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The Coasties’ Guide to the Merchant Mariner Credentialing Process

A great resource updated: The Coasties’ Guide to the Merchant Mariner Credentialing Process 2018 “In order to better assist members with navigating the process to apply for a merchant mariner credential, the Office of Cutter Forces (COMDT CG-751) partnered with National Mariner Center (NMC) to update The Coasties’ Guide to the Merchant Mariner Credentialing Process that was initially promulgated […]

February 3, 2018 by

Commodore Frank Hamilton Newcomb: Seaman, Patriot, Lifesaver, Joint Warrior

By: CDR (Ret) John D. Hooper, USCG In the spring of 1940, when asked by the United States Navy to identify a distinguished Coast Guard officer who could provide the namesake for a new warship, Coast Guard commandant, Vice-Admiral Russell Waesche, unequivocally nominated Commodore Frank Hamilton Newcomb for the honor. The only American warship named […]

February 10, 2017 by