GRADUATION USCG STATION HOBUCKEN NC

FAMILY LIFE IS A HIGH PRIORITY AT USCG STATION HOBUCKEN IN NORTH CAROLINA. EIGHTEEN STUDENTS GRADUATED FROM A CREW OF TWENTY-SIX.
STATION HOBUCKEN WILL START A NEW GRADUATION TRACK IN SEPTEMBER 2008

GRADUATION OUTER BANKS NORTH CAROLINA

MKCS BLAIR BARKENTIN [SECTOR FIELD OFFICE NAGS HEAD] ACCEPTS HIS GRADUATION CERTIFICATE FROM PRESIDENT RICHARD HELTON [VINCENNES UNIVERSITY INDIANA]. BARKENTIN GRADUATED 4.0 SUMMA CUM LAUDE. CAPT JUNE RYAN [COMMANDING OFFICER USCG NORTH CAROLINA] SPOKE AT THE CEREMONIES HELD AT THE HISTORIC LIFE-SAVING STATION CHICAMACOMACO AT RODANTE, NC.

END OCEANOGRAPHY & ORAL INTERPRETATION

CLASSES AT STATION JUNEAU HAD TO BE DELAYED A WEEK DUE TO AN INSPECTION. CLASSES OUGHT TO COMPLETE BY 1 AUGUST. CPO AARON UDLAND WILL SEND JOB-TICKET-HOLDERS FOR ORAL INTERPRETATION TO NEWPORT AT THAT TIME.

JOB-TICKET-HOLDERS WILL CONTAIN POWER POINT PRESENTATION LITERATURE OF THE SEA ALONG WITH AN AUDIO CASSETTE RECORDING OF EACH SELECTION [UNLESS INCLUDED IN POWER-POINT PRESENTATION.

RICHARD E. HELTON PRESIDENT VINCENNES

Welcome to Vincennes University.

I invite you to come and visit us on the web often. For those who are just discovering us, Vincennes University is highly focused on helping students achieve academic success in a wide variety of programs. Whether you are seeking a bachelor's degree, an associate degree, or short-term training to enhance career skills, VU's faculty and staff are a dedicated team that prides itself on offering personal attention and support. Our campus life also offers diverse opportunities to develop valuable leadership skills, lifelong friendships, and the enjoyment of your college years.

Founded in 1801 by U.S. President William Henry Harrison, VU is located in Indiana's first city, Vincennes, once the capital of the vast Indiana Territory. The modern, 120-acre Vincennes campus is surrounded by historical treasures, such as Harrison's frontier mansion, the George Rogers Clark National Historical Park--site of an American Revolutionary War battle--and the legendary Wabash River. A few steps away, you will find one of the most modern campuses in the state--currently undergoing the largest building expansion in history. Opening this year is VU's new Donald G. Bell Student Recreation Center and the Red Skelton Performing Arts Center.

I invite you to make your first choice Indiana's first college--Vincennes University. You will find a world of opportunity at VU to reach your goals.

Richard E. Helton, President

VINCENNES MEP ADMINISTRATIVE TEAM

DON KAUFMAN [DEAN CONTINUING STUDIES], MATT SCHWARTZ [DIRECTOR MILITARY EDUCATION PROGRAMS], AND PROVOST RON DAVIS MAKE A VISIT TO USCG STATION UMPQUA RIVER IN OREGON IN TO TAKE A RIDE ON THE 47' LIFEBOAT WITH VINCENNES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS AS THE BOAT CREW.

VINCENNES UNIVERSITY INDIANA

AERIAL VIEW OF CAMPUS LOCATED ON WESTERN SIDE OF CITY OF VINCENNES INDIANA. MULTI-SERVICE CAMPUS' SERVE OVER 15,000 STUDENTS. UNIVERSITY IS IN THE PROCESS OF IMPLEMENTING THE FOUR-YEAR BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAM IN HOMELAND SECURITY. THIS WILL BE OF INTEREST TO ALL OF OUR COAST GUARD GRADUATES.

A BIG PART OF OUR STUDENT'S LIVES...PORT SECURITY

A BIG PART OF COAST GUARD LIFE INVOLVES PORT SECURITY. MOST OF OUR STUDENTS ARE INVOLVED IN THIS ACTIVITY FROM TIME-TO-TIME. THIS IS A TIME CONSUMING ACTIVITY OFTENTIMES CALLING FOR ADJUSTMENT OF CLASSROOM TIME. IF WE HAVE TO RESCHEDULE CLASSES, WE DO! THIS IS OUR MISSION.

