIP NEWS: http://www.uscg.mil/leadership/newshome.htm

*  The Foundation for Coast Guard History: www.fcgh.org/

*  The Coast Guard Foundation: http://www.cgfdn.org/

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