A great essay on clichés:
https://medium.com/@sandersonc/hipsters-have-small-feet-bikers-have-smelly-beards-9a2b06d32ac6?source=reading-list
Saturday, February 28, 2015
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
Monday, February 23, 2015
Tuesday, February 17, 2015
Monday, February 16, 2015
Friday, February 13, 2015
Tuesday, February 10, 2015
Sunday, February 8, 2015
Saturday, February 7, 2015
My First Ship...
R 041508Z FEB 15
FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-DCO//
TO ALCOAST
BT
UNCLAS //N04500//
ALCOAST 040/15
COMDTNOTE 4500
SUBJ: USCGC RUSH (WHEC 723) 45 YEARS OF SERVICE
1. On 03 Feb 2015, after 45 years of faithful service to our nation,
CGC RUSH transitioned into commission special status. Throughout her
service, CGC RUSH embodied her motto, Kai I Kai No Ka Oi: the best in
the Coast Guard.
2. Named in honor of Secretary Richard Rush, who served as Secretary
of the Treasury under President John Quincy Adams, WHEC 723 was the
ninth ship in the Hamilton Class cutter fleet. CGC RUSH was launched
from Avondale Shipyards in Louisiana on 18 Nov 1968, and was
commissioned on 03 Jul 1969 at Alameda, CA. CGC RUSH shifted
homeport to Honolulu, HI on 08 Nov 1991 where she finished her
distinctive career.
3. CGC RUSH leaves a long proud legacy of honorable service to
country. In the early 1970s, CGC RUSH saw action in Vietnam and was
part of a U.S. Naval Task Force that captured a North Vietnamese
trawler that was supplying weapons to the enemy. In 2001, while
conducting operations off the coast of Mexico, RUSH confiscated more
than 4.6 tons of cocaine worth an estimated 150 million dollars. In
2006, CGC RUSH executed a North Pacific Guard Patrol. During this
patrol, CGC RUSH made a historic portcall to mainland China, the
first for any major Coast Guard cutter since World War II. Also in
2006, CGC RUSH earned a Coast Guard Unit Commendation for the quick
response to the M/V COUGAR ACE. The COUGAR ACE lost stability 250NM
off Adak, Alaska and began listing 60 degrees to port. RUSH arrived
and rescued all 23 crewmembers.
4. During this last year of service, CGC RUSH conducted fisheries
patrols in four U.S. EEZ areas, three foreign EEZs in support of
foreign allies, and five high sea areas under the authority of the
western and central Pacific Fisheries Commission. CGC RUSH fostered
key international relationships representing D14 during the
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program meeting in
Apia Samoa. The cutter was visited by the Attorney General of Palau
and hosted the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall
Islands during an overnight voyage from Majuro to Kwajalein.
5. To current and past CGC RUSH crews, plank owners, shellbacks
(Golden, Emerald, Horned, or otherwise), subjects of the Golden
Dragon, Blue Noses, and even Pollywogs: Congratulations and Bravo
Zulu.
6. RADM Vincent B. Atkins, Acting Deputy Commandant for Operations,
sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.
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FM COMDT COGARD WASHINGTON DC//CG-DCO//
TO ALCOAST
BT
UNCLAS //N04500//
ALCOAST 040/15
COMDTNOTE 4500
SUBJ: USCGC RUSH (WHEC 723) 45 YEARS OF SERVICE
1. On 03 Feb 2015, after 45 years of faithful service to our nation,
CGC RUSH transitioned into commission special status. Throughout her
service, CGC RUSH embodied her motto, Kai I Kai No Ka Oi: the best in
the Coast Guard.
2. Named in honor of Secretary Richard Rush, who served as Secretary
of the Treasury under President John Quincy Adams, WHEC 723 was the
ninth ship in the Hamilton Class cutter fleet. CGC RUSH was launched
from Avondale Shipyards in Louisiana on 18 Nov 1968, and was
commissioned on 03 Jul 1969 at Alameda, CA. CGC RUSH shifted
homeport to Honolulu, HI on 08 Nov 1991 where she finished her
distinctive career.
3. CGC RUSH leaves a long proud legacy of honorable service to
country. In the early 1970s, CGC RUSH saw action in Vietnam and was
part of a U.S. Naval Task Force that captured a North Vietnamese
trawler that was supplying weapons to the enemy. In 2001, while
conducting operations off the coast of Mexico, RUSH confiscated more
than 4.6 tons of cocaine worth an estimated 150 million dollars. In
2006, CGC RUSH executed a North Pacific Guard Patrol. During this
patrol, CGC RUSH made a historic portcall to mainland China, the
first for any major Coast Guard cutter since World War II. Also in
2006, CGC RUSH earned a Coast Guard Unit Commendation for the quick
response to the M/V COUGAR ACE. The COUGAR ACE lost stability 250NM
off Adak, Alaska and began listing 60 degrees to port. RUSH arrived
and rescued all 23 crewmembers.
4. During this last year of service, CGC RUSH conducted fisheries
patrols in four U.S. EEZ areas, three foreign EEZs in support of
foreign allies, and five high sea areas under the authority of the
western and central Pacific Fisheries Commission. CGC RUSH fostered
key international relationships representing D14 during the
Secretariat of the Pacific Regional Environment Program meeting in
Apia Samoa. The cutter was visited by the Attorney General of Palau
and hosted the U.S. Ambassador to the Republic of the Marshall
Islands during an overnight voyage from Majuro to Kwajalein.
5. To current and past CGC RUSH crews, plank owners, shellbacks
(Golden, Emerald, Horned, or otherwise), subjects of the Golden
Dragon, Blue Noses, and even Pollywogs: Congratulations and Bravo
Zulu.
6. RADM Vincent B. Atkins, Acting Deputy Commandant for Operations,
sends.
7. Internet release is authorized.
BT
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