USCG STATION KETCHIKAN ALASKA AT WORK

Coast Guard Station Ketchikan received a request to medevac a 77-year-old female at Clam Cove on Gravina Island reporting chest and arm pain. The station launched a safe boat, arriving on scene within 15 minutes. She was delivered in stable condition to EMS ashore for further transport to Ketchikan General Hospital.

JUNEAU BLACK BEARS SMELL VICTORY!

CWO2 MICHAEL MAHONEY HONORED

CWO2 MICHAEL MAHONEY began his Vincennes University instruction in the fall of 2003. He was the first student registered in the newly formed Coast Guard Community College. He graduated with highest honors from Vincennes. He has been selected as the OUTSTANDING RECENT ALUMNI AWARD FROM VINCENNES 1998-2008. He will be honored at homecoming activities on campus at Vincennes in October.

Mike went on to finish his B.A. in Leadership from Ft. Hays State University @ Ft. Hays, Kansas graduating in December 2007 with highest honors. He is now working on his Master's Degree in History at California State University Dominguez Hills. He plans on completing his Ph. D. before he retires from Coast Guard Duty. He is presently attached to Law Enforcement USCG District 13.

GLOUCSTER MASS. STUDENTS HEAVILY TASKED

SAVING LIFE AND PERSONAL PROPERTY ARE TWO OF THE MOST IMPORTANT MISSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD'S MOTOR LIFEBOAT STATIONS SPRINKLED ALONGSIDE ALL OF THE UNITED STATES COASTLINE AND ON INTERIOR WATERWAYS AND LARGE LAKES. GLOUCSTER MASSACHUSETTS IS TYPICAL OF THE ACTIVITY DURING SUMMER MONTHS.

NORTH CAROLINA GRADUATES JULY 2008

N CAROLINA GRADUATION OREGON INLET, HATTERAS, HOBUCKEN

CERTIFICATE OF GRADUATION awarded to each graduating student. It certifies that the official diploma for graduation will be mailed to the student as soon as student is verified by the university as having completed all requirements.

POTENTIAL WELCOME ABOARD CORDOVA ALASKA CGC SYCAMORE

An environmental portrait of Seaman Stephano Torre with a fog shrouded Kodiak behind him. Torre is a buoy deck seaman aboard the Cutter Sycamore.

WELCOME NEW SITE TO FALL SCHEDULE

Coast Guard Station Chatham received a new search and rescue boat Wednesday, July 2, 2008. The 42-foot boat, manufactured by Safe Boat International, is designed to be highly maneuverable in breaking surf and will eventually replace Station Chatham's other two surf boats. The new boat can maneuver through 15-foot surf and 50-knot winds.

New Bedford trawler Blue Sea II was 95 miles east of Cape

A Coast Guard helicopter crew airlifted a 56-year-old fisherman who was suffering from abdominal pain aboard a fishing vessel approximately 95 miles east of Chatham today.

The Coast Guard First District Command Center in Boston received a call around 9 a.m., from the Rescue Coordination Center in Halifax, Canada, reporting the Blue Sea II, based in New Bedford, Mass., had a fisherman aboard in need of medical attention.

Coast Guard Air Station Cape Cod, Mass., launched an HH-60 Jayhawk helicopter and arrived on scene around 11 a.m. The Jayhawk crew airlifted the man from the vessel and transported him to a Hyannis, Mass., hospital.

STUDENTS IN ACTION

A 47-foot boat crew from Coast Guard Station Gloucester, Mass., pass a dewatering pump to the disabled lobster boat, Kizmat Dec. 22, 2007. The boat starting taking on water after a fire in the engine room melted plastic pipes on the exhaust system.

JUNEAU ALASKA CLASSES WINDING DOWN

The end is in sight for ERTH 204 OCEANOGRAPHY and SPCH 202 ORAL INTERPRETATION [Sea Literature]. Students are to complete their course work with the on board instructor A.W. LONGACRE. He will post grades to Jennie Scarborough at Newport. She will transmit these grades to Deanna Brian at Vincennes University and Tanya Hatfield at Pensacola.

