Life-Saving Service and Revenue Cutter Service merge in 1915, creating one of our core sister sea services, the United States Coast Guard.
Read MoreThe "day which will live in infamy"
We will not only defend ourselves to the uttermost but will make it very certain that this form of treachery shall never again endanger us.
Read MoreTwo for the Price of One
This week we enjoy a double header in calendar dates to be mindful of and to celebrate for their sea service historical significance. First is the 248th anniversary of the birth of the United States Marine Corps on 10 November 1775! The second date is 11 November when we remember the 11th minute of the 11th hour of the 11th day in 1918 when the guns went silent after the War to End all Wars. If only.
Read More22nd Remembrance of 911
We had a proverbial ‘shot across the bow’ with the First World Trade Center Bombing in 1993, OKC in 1995, and in 2000 with the terrorist attack on USS Cole in Yemen but this series of acts on September 11th, 2001, changed our view of World Terrorism.
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