FReeper Canteen ~ Road Trip: U.S. Coast Guard ~ Station Portland, Oregon ~ 14 JUL 2009

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Road Trip: The United States Coast Guard ~ Station Portland, Oregon

Station Portland is a relatively new station, having been established on 18 August 1997. In 1997, the station was billeted for 16 active duty personnel, that number has increased to 24. Station Portland also has about 37 reserve personnel assigned. The station on average conducts 600 boardings and executes over 150 SAR cases annually.

Station Portland is a multi-mission unit that maintains a one "B-0" resource throughout the year. The station is primarily responsible for search & rescue with an equal emphasis on homeland security. Station Portland performs many other missions including recreational boating safety & environmental protection.

Portland, Oregon, also known as the City of Roses, is populated by friendly people and surrounded by breathtaking beauty. Tall trees, snow-capped mountains, lush green fields, gently flowing rivers, clean water, gentle climate, bountiful flower gardens are part of this area's environment.

The Portland metropolitan area is located in the northwestern corner of Oregon at the confluence of the Columbia and Willamette Rivers. It is about 65 miles inland from the Pacific Ocean on the Oregon-Washington state border. It is nestled between the Cascade mountain range to the east and the Coast Range to the west.

Station Portland is located at river mile 8 on the Willamette River, and is responsible for 127 river miles on the Columbia & Willamette Rivers. On the Columbia River, their area of responsibility starts from the eastern edge of Puget Island (approximate river mile is 45 miles) to the Bonneville Lock and Dam (approximate river mile is 145.4 miles).

On the Willamette River, their area of responsibility starts at the mouth of the Willamette River to the Oregon City Falls/Lock and Dam.

Station Portland personnel may live in either Portland, Oregon, Vancouver, Washington or one of the other nearby communities. The cities of Portland and Vancouver are separated by the Columbia River.

The Lewis and Clark Expedition's exploration of the American West from 1804 to 1806 was a seminal event in the history of the Pacific Northwest, a fact reflected in the region's place names.

Much of this regional enthusiasm for the two explorers can be traced back to 1905, when the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition was held in Portland. The organizers of this world's fair, the first on the Pacific Coast, celebrated the explorers' role in extending the nation's territorial claims and in opening up a commercial passage between east and west.

Today, The Oregon Historical Society and Museum celebrates Oregon's rich history.

The OHS Research Library contains one of the country’s most extensive collections of state history materials, including approximately 25,000 maps, 30,000 books, 8.5 million feet of film and videotape, 16,000 rolls of microfilm, and 12,000 linear feet of documents. The Research Library’s photographic archives include over 2.5 million images from pre-statehood to the present day.

Visit The Oregon Historical Society And Museum HERE!!

 

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July 14, 2009

Love Is For Losers?

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READ: 1 Corinthians 13

Now abide faith, hope, love, these three; but the greatest of these is love. —1 Corinthians 13:13

You can learn a lot about a person by what his or her T-shirt says. Recently, one of these messages caught my attention as I walked through a local shopping mall. A young woman wore a bright red T-shirt that said, “Love Is for Losers.” Maybe she thought it was clever or provocative, even funny. Or perhaps she had been hurt by a relationship and had pulled away from others rather than risk being hurt again. Either way, the T-shirt got me thinking.

Is love for losers? The fact is, when we love, we take risks. People could very well hurt us, disappoint us, or even leave us. Love can lead to loss.

The Bible, though, challenges us to higher ground in loving others. In 1 Corinthians 13, Paul describes what it means to live out God’s kind of love. The person who exercises godly love doesn’t do so for personal benefit or gain but rather “bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things” (13:7). Why? Because godly love endures beyond life’s hurts by pulling us relentlessly toward the never-diminishing care of the Father.

So, perhaps love is for losers—for it is in times of loss and disappointment that we need God the most. Even in our struggles, we know that “love never fails.”

Unfailing is God’s matchless love,
So kind, so pure, so true;
And those who draw upon that love
Show love in what they do. —D. De Haan

God’s love never fails.
Bible in One Year: Psalms 10-12; Acts 19:1-20

[laurenmarlowe]

United States Marine Corps Band ~ National Anthem

[Kathy in Alaska]

Permission Granted!

[HopeandGlory]

Good morning Troops, Veterans and Canteeners.

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Our Flag Flying Proudly One Nation Under God

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Lord, Please Bless Our Troops, They're fighting for our Freedom.

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God Bless Our Republic

Prayers going up

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Lauren!

*HUGS*

Thanks for tonite's thread!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[laurenmarlowe]

GUANTANAMO BAY, Cuba - Coast Guard Petty Officer 2nd Class Dana Schmitt with Maritime Safety and Security Team 91101 qualifies on a .40-caliber machine gun for the first time while at U.S. Naval Station Guantanamo Bay, July 2, 2009. MSST 91101 is deployed here to perform maritime anti-terrorism and force protection duties for Joint Task Force Guantanamo. (JTF Guantanamo photo by Air Force Staff Sgt. Brian Wright)

NEW YORK - Chief Petty Officer John C. Kast, the commanding officer of the Coast Guard Cutter Line, reviews a navigation plan with his crew prior to getting underway for Operation Clear Channel, Friday, July 10, 2009. Operation Clear Channel, an initiative by Coast Guard Sector New York and various outlying units, aims to educate boaters about the dangers if fishing in busy shipping channels within the Port of New York/New Jersey area. The Line, homeported in Bayonne, N.J., is a 65-foot icebreaking tug with missions in icebreaking, search and rescue, law enforcement, and aids to navigation maintenance. (U.S. Coast Guard photo/PA3 Barbara L. Patton)

BOSTON- 3/c cadet Michelle Leclerc (RIGHT), of East Hampton, Mass., mans the rail with her shipmates aboard Coast Guard Cutter Eagle as the crew navigates through Boston Harbor, Wednesday, July 8, 2009. The Eagle docked in the Charlestown Navy Yards as part of Sail Boston, an event that hosted cadets and crews from more that 41 tall ships and naval vessels to Massachusetts. (Coast Guard photo/Petty Officer 2nd Class Etta Smith)

[laurenmarlowe]

Permission granted ConorMacNessa!

FIRST!!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Hope!

*HUGS*

Thanks for another outstanding Pledge!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[ConorMacNessa]

Good evening, Kathy! *HUGS* Great to see you this evening!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening and THANK YOU Mayor!

SECOND!!

[MarineBrat]

Wasn’t this Tonk’s stomping grounds?

[Kathy in Alaska]

Road Trip: The United States Coast Guard ~ Station Portland, Oregon

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[laurenmarlowe]

Howdy Hope, and Thank You for our Pledge Of Allegiance!

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[laurenmarlowe]

Good evening to you ConorMacNessa!

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Thanks for being here!

[ConorMacNessa]

Right you are, and Semper Fi!

Lamh Foistenach Abu!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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[laurenmarlowe]

Tonk was close to that area, in Bandon Oregon, Coos Bay.

Thanks for stopping in this evening, MarineBrat!

[Kathy in Alaska]

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