Job-Ticket holders for SPCH 202 Power Point Presentations of Sea Literature are to be collected by BM1 Aaron Udland. He will then send the entire package to Newport for evaluation and grading. Please mail the packet to 1590 NW Spring St Newport OR 97365. Please do not mail this packet until all students have returned their Job-Ticket Holders.

NEXT CLASSES: POLS 201 INTRODUCTION TO POLITICAL SCIENCE 3ch Al Fitzpatrick 18 AUG - 26 SEPT 2008 USCG STATION JUNEAU, AK.

A unique course blended to the Station's location in the midst of the Alaskan State Governmental Complex. Instructor will guide students via SIGHTSPEED [Instructional time frame for 2-hours of classroom instruction twice a week will be set by the Commanding Officer]. Emphasis in this course will be placed on the internal workings of government agencies of administration on the local, state, and national level.
Instructor [Al Fitzpatrick] will guide students through this study of the basic principles of government and its institutions. He will be on board in Juneau, AK during the mid-term of the course to lead students through State government visitations.

Al successfully finished classes in North Carolina and was a tremendous hit with all of our students at Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Inlet, and Hobucken.

SCHEDULE OF CLASSES IN PROGRESS JULY

SBS JUNEAU IN COLD WATER ACTION

USCG Station Juneau patrols Icy Strait

JUNEAU - The Coast Guard deployed a small boat for a boating safety enforcement patrol in Icy Strait earlier this month. The small boat crew from Station Juneau boarded 31 vessels during their eight-day patrol. hey patrolled in the vicinity of Glacier Bay and Icy strait for a total of 340 nautical miles in a 25-foot boat. The crew launched from Auke Bay on June 2 and returned June 10.

The most common safety infraction's the small boat crew came across were violations of throwable type 4 portable floatation devices (PFD) and expired flares.

A throwable type 4 PFD is a Coast Guard approved device such as a buoyant cushion, ring buoy or horseshoe buoy designed to be thrown onto water.

"We were definitely the first Coast Guard RBS (Rigid Hull Inflatable) small boat to patrol in that area," said Chief Petty Officer Ryan O'Meara, [Vincennes Student] officer-in-charge, Station Juneau.

During the eight-day patrol the small boat crew rested in the towns of Hoonah, Gustaveus and Pelican.

HAPPY TIMES @ EVERETT WASHINGTON

LT KATIE BLANCHARD [COMMANDING OFFICER USCGC HENRY BLAKE] STANDS CENTER WITH THE ROBERT SMITH FAMILY ON BOARD THE CUTTER BEFORE GRADUATION EXERCISES THURSDAY JUNE 19 2008. ALL HANDS TURNED OUT TO CELEBRATE THE END OF A FIFTEEN-MONTH PROGRAM OF STUDY.

USCG CUTTER HENRY BLAKE [WLM563] GRADUATES

BMC BURTON HELMBOLT HONOR GRADUATE CLASS OF 2008 LED THE PARADE OF GRADUATES AT EVERETT WASHINGTON THURSDAY JUNE 19. RADM JOHN CURRIER SPOKE TO THE GRADUATES ABOUT THEIR ACCOMPLISHMENTS. MKI RYAN STEINGRUBER RECEIVES CONGRATULATIONS FROM LT KATIE BLANCHARD COMMANDING OFFICER HENRY BLAKE AND CMC DUNN AND RETIRED CMC KIM BROWN. CONGRATULATIONS TO THE BUOY TENDERS 2008

JUNEAU ALASKA OCEANOGRAPHY

Oceanography

Oceanography is the traditional face-to-face Introduction to Oceanography lecture class and covers chemical, biological, physical and geological oceanography. There may be a field trip requirement for the course that can be completed by taking a boat cruise or visiting an aquarium. Adrian Longacre is the instructor for this course and will be glad to field all questions from studets. Power Point course discs are provided for each lecture alongside on board class meetings TTH 0730-0930.

About 97% of earth's water resources is available in ocean. The increase in population and fast dwindling land resources lead to tapping and exploitation of ocean resources. Unjudicious exploitation of ocean resources may imbalance the ecology. In addition oceans play an important role in climatic changes influencing monsoon that decides the economic development.

