FReeper Canteen ~ The United States Coast Guard Honor Guard ~ 26 AUG 08

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The United States Coast Guard Honor Guard

The United States Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard represents the United States Coast Guard through ceremonial operations held before world leaders and dignitaries, and to lay to rest with proper military honors, dignity, and respect the remains of fallen shipmates. The Honor Guard performs in over 1100 ceremonies annually.

The Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard was established at the request of President John F. Kennedy in 1962. The Ceremonial Honor Guard is under the direct control of the Military District of Washington and is loaned to the Coast Guard for special events. The Military District of Washington uses the Ceremonial Honor Guard for White House functions, dignitary visits, state funerals and other high-level, official ceremonial events.

The Honor Guard is comprised of 63 members, with a Lieutenant serving as the Officer in Charge, two junior officers serving as Operations Officer and Training Officer, a Chief Petty Officer as the Honor Guard Chief/Chief Master at Arms, and four Petty Officers.

The remaining 55 members of the Honor Guard are "first-tour" non-rates coming directly out of Training Center Cape May. The officers and non-rates serve a two year tour of duty in the Honor Guard, while the Chief Petty Officer and Petty Officers serve four year tours.

On March 5, 1962, Admiral Alfred C. Richmond, Commandant of the United States Coast Guard, established the Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard. The Honor Guard, then located at the United States Coast Guard Yard in Baltimore, Md., had 33 original members.

 In order to reduce the logistical problems involved in responding to ceremonial tasking in Washington , the Honor Guard moved its base of operations to Coast Guard Radio Station Washington in 1965. That facility is now known as the Coast Guard Telecommunication and Information Systems Command (TISCOM). TISCOM is located in Alexandria , Va. , and is still home to the Coast Guard Ceremonial Honor Guard.

See Some Videos Of The United States Coast Guard Honor Guard HERE!

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[TheMom]

We are headed to DCS for a four day weekend ~ I dare that damn hurricane to mess that up!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Going fairly well....guess what? If I need to work overtime, just let the boss know the reason. Back to Tuesday evenings. Wednesday mornings will be much better if I can get a jump on the Wednesday deadline.

[SandRat]

That should be a big help.

[luvie]

I’m not worried...that hurricane wouldn’t DARE mess YOUR
weekend up! LOL!

Besides, if you have enough beer and snacks, you’ll never
know whether there IS a hurricane! :D

[Kathy in Alaska]

Click the pic…..

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[Kathy in Alaska]

A day late, but I'm glad you handled the task requests of your dear, sweet wife. d:o)

The Coast Guard Honor Guard does really look sharp!!

Hope all is well with you and yours.
Thanks to you and your son for your service to America.

[Arrowhead1952]

It’s still not on the “Daily Thread” icon.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?s=canteen;m=all;o=time

[beachn4fun]

I see wha tyou man.

However, if you click on the FR Canteen icon to the right of Topics it will take you to our threads.

[Kathy in Alaska]

I’ve written to the mods both via “Abuse” button and directly on the thread....no answer. I checked a couple other threads that post daily and the same for them. We are not showing since FR crashed Sunday evening. Hopefully that is on their list “To do” since the crash. With all the traffic that must be going on, I suspect it is low priority.

[Kathy in Alaska]

When I click the FR Canteen icon is shows only the Monday thread as latest. The Tuesday and Wednesday threads are not there. The newest thread shown is “Hall of Heroes” that was posted late afternoon Sunday, before the crash.

The newest threads CAN be found in the right sidebar under News/Activism.

[areukiddingme1]

Thanks for that awesome post. I was on travel last week and just got back. Love the Coast Guard, especially now since I have son serving in the CG.