Remote Sensing technology is extremely useful to study and manage the natural ocean resources. In addition to the management of resources global warming and pollution are some of the major issues that the globe is encountering presently. Studies on chlorophyll, aerosol distribution, and coastal pollution address these issues. While studies on Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ), oil slicks, mineral deposits and tourism have economic significance; studies on coastal zone, mangrove degradation, coral bleaching etc. are useful in maintaining the eco-system intact. In spite of having economic importance, aqua culture development and construction of ports in-appropriately may disturb the ecology. Strategic applications like ship identification and their velocity estimation are also critical.

In general the oceanography applications can be broadly divided into the following three major areas:

Physical Oceanography
Biological Oceanography
Geological/Coastal Oceanography

JUNEAU ALASKA SPCH 202 ORAL INTERPRETATION

• STUDENTS are to select TEN [10] Selections OF
SEA literature that correspond to the materials
studied in Oceanography. Students are to record
ALL ten in a Power Point CD presentation.
• Students are free to select poetry / short essays /
children’s stories…whatever, related to the sea
and its abundant topics.
• Students are to relate selected literature to the
lecture-discussion in OCEANOGRAPHY.
Students will prepare a SINGLE POWER POINT
PRESENTATION of their TEN [10] selected SEA
LITERATURES related to their study of Oceanography.
Presentations will combine POWER POINT visuals with
voice over student-dramatized commentaries.
PDF FILE CREMATION OF SAM MCGEE SAMPLE
• ..\..\..\..\speech 202.ppt
• Student POWER POINT PRESENTATION will be
placed in a job-ticket holder and mailed to
Instructor. [1590 NW SPRING ST NEWPORT OR
97365] by Monday 28 July 2008.

HS RADOSLAW FLORCZAK GROUP NORTH BEND

HUMN 245 AND ENG 102 HS RADOSLAW A. FLORCZAK INDEPENDENT STUDY NORTH BEND AIR STATION OREGON 17 JUNE - 19 JULY 2008
ESSAY ASSIGNMENTS:
E PLURIBUS UNUM AND CULTURAL DIVERSITY
CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE UNITED STATES COAST GUARD
LEADERSHIP IN A CULTURALLY DIVERSE COAST GUARD WORLD
LIVING IN A TIME OF STRESS CALLING FOR GLOBAL TOLERANCE

DELETE ALL OTHER BLOGS

THERE ARE TOO MANY INDIVIDUAL SITES TO RUN A BLOG FOR EACH SITE. STARTING TUESDAY JUNE 17 2008 ONLY THE USCGC BLOG WILL BE USED. ALL SITES WILL LOOK FOR INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THEIR UNITS HERE.

GRADUATION DATE SET USCGC MIDGETT

GRADUATION CEREMONIES WILL BE HELD DURING QUARTERS ON BOARD THE USCGC MIDGETT [SEATTLE WA] ON FRIDAY JULY 25 AT QUARTERS [1300]. NINE GRADUATES WILL BE HONORED...SIX HAVE TRANSFERRED ON TO OTHER UNITS...THREE WILL BE IN ATTENDANCE.

THIS WEEK'S ACTIVITIES AT COAST GUARD COLLEGE

TUESDAY JUNE 17 TELECONFERENCE LITR 220 1630 ESDT @ OREGON INLET NC
ERTH204 OCEANOGRAPHY BEGINS 0730-0930 JUNEAU ALASKA
SPCH 202 ORAL INTERPRETATION BEGINS JUNEAU ALASKA
WEDNESDAY JUNE 18 ESO CONVERENCE SEATTLE WASHINGTON
THURSDAY JUNE 19 GRADUATION ABOARD USCGC HENRY BLAKE @ EVERETT WA.
PHYSICS 105 + LAB UNDERWAY @ SBS HOBUCKEN N.C.

LITR 220 ENDS OREGON INLET GRAD TRACK

PHYSICS 105 ON THE MENU AT HOBUCKEN

NEWPORT [OREGON] HIGH SCHOOL'S BRIAN HANNA WILL BRING HIS SPECIAL MAGIC TO HOBUCKEN VIA POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS AND CONFERENCE TELEPHONE INSTRUCTION. PHYS 105 GENERAL PHYSICS AND LAB WILL COMPLETE THE GRADUATION TRACK FOR HOBUCKEN NORTH CAROLINA. CLASS WILL BEGIN ON 23 JUNE AND END 1 AUGUST.

CGCC STUDENTS BUSY WITH SUMMER DUTY

SBS KETCHIKAN AND JUNEAU WILL BE TAKING THE RAPID RESPONSE BOAT INTO NEW WATERS IN ALASKA TO FLY THE COLORS AND SURVEY THE SEAWAYS. THESE 5 TO 10 DAY EXCERSIONS INTO THE INTERIOR WILL GIVE DISTRICT 17 COMMAND A BETTER VIEW OF ACTIVITIES TAKING PLACE IN SURROUNDING WATERWAYS. VINCENNES UNIVERSITY STUDENTS IN ACTION.

OCEANOGRAPHY ON THE SKYLINE

SBS JUNEAU ALASKA BEGINS THE STUDY OF OCEANOGRAPHY 16 JUNE. ALL 22 STUDENTS ARE LOOKING FORWARD TO THIS NEW COURSE. ALONGSIDE THE STUDY OF THE OCEAN WILL BE A SECOND COURSE IN ORAL INTERPRETATION OF SEA LITERATURE. STUDENTS WILL BE SELECTING POEMS AND LITERARY EXTRACTS OF SEA-RELATED SUBJECTS AND RELATING THEM TO THEIR STUDY OF OCEANOGRAPHY.

BAXSTROM'S ON WAY TO ALASKA

DC1 JOHN BAXSTROM AND WIFE SUSIE STAND WITH DIPLOMA IN HAND AFTER TILLAMOOK BAY GRADUATION EXERCISES. THEY ARE READY TO PACK UP THEIR TWO SONS AND MOVE ON TO THEIR NEW ASSIGNMENT AT CORDOVA ALASKA. JOHN WILL BE IN CHARGE OF HOUSING FOR THE BOUY TENDER SYCAMORE AND ITS ATTACHED CREW MEMBERS.

JOHN HOPES TO BE INSTRUMENTAL IN STARTING A GRADUATION TRACK PROGRAM AT CORDOVA.

BARBREAKER GRADUATION A SUCCESS

PHOTOGRAPHS ARE WORTH A THOUSAND WORDS. EIGHT COAST GUARD STUDENTS COMPLETED THEIR GRADUATION TRACKS AT MLS TILLAMOOK BAY @ GARIBALDI, OREGON TUESDAY 27 MAY. SEVERAL ARE ON THEIR WAY TO NEW ASSIGNMENTS. CONGRATULATIONS TO THESE STUDENTS ON THE COMPLETION OF THEIR A.S. DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

ADRIAN WAYNE LONGACRE JOINS ALASKA STAFF

ADRIAN WAYNE LONGACRE JOINS OUR JUNEAU INSTRUCTIONAL STAFF IN JUNE. A GRADUATE OF THE COAST GUARD ACADEMY IN 1966, LONGACRE WILL TEACH A NEW CLASS IN OCEANOGRAPHY CO-TAUGHT WITH LITERATURE OF THE SEA.

SBS JUNEAU AND KETCHIKAN VISIT

SBS JUNEAU SMALL BOAT CREW ASSEMBLES FOR PRE-ACTION PREP BEFORE A TOWING DRILL

GRADUATION MLS TILLAMOOK BAY @ GARIBALDI OR

GRADUATION USCGC HENRY BLAKE EVERETT WA.

HISTORY CLASSES

MIKE JOHNSON IS TEACHING AMERICAN HISTORY AND SPECIAL PROJECTS IN AMERICAN HISTORY AT MLS DEPOE BAY/YAQUINA BAY. HE IS ON THE LAST LEG OF HIS INSTRUCTIONAL FORMAT AND ALL ATTENDING STUDENTS SEEM TO BE ENJOYING HIS WORK.

POLITICAL SCIENCE CLASSES NORTH CAROLINA

AL FITZPATRICK IS EXCITED ABOUT THE RESULTS OF THE LINK TELEPHONE CLASSES BETWEEN HOBUCKEN AND OREGON INLET NORTH CAROLINA CLASSES.

AL INFORMS ME THAT ALL STUDENTS ARE DOING GREAT AND LEARNING. HE IS LOOKING FORWARD TO HIS VISIT TO NORTH CAROLINA. HE IS AN INTERESTING PERSON.

WELCOME ABOARD KETCHIKAN ALASKA

THE BROWN BEARS FROM SBS KETCHIKAN ALASKA WILL JOIN IN GRADUATION TRACK CLASSES BEGINNING JUNE 2